Barco and IMAX Corporation are to collaborate on optimising the use of Barco’s latest laser light source technology, enabling IMAX to convert all of its over 1,000 systems to laser over time. In an expansion of a longstanding partnership, an additional multi-year support agreement will enable not only the brightest…
At a new luxury apartment building on the River Thames in London the custom interior finishes, prime location and extravagant amenities combine to create an ultra-high-end experience for high net-worth individuals. With apartment prices up to £7.8 million, it’s no surprise that the owners outfitted the building with a Control4-powered…
In densely populated areas of India, it is common to see multi-use buildings that house both a business and residence. Sound Sense, an award-winning integration firm in Surat in the state of Gujarat, has one of India’s most elite showrooms and is quite familiar with working in this type of…
Meyer Sound has introduced Ultra Reflex, a patent-pending solution for optimum reproduction of discrete screen channel audio on large-scale direct view (“emissive”) video displays. The complete system for each screen channel comprises a high-frequency component reflecting off the screen that is coupled seamlessly with a direct radiating low-frequency component. The…
A 300-seat giant dome cinema in the Netherlands has become the site of the first European installation of the ESX projection system from digital planetarium and full-dome theatre specialist Evans & Sutherland. The system uses a blended array of five Christie D4K40 RGB laser projectors, plus E&S's own auto-alignment and…
A vertical cinema, with the audience at steep incline in pods inspired by theatre balconies, is to open in Paris next year, offering an opportunity for better placement of projectors to create an image free of distortion. Customers watching films will no longer have to sit in long rows, following…
AV has wrought huge changes in cinema over the last decade, with digital distribution replacing film and breathtaking advances in the audience experience. Before the Covid crisis, cinema was the leading AV sector in terms of expansion, according to IOTA. “There’s always significant innovation in sound, picture and seating in…
When the MARC Theatre in Salt Lake City underwent a major renovation in 2012, converting it from an indoor sports facilit to a 564-seat, high-class movie theatre, it quickly established itself on the circuit of the annual Sundance Film Festival. Co-founded by Robert Redford in 1981, in an attempt to…
Reopening safely and managing social distancing was top of the priority list when the team at Odeon Cinemas Group was planning their reopening following a three-month closure. Thanks to solutions, support and expertise from digital signage company Saturn Communications Group, the process of getting the sites back up and running…
CEN Media Group and Ultraleap have signed a deal that will see touchless technology solutions installed into CEN’s digital out-of-home cinema network in the US. As cinemas reopen and respond to life post-Covid-19, this technology will allow brands to continue to engage with consumers in a safe and responsible way. Starting with…
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