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Samsung Takes Home Record-Breaking 11 Awards and Defines Future of Signage Innovation — InfoComm 2024 Highlights
“InfoComm is the perfect place to reveal the AI-fueled innovations that the Merlyn Mind and Samsung teams have brought to the Interactive Whiteboard WAD series,” said Levi Belnap, Chief Revenue Officer at Merlyn Mind. “The next era of interactive displays is on showcase at this event, and we’re proud to feel the excitement surrounding our collaboration efforts. The secure, voice-enabled AI elements support new, intuitive methods for teachers to facilitate instruction, and we believe the future is bright for AI-powered solutions to help solve long-standing challenges in education.”
These AI tools add even more functionality to the Google EDLA-certified display — which offers a more interactive classroom environment through services like Google Classroom and Google Drive or a robust suite of educational tools and apps available through Google Play.
Retail and Grocery: Color E-Paper Digitizes a Traditional Paper Experience
Samsung Color E-Paper debuted at InfoComm, providing an alternative to paper signage or larger signage without losing color or versatility. The easy-to-move, lightweight frame operates at 0.00W1 when showing static images. Full color images are displayed with groundbreaking E Ink Spectra 6™ technology, bringing full color options and an advanced color imaging algorithm for enhanced performance. Its mobile app also makes it easy to update content quickly.
Control Center & Corporate Offices: See More With Transparent Screens and 21:9 Video Conferencing
The right signage can make all the difference when it’s necessary to see information quickly and easily. Any corporate or government control room can be enhanced with Samsung’s easy-to-see and even easy-to-see-through displays.
The Transparent MICRO LED display unveiled at CES shows how control room users can see more at once. Meanwhile, The Wall provides a large, crystal-clear screen for viewing multiple setups for a simultaneous, multi-dimensional view into all operations.
For corporate meetings, a new 21:9 ratio screen makes video conferencing more efficient. The expansive ratio makes it easier to see faces and screen-shared content at the same time. In partnership with Cisco Room Kit EQX, this larger screen ratio supports dual displays to deliver an ultra-immersive video conference system.
Food and Beverage: Signage Makes People Hungry With Vibrant Pictures
Announced at last year’s InfoComm, the QxC series offers an easy and intuitive interface in various sizes and brightness options to make the most out of any space — especially restaurants and food retailers. Menu items feel more realistic thanks to 4K UHD resolution, and energy usage can be managed through automatic brightness adjustments based on surrounding light.
Recently, Samsung’s Smart Signage QH55C — part of the QxC series — became the first digital signage to be recognized by invidis Green Signage — Hall of Fame. Honoring sustainable digital signage products from display manufacturers around the world, the Green Signage — Hall of Fame selected the QH55C model for its energy-efficient features and impressive reduction of 168 listed carbon footprint metrics.
Samsung Uses Its Deep Expertise To Educate at InfoComm
Alex Lee, Executive Vice President of Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics, gave a keynote on the VXT platfvorm at the Technology Innovation Stage. Highlighting the ease of use and streamlined operations in the content management system, he outlined the goals of VXT — to maximize screen value, democratize screenshare and deploy a native, cloud-based CMS platform.
Samsung highlighted its PIRS partners (Pre-Integrated and Repeatable Solutions) that provide various micro-vertical solutions.
- Idomoo creates videos in seconds and shares nearly real-time updates to video boards for highly customizable signage updates
- Seenspire brings real-time content services to VXT and allows businesses to provide dynamic and engaging content with just a few clicks
- Stingray, known for its extensive library of audio and visual content and services, enriches VXT with high-quality music, videos and multimedia content
- VXT Art provides access to a world of art with partners like The Van Gogh Museum, Saatchi Art, Tate, Lumas and Yellow Korner
- Wisar Digital bridges Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems to menu boards to make it easier to manage menu changes and communicate current menu offerings to customers
The installation and setup of signage is a critical step in making the most out of it, and Samsung showed its solutions that ease the burden on integrators and businesses.
Samsung Display Configurator creates a virtual installation simulation to streamline installation planning and facilitate precise customization. Samsung Signage Setup Assistant allows users to calibrate and arrange their displays through a mobile app, automating the process for multiple screens while offering remote device control.
InfoComm is an exciting time every year. As industry experts filled the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall, they were greeted by a massive 10,000-square-foot Samsung LED wall. Samsung wayfinder displays and directional signage helped attendees navigate the expansive exhibition space.
This year, Samsung once again proved its position as an industry leader. The company will continue to create solutions that take inspiration from the past to open new opportunities for businesses through innovative signage in the future.
1 The power measurement is based on IEC 62301 standards. According to the standards, the value is rounded to the second decimal place, and the average power below 0.005W is indicated as 0.00W.