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ONELAN merge with Tripleplay
BrightSign's skywalk experience
Having recently merged with Tripleplay,
ONELAN, a Uniguest company,
showcased its Reserva Edge room
booking solution and demonstrated its
new Reserva Analytics at ISE2020.
Designed for three verticals;
the corporate office environment,
the higher education and university
platform and the hospitality market,
Reserva Edge enables the user to
identify and book available meeting
spaces through their own software
which integrates seamlessly with the
ONELAN platform.
Simon Carp, Head of Product
Management said: “We designed
the product to be both aesthetically
pleasing to the eye and ergonomically
usable. It’s the key differentiation from
other products on the market. We
have angled the touchscreen so it is
easier to use, ensured that it looks
good that industrial architects would
want to integrate it into their design
and have optimised it for the task it is
intended for.”
Regarding the merger with
Tripleplay, Stephanie Scott, Head
of Marketing said: “With Tripleplay
also promoting the Reserva, we
feel very much as one organisation
coming together.
"Although it’s early days since the
merger, we do feel we’re uniting two
businesses, with combined skills and
experience working together.” n
From A-Board to Rod Technology
From an indoor battery powered digital A-board to curved
and ultra-wide stretched displays, Allsee Technologies
previewed a number of new products at ISE 2020.
Pleased by the reception of the company’s indoor
version, Allsee presented their new outdoor digital android
battery A-board. The IP65 rated A-board features an
integrated lithium-polymer battery, supports 12 hours
running time and is configured with a high brightness
IPS panel.
The digital signage manufacturer also launched their
new 15” rod powered window displays at the exhibition in
Amsterdam. These displays use low voltage technology,
similar to traditional rod powered static light pockets often
found in estate agent window displays, to supply power to
the screens. They also feature a high brightness 1,000cd per
sqm panel so they can be read in direct sunlight. The built-in
Android media player can be updated via USB, by using their
online CMS or third party software.
Content can be synchronised across multiple screens in
the same window display allowing for different imagery to be
played and transitioned in unison or as a single large image
or video. The displays also have a LED illuminated bevelled
edge complementing traditional static light pockets.
No mains cable is required to power these displays as
they are powered via the rods on which they are mounted.
The 15” Digital Rod Displays are available immediately.
Having recently announced the opening of new UK and EU
headquarters the company is going through a period of
rapid growth.
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Dr Baoli Zhao,
managing director
and founder at
Allsee Technologies
said, “Our current
expansion is not
exclusively focused
on the UK market
but also overseas
and especially
in Europe. In
addition to
our new UK and EU offices we are also currently setting
up another team in India so we can expand into the Indian
market as well. All of these achievements are down to all our
loyal partners, our suppliers and our dedicated team and
their family members.”
The company’s new UK offices, warehouse and
showroom facility were officially opened in August 2019
by Her Majesty The Queen’s Lord-Lieutenant of the West
Midlands, John Crabtree OBE, and High Sheriff of the West
Midlands, Mr Michael Kuo.
The 20,000 square foot purpose-built facility also
allows for continued growth of their UK based R&D, sales,
marketing, support and logistics teams.
The new EU offices in Oostende, Belgium serves as a
central hub for the company’s European customers. As well
as providing local support to their EU partners this office
also features showrooms and meeting rooms. n
A sensational new attraction on the
125th floor of Dubai’s iconic Burj
Khalifa Cambridge was unveiled at
the end of January. BrightSign, LLC,
a global market leader in digital
signage media players and Dubai-
based system integrator DigiComm,
together with digital media partner
LG have developed the concept of an
interactive, realistic simulation of a
glass floor that appears to crack when
stepped on.
At 160 stories and over 828m
tall, the skyscraper has been wowing
visitors for almost ten years and a trip
to the top is not for the faint-hearted.
As well as breathtaking views from the
world's highest outdoor observation
deck and a high-speed cruise in the
furthest-travelling elevator on the
planet, thrill seekers can experience
scaling the outside of the structure
and parachuting off the top thanks to
an immersive virtual reality simulation.
It was in this context that the
tower's owners Emaar Properties
looked to create a sensational new
attraction on the 125th floor of
the building known as 'At the Top',
which receives approximately 10,000
visitors a day. Together with digital
media partner LG, they developed
the concept of an interactive, realistic
simulation of a glass floor above the
city that seemingly begins to break
when pressure is applied.
"They wanted something really
spectacular and very entertaining,"
explains Abdul Bakhrani, CEO of
Dubai-based digital media studio
and systems integrator DigiComm,
which created the content, media
and special effects for the attraction
as well as for other installations
within the building including the VR
experience. With seven world records
to its name, not least being the
world's tallest building.
Eighteen LG 55-inch OLED 8k
resolution screens made of extremely
durable glass make up the floor,
powered by two BrightSign XT1144
expanded I/O players. The screens
display a highly realistic visual animation
of the city 456m below, which changes
according to the time of day and season,
scheduled and controlled by the
BrightSign players.
15 Nexmosphere XDW-M44 sensors
are used in the installation. On one
side there are seven Nexmosphere
sensors connected to the RS232
XM-350 Xperience Controller and
on the other side there are eight
sensors connected.
These Xperience Controllers then
link up to the BrightSign XT1144
media players.
When a visitor trips a sensor, a
virtual crack starts forming on the
skywalk floor and escalates. As they
keep walking, the glass seemingly cracks
beneath them. The high-resolution CGI
graphics combined with synchronised
audio results in a thrilling sensation of
glass cracking beneath the visitor’s feet,
125 floors above ground.
According to Bakhrani, using
OLED screens in this way was new,
and deploying motion sensors with
thousands of people was a challenge.
"It took a bit of trial and error to get the
configuration right. We didn't know how
it would work with such large visitor
numbers. It took two weeks of fine-
tuning once live to perfect it."
"The glass floor has really added
a new dimension to the At the Top
experience for the visitors," adds
Bakhrani. "There are a number of
high-tech attractions that together
make a visit to Burj Khalifa truly
unforgettable. This is a world-class
venue, so it's essential that everything
that’s done adds to the exhilaration
of being there, and it’s certainly been
achieved with the glass floor." n
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