PPDS has provided Philips digital signage displays and the Wave Controller cloud platform for 40 of Finnish eye-care specialist Silmäasema's high-street stores. Silmäasema tasked AV integration specialist FirstView Digital Signage and PPDS with reinventing the way in which it communicated with customers, while delivering more-sustainable and cost-efficient business practices. Philips…
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Italian VP studio is first to install Absen’s Pixel Reality series
MovieChrome, a video production company located in Milan, has become the first virtual production (VP) studio to use Absen’s Pixel Reality (PR) series. VP is experiencing rapid global growth, creating a new generation of immersive and engaging content for everything from films and commercials to fashion shows and product launches.…
ISE pours cold water on badge printing entry chaos fears
You might think, like me, that the badge policy of the world's largest AV trade show is probably a dull subject to talk about even if it has some practical importance. But if you thought that, like me, you would be wrong. ISE's badge policy is a topic that has…
AtlasIED appoints first director of sales for EMEA region
AtlasIED has recruited Simon Godfrey for the newly created role of director of sales for the EMEA region. He is responsible for sales of all AtlasIED product lines, including loudspeakers, the AtlasIED Atmosphere audio processing and control system, the GLOBALCOM enterprise communications platform and the AtlasIED IPX Series of audio…
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…
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…
Giant transparent LED display to welcome visitors to ISE
ISE 2024 will unveil a transparent LED Welcome Screen at the South Access entrance to its Fira de Barcelona Gran Via venue. The 193 sq metre transparent LED display will become a permanent fixture after being inaugurated at ISE's 20th edition which will run from 30 January to 2 February…
ISE 2024 to be staged ‘with record-breaking show floor’
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2024 is set to be the exhibition's largest-ever event and is on the verge of selling out. ISE 2024’s total show floor will be 30% larger than last year, taking up eight halls of the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via. The upcoming event, which takes place…
Vodafone Studios, Germany: Stretching reality
Hi-tech companies like to be seen to practise what they preach. So when Vodafone Germany opened its own extended reality (XR) studio at its Düsseldorf headquarters in December 2022, it went for something absolutely state of the art. “When we designed Vodafone Studios, I don’t think anyone in Germany had…
ISE’s Barcelona home to add 25% more exhibition space
ISE's home in Barcelona is to add another 60,000 sq metres to its existing floor space of 240,000 sq metres, with the construction of a new Hall Zero building. Work on the foundations of the building began last week at a plot of land located by the Plaça Europa that…