AVI-SPL has signed an agreement with Primeview Global for the deployment of hybrid LED wall experiences, in classrooms across the United States. The Training Center LED solution displays meeting attendees as well as video, graphics and other learning materials. Seating arrangements allow remote and office-based workers to feel connected without…
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Christie helps tell a nation’s story at Little Canada attraction
Christie projectors are helping to tell the story of a nation in miniature at a Little Canada exhibition which features 1:87 scale models of five of the country's landmarks. The attraction in downtown Toronto has been created by Blink Multimedia and Carbon Arc Projects, and took over 180,000 hours to…
Exertis acquires Almo in biggest acquisition to date
DCC Technology, which trades as Exertis, has announced its acquisition of Almo Corporation in North America in the biggest acquisition in the the history of parent company DCC plc. The acquisition makes Exertis the largest specialist Pro AV business in North America, and adds depth to its consumer portfolio, building…
Smithsonian Futures exhibition features LG OLED displays
The Smithsonian in Washington, DC is harnessing LG OLED displays, including transparent OLED, in a Futures exhibition in the museum's reopened Arts and Industries Building (AIB) which has been dubbed both a "Palace of Wonders" and the "Mother of Museums". The exhibition is being held as Americas oldest national museum,…
Massive sound masking project at Calgary’s tallest building
Hundreds of AtlasIED sound masking speakers and controllers have been installed in Calgary's tallest building, to create secure, comfortable working environments for some of Canada's largest companies. Forty of the 56 floors of the Brookfield Place building have been fitted with white and pink-noise generators, speakers and controllers across the…
Queen’s Gambit post-production relies on JBL Pro 7 Series
Throughout the post-production of the series The Queen's Gambit, the sound designer for The Netflix success, Wylie Stateman of 247SND, provided key members of the editorial and sound teams with JBL Professional 7 Series monitors to ensure consistent sound. The 2020 Netflix limited series about a troubled chess prodigy who…
Flagship Harry Potter store experience runs on Q-SYS
Audiologic has collaborated with UK-based consultancy Technically Creative to provide an immersive experience at the flagship Harry Potter store in New York. The 1,950 square metre store, which holds the world's largest collection of Harry Potter merchandise, opened in June. Providing a store-wide system that incorporates special effects and visual…
Star Trek: Discovery sets powered by Brompton processors
Brompton Technology's LED video processors have joined a journey into a new world of virtual production as scenes from a new season of Star Trek: Discovery is being filmed at a Pixomondo LED stage in Toronto. Pixomondo has previously won an Emmy for visual effects on the second season of…
Samsung’s 80 million pixel screen features in AR experience
Samsung has announced the debut of Dreamground, a live AR experience at the SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park entertainment district in Los Angeles, and at its flagship Samsung 837 store in New York. Visitors to Dreamground can create, explore and play in an AR world of life-sized doodles and floating…
Award-winning bank rolls out localised digital signage
Washington Federal Bank, known as WaFd Bank, is an award-winning bank with more than 200 branches in eight states across the United States. Recently, WaFd entrusted digital communications agency NewReach to design, develop and deliver a ‘Digital First’ communications strategy across its branches. NewReach developed a content and communication strategy for…