Encore Event Technologies is the first company in the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands region to have used L-Acoustics new L2D speakers outside of the global pilot programme. More than 10,000 employees of multi-national company Amway were flown from China to New Zealand in 12 waves over two months…
Markets News
nsign.tv and iiyama supply sustainable college digital signage
Leicester College has boosted its sustainability credentials by deploying the nsign.tv software platform for its new digital signage network. The initiative is part of the college’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint by minimising paper usage and ensuring real-time, relevant information dissemination across its three main campuses. The digital signage network…
LD Systems provides some Seoul music for VANS pop-up
LS Systems provided the audio for a pop-up event in South Korea for US shoe manufacturer VANS. The skate brand organised a two-day pop-up event in Seoul that featured a shopping market, skate shows and DJ sets in a disused underground station. Local audio specialist Sonic Value opted to deploy…
Strive AV equips hospice with tailored AV solutions
Strive AV has provided the AV solutions for a new hospice in the UK. The £19.5m St Catherine's Hospice in Pease Pottage, West Sussex, has been funded by donations from the community, and offers facilities designed to cater for the diverse needs of patients and their families in supporting palliative…
Void Acoustics strikes right note for luxury Tokyo nightclub
Singapore-based nightclub operator Zouk Group turned to Void Acoustics to provide the sound system for its first venture in Japan. The kit – which has been installed across Zouk Tokyo’s two basement floors – comprises a custom-coloured Void Incubus System as the main speaker, with Tri Motions as the rear…
Samsung and KSCAPE team up to declutter meeting room
Samsung has collaborated with KSCAPE, part of the K-array professional audio ecosystem, to transform the meeting room experience at the Samsung Display Experience Centre in Frankfurt. The solution is based on the KSCAPE RAIL, which aims to eliminate the chaos of cables via integrated lighting and audio capabilities within a…
CES ‘can’t afford’ to run an event at Sphere in Las Vegas
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will not be holding an event at Sphere in Las Vegas, when the show opens in the city on 9 January. Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Technology Association, which owns the show, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal: "They quoted a price to us which…
‘First LED immersive VR power wall in academia’ installed
Virtalis has designed what is said to be the first LED immersive VR power wall in academia, at the Regent College London. The 4.86m by 2.39m ActiveWall is made out of a 1.2mm pixel pitch SiliconCore display, with interactivity delivered through an Advanced Realtime Tracking (ART) solution to ensure that…
Record 1,100 L-Acoustics speakers used at World Youth Day
This year's World Youth Day took place over six days in Lisbon, attracting more than 1.5 million attendees. The largest event ever to be hosted in the Portuguese capital took place in the 100-hectare riverside Parque Tejo, with a massive stage and series of screens and audio systems set up…
TiMax ‘guides audience eyes’ at Free Your Mind: The Matrix
Free Your Mind: The Matrix was an immersive, dance-based reimagining of the cult 90s movie franchise, created as the opening event for Manchester’s impressive new cultural space within Factory International. The brainchild of director Danny Boyle – who teamed up with choreographer Kenrick “H20” Sandy, composer Michael “Mikey J” Asante…