Background music (BGM) in restaurants, bars, shops and hotels has always been a contentious and divisive issue. Some people may feel while shopping or trying to enjoy a meal they are being bombarded by songs, often played at overly loud and intrusive levels; but others might feel uncomfortable if a…
At one time, there was a strict divide between the trade shows aimed at various sound and vision-oriented media sectors. Very few equipment manufacturers - and even fewer visitors - would attend both audiovisual (AV) and broadcast shows, with little or no intersection between the technologies used for the two…
David Byrne's musical Here Lies Love is now well into its run on Broadway, returning to New York ten years after it was first staged in the city. The show, featuring lyrics by former Talking Heads main man Byrne, who wrote the music with Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook), is based…
A constant factor in school life is the bell to mark different parts of a day, from the start and end of classes to breaks to the longed-for going home time. The bell itself has changed over the years from being rung by hand to electric models and is now…
Virtual production (VP) and extended reality (XR) technologies were always going to be tailor-made for the video game market and China's biggest online gaming platform, Tencent Games, continues to exploit the potential of both. This is driven by CDD Virtual Studio, with its ability to switch instantly between VP and…
London accountancy firm Lubbock Fine has upgraded its largest meeting room for Microsoft Teams Room functionality, featuring a Yamaha wireless sound system working in conjunction with a Logitech Rally camera set-up. The installation was carried out by IT, telecoms and conferencing integrator Pinnacle working with audio specialist Audiologic, Like many…
Immersive audio is becoming a key part of large-scale concerts and other live events. Among the systems available for creating an all-enveloping sound environment is Holoplot, which is now most famously installed at Sphere, the massive in-door venue in Las Vegas. The first outdoor installation of Holoplot's X1 Matrix Array…
Visualization and Legamaster have signed a deal under which Visualization now handles sole UK distribution for Legamaster displays and meeting room systems in the UK. In addition to this, Visualization's parent group VUEAV will represent the brand in the Middle East, while associate company CineAV will cover South Africa. Visualization…
Travelling open-air cinema company Adventure Cinema has bolstered its inventory of HK Audio loudspeakers for this year's summer season to increase sound coverage at the outdoor venues it visits. HK's UK distributor, POLAR, supplied six Linear 5 LTS long-throw ultra compact cabinets, which were added to the tops of the…
Audio conferencing specialist Nureva has introduced a new feature that automatically switches cameras according to the sound source. Location data recognition and the INOGENI CAM230 multi-camera selector are now integrated into the HDL410 system to enable seamless cutting between different views in both Microsoft Teams and Zoom using USB or…
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