June 16, 2011

This past weekend in Chicago, I visited Millennium Park and the famed "Cloud Gate" sculpture by Anish Kapoor.

This strikingly beautiful (and surprisingly whimsical) public art piece had an unexpected call to interactivity. It made you want to play with your reflection by moving from side to side, by walking through the center of the display, and by getting your friends to take your picture. It caused a reaction, for sure.

This week we announced the new Clarity Matrix Touch solution, which has added interactivity in new ways to video walls that both attract and engage. This is the promise of media walls and what the Clarity Matrix Touch delivers.

 

 

 June 14 2011

By James Wood

The Windy City is currently playing host to the NeoCon Interior Design conference. As a part of the festivities, Planar is hosting the digital communication center. All the tweets, pictures and comments from around the floor are being routed to a 3x2 Clarity Matrix display (filtered for content, of course) and then streamed out to the passing throngs. This made the conversation online a tangible, interactive part of the event.

 

 

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Some of the highlights from the first two days at NeoCon were the cupcakes, provided by Sparkology, teasing everyone’s sweet tooth. Several exhibitors are enticing passersby with offers of iPads to be won. The first evening ended with a showroom party. There were even rumors of a wild Bono on the loose roaming the halls of The Merchandise Mart. If you don’t spot him in real life, you can always see the evidence at the Twitter Wall.

With a few hours left in the show, all attendees and exhibitors alike are still alive with energy and excitement. Everyone is celebrating the success of the show and planning for NeoCon 2012! 

 

 June 13, 2011

This Socrates quote graces the wall of the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago:

 

 

This is very true this week as we participate in three trade shows in a single week. Wonder is the curiosity to learn new insights from our customers and to help them discover new technologies from Planar. Wisdom comes as we explore opportunities for partnership and innovation. What do you wonder this week?