Digital Signage Software
Content Design: Whose opinion matters?
Posted on Tue, November 10, 2009
Everyone has an opinion on content designs. Some people like lots of windows, some like tickers, some like to incorporate TV, some like a simple full screen message. It always comes back to the application and environment.
Having a dozen moving zones at one time for a presentation in a high traffic hallway where you have a 8 second window to get your message out is probably not as effective as a single powerful message. On the opposite end of the spectrum in an elevator bank or corporate waiting room where you have a 2 minute dwell time more content helps entertain viewers.
The key is to select a software tool that gives you flexibility and to come up with a few different template designs that you can experiment with in your environment to see what works best for your audience and your message. End of the day the only opinion that maters is yours.
52” LCD Installation at First Bank of Owasso
Posted on Tue, November 24, 2009
The recent installation of a digital sign at First Bank of Owasso in Oklahoma is a perfect example of how retail banking institutions can take full advantage of the latest advances in digital display hardware and software to modernize their image, keep their customers informed, and manage their own messaging from one central location.
To complement the building’s decor, the 52” LCD display was built into a custom tiled wall. Strategically situated within the Financial Services area of the bank the display serves as a welcoming first impression to visitors as soon as they enter the building.
The images and data on the displays serve up a mix of live stock market information, breaking headline news, live TV, and special announcements that advertise their products and publicize community events.
Overview of LCD Video Walls
Posted on Tue, November 24, 2009
Are you interested in learning about LCD Video Walls? If you have 10 minutes watch this video overview showing different configurations, content options, and client applications for Video Walls.
Custom LED Ticker Installation at Arkansas Tech University
Posted on Wed, November 25, 2009
When students choose Arkansas Tech, they get the best of two worlds: big-time technology and education in a friendly, small-town setting. Because the university believes that exposing students to tomorrow’s technology is the only way to prepare them for the jobs they deserve, Tech has invested in world-class equipment and facilities.
To bring the latest in technology to the new trading lab opening next semester in the college of business the faculty enlisted the help of Rise Display to design a unique LED Ticker that starts in the hallway, goes through the glass wall, and wraps around the finance lab.
The focal point of the trading room is a large 2x2 LCD Video Wall showing the latest market updates and news information controlled by Display Wire.
Learning is a serious business, my hat goes off to Arkansas Tech for investing in the technology to create this one of a kind atmosphere for their students.
Rise Display Installation: Metropolitan Community College
Posted on Mon, December 7, 2009
The Maple Woods campus for Metropolitan Community College has expanded their digital signage network of 46” Samsung LCD screens powered by Display Wire.
Administrators rolled out 3 screens before classes started in 2008 and further expanded their network by adding 2 more this fall to effectively communicate lunch specials, campus events, and other administrative announcements. In addition to campus communications they also mix in current sports scores, weather, and headline news to help make the display interesting and engaging to students and visitors.
Digital Signage in Education: Acuff Financial Markets Center
Posted on Wed, December 16, 2009
On October 2, 2009 the Mason School of Business at William and Mary University officially dedicated the new Alan B. Miller Hall.
The new facility boasts: 166,000 square feet of space, over 500,000 bricks, 1,260 tons of steel, 350 windows and a state-of-the-art electronic trading classroom. If you would like to learn more about this exciting project I would encourage you to visit their website to see more facts, watch video reactions of students first impressions, and some of the videos from Rex’s unplugged diary as he brought the building out of the ground and into reality.
The Acuff Financial Markets Center is one of the highlights on the tour utilizing the latest in digital signage technology including three 57” LCDs, and two 2x2 LCD video walls all showing the latest market information, graphs, news, and video from around the world. In addition to the trading lab the school has strategically placed over 20 LCD screens throughout the building to keep students informed of the latest events along with live market data to create a high energy business environment.
Digital Signage from Rise Display Creates ‘Dynamic Ambiance’ at University of Oklahoma
Posted on Wed, January 6, 2010
The University of Oklahoma is known both for sports teams that consistently win national championships, and for its students’ high academic achievements. Indeed, the university’s Price College of Business ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 in undergraduate business schools and in the top 15 in undergraduate business specialties for international business. One way that OU maintains its standards of excellence is to offer the latest technology to its students—most recently, digital signage from Rise Display.
“We were searching around for the best vendor to help us get this [digital signage] up, and that’s where Rise came in,” says Robert Dauffenbach, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs.
The digital signage was to be installed in a new, approximately 1,500 square-foot trading room at the business school. The room seats 32 computer stations, where students study, research, and put presentations together, and Dauffenbach dedicated significant time and energy to determining the best and most appropriate vendor for the project. As part of his research, he learned which other business schools around the country were using digital displays, and even went to visit several campuses in person. The vendor these schools kept referencing was Rise Display.
The digital signage installation began during the summer of 2009 and ended just in time for the university’s fall semester to begin. Now the trading room boasts an impressive 36-foot long, eight-color LED Ticker, 2x2 video wall using ultra thin bezels, and two single 46-inch displays. Rise Display Systems remotely handles the content, including financial data streaming, for the monitors. On any given day, students will see stock information on Oklahoma public companies, as well as data on worldwide markets, displayed on the digital signage.
“The scrolling LED ticker display increases the dynamic ambiance of the room,” Dauffenbach says, “Rise was the only [vendor] I found that was able to get that for us.”
Because of the room’s new, professional atmosphere, it is perfect for certain Price College events. Recently, a breakfast meeting was held there for the Price College Board of Advisers, with a special guest in attendance: Jim Kramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money.” “We had the ticker display going and, of course, all the statistics from various markets around the world displayed,” says Dauffenbach. “It was a nice backdrop for the get-together with Kramer.”
