Features

Laboral of Love

Assisted Resonance, Acoustic Enhancement, Electro-acoustic Systems, Virtual Acoustics, Artificial Reverberation, Electronic Architecture. There have probably been more names invented to describe the idea of such systems than there have been credible products brought to market. Paul Malpas visited on such system in Gijon, Spain and reported back on what he heard.


A lecture on lecterns

Modern AV technology can be a powerful tool for delivering a message via a multimedia presentation. However, if the technology is not carefully arrange then getting the thing to work can a battle that distracts from the business of getting a point across. Henk De Groot of Intelligent Lectern Systems makes the case for a better presentation environment.

The screening process

We are all familiar with the large screen LED displays used throughout the entertainment, advertising and corporate event world. Steve Montgomery talks to users and manufacturers about how their screens are evolving to meet new demands placed upon them.

Digital Factory Planning: Six Christie HD8K Projectors Show Factory Floors in 3D HD

A car manufacturer from Stuttgart in southern Germany, has trodden some innovative paths with their “Digital Factory” project. In their factory planning building, they have installed a “digital planning room”, in which specialists from all corporate divisions meet for interdisciplinary discussions on the construction and alteration of factory floors and production plants.

AV Goes Wide

As more PCs add support for WUXGA and WSXGA+, AV vendors are broadening their aspect ratios to 16:10, 15:10 and 17:10 – with some growing pains along the way.

Affordable conferencing

Manufacturers of conference systems understandably often focus on the latest and greatest technology. However not every integrator is lucky enough to have the United Nations as its client, so here Chris Fitzsimmons rounds up the mid-range offerings available for those on a tighter budget.