Multi-Screen Interaction: From Independent Display to Integrated Collaboration

2025-08-27

Multi-Screen Interaction: From Independent Display to Integrated Collaboration



In recent years, the tech industry has frequently talked about the concept of "Internet of Everything"—for example, one smartphone controlling multiple computers, or a single app managing all home appliances. The connection between devices has become an inevitable trend, and this interconnection is not limited to personal daily life; it also shows great potential in the commercial display sector.



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Breaking the Limitations of Single Screens


In the past, each screen was a closed system, operating independently like a "lone soldier" and handling isolated, unrelated information. 

The limitations of this independent display mode are obvious: each screen usually only shows a part of the information, leading to disjointed delivery of advertisements and fragmented visual experiences for users.

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From Information Silos to an Interconnected Ecosystem

From the perspective of operators, as the number of in-store screens increases, updating and managing information on a daily basis becomes extremely cumbersome. However, the technological shift to multi-screen interaction has completely broken this barrier.

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In the field of commercial display screens, multi-screen interaction refers to enabling multiple independent displays to achieve content synchronization, linked control, information interaction, and scenario-based linkage through network communication, unified control systems, or intelligent protocols.


Simply put, it means making multiple originally independent advertising screens cooperate with each other instead of operating separately. This allows a large image to be seamlessly stitched across screens and dynamic content to flow freely between screens—screens are no longer isolated islands but form a mutually collaborative system.


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Synergy Between Screens: 1+1>2


When multiple screens start collaborating as a team, the overall effect they create far exceeds that of the same number of independent screens. This integrated synergy is not a simple addition but a multiplicative growth.

Maintaining Information Relevance

A single advertising screen has limited display range and content, but in a multi-screen interaction system, information across multiple displays can be synchronized in real time. Whether it is advertising images in elevators or product information in retail displays, multi-screen synchronous updates can be achieved.


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Through a backend system, the content of each display device can be coordinated, and complex information can be split across multiple screens—allowing each screen to focus on a specific part of the content. This hierarchical display method transforms screen information from isolated "points" into connected "lines" and extended "surfaces," making information presentation more organized and helping audiences quickly grasp key points.

Enhancing Visual Impact and Immersion

Multi-screen interaction can break through the size limitations of single screens through methods such as splicing expansion and cross-screen linkage, creating a larger visual coverage. In scenarios like stadiums and concert venues, multiple displays are spliced to form a super-large screen, presenting a wide range of information or video content and delivering an immersive visual impact to the audience.

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Improving Content Management Efficiency

The multi-screen collaboration mode is more flexible and efficient in management than single-screen operation. Operators only need to push content through the backend system to synchronize it to all screens in real time, without operating each screen individually. This greatly reduces labor input, avoids coordination errors caused by multi-person operations, and achieves cost reduction and efficiency improvement.


For example, advertising screens placed in different locations within a store can have their content managed uniformly through a backend. Multi-screen interaction technology integrates originally independent advertising screens into a large information display platform, effectively breaking the limitations of single screens and generating a "1+1>2" synergy effect.


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The Technological Foundation of Multi-Screen Interaction


The collaborative experience of multiple screens relies on solid technical support, mainly divided into two major areas: hardware and software.

Hardware Support: A "Neural Network" for High-Speed Connection

The hardware of the screens themselves is the physical foundation of the collaborative experience and directly determines the upper limit of multi-screen interaction performance.


Typically, the content distribution, command transmission, and status monitoring of multiple screens depend on a stable and high-speed network. Low-latency wireless technologies such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6, as well as next-generation display interface technologies, enable the real-time synchronous transmission of massive amounts of data between screens.

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Software Support: An "Intelligent Brain" for Collaborative Interaction

Software support, represented by cloud-based broadcasting and control systems, is mainly responsible for directing, scheduling, and managing all screens, realizing information synchronization between screens, and ensuring that the displayed content on each screen is consistent and coordinated.


Through a cloud system, users can remotely manage and control multi-screen devices distributed in different locations, ensuring the consistency of advertising content and updating it in real time as needed.


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With the iMGS  CNC software, a single terminal can remotely publish, control, and manage information on multiple large screens, avoiding the high cost of frequent manual content updates.


These complementary technologies have upgraded commercial display screens from independent display tools to collaborative interactive systems, significantly improving information transmission efficiency, visual effects, and user experience.


Once, every screen was an information silo, but the wave of technology is connecting them into a unified whole. From a macro perspective, the integration of resources is an inevitable trend. A single independent screen has limited effects; even a large number of them cannot form a strong synergy. However, when a single screen is integrated into a larger ecosystem—connecting, interacting, and integrating with other screens—the synergy it creates can deliver more accurate and personalized advertising experiences.


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