‘It’s Vegas baby!’ Where AV is big, bold and out of the box
June 11, 2024 Leisure and Hospitality, News, Technology, Leave a comment
Las Vegas is ‘Mecca’ when it comes to pro audio, video and lighting equipment, and applications. Live entertainment, sports and conventions drive the market, setting the global standard for others to follow. “Very few other regions around the world have the budgets or scale of Las Vegas to support the…
AV Essentials: Delivering video networking gains
June 11, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Technology, Video Leave a comment
For Dave Jeyes, senior vice-president of product management at Vbrick, a video network – or enterprise content delivery network (eCDN) – should exhibit several key characteristics (see box below). “eCDNs that include multiple delivery technologies within a single solution, that can be used together or separately, are the ultimate option…
Vegas baby! It’s all about the spectacle at MSG Sphere
June 11, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Live Events, Technology Leave a comment
The Sphere is a signature project for James L. Dolan who you might know oversees a family empire that includes Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the Knicks, and the Rangers. However, unless you’ve been hiding yourself away in that old air raid shelter in the garden for the…
Holographic displays: Something in the air
April 26, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Technology, Leave a comment
Holographic displays are some of the coolest kit in the AV toolbox, capable of creating believable 3D images of people and objects out of nothing more than rays of light. Small wonder, then, that interest in the technology is growing rapidly. “New systems like the Apple Vision Pro have started…
Buying Advice: Taking the plunge into immersive AV
April 26, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Buying Advice, Technology Comments Off on Buying Advice: Taking the plunge into immersive AV
We think of immersive as any type of spatial (ie. three-dimensional) digital content,” says Jake Rowland, head of business development at Igloo Vision. “That could be a VR game or training programme, a 360-degree video, 3D design, or an engineering or building information modelling package, such as Autodesk or Revizto.…
Video conferencing: Conferring aloud
March 13, 2024 Technology Comments Off on Video conferencing: Conferring aloud
First it was the landline, then the mobile, then the internet. Now video conferencing has joined the ranks of ‘can’t-do-without-it’ business technologies, providing a lifeline to hybrid workers and a low-carbon alternative to business travel. “With 80 per cent of meetings either hybrid or fully virtual, there’s been growing demand…
Inside Tech: The generative AI game
March 13, 2024 Technology Leave a comment
Artificial intelligence has a myriad applications within the AV sphere, from directing the cameras in a video conference to identifying the one potential ne’er-do-well among a thousand CCTV feeds. But to the average person – not to say newspaper leader writer – ‘AI’ means the clever software that can generate…
Sound Advice: The pursuit of audio ‘appiness’
March 13, 2024 Technology Leave a comment
In today’s smartphone-centric world there is an app for just about everything and this is very much the case in the world of professional AV sound. Audio system manufacturers and engineers have embraced the flexibility and freedom that remote control from a handheld device can bring. This is hardly surprising…
Assistive listening: Hear it through several grapevines
February 15, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Health and social care, Technology Leave a comment
These days, in a much noisier world and with high degrees of in-ear device use, hearing loss is an increasing problem amongst younger age groups. But the technology that, in some cases, has played a part in causing the damage is now helping alleviate it. This is through assistive listening…
Inside Tech: Smart buildings for the future
February 15, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Support Systems, Technology Leave a comment
It can surely only be a matter of time before the buildings where we live and work are smarter than we are. But what exactly is a smart building? For Mark Atkinson, sales manager at integrator Universal AV, it goes beyond simply having a lot of technology. “Smart buildings are…
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