The Samsung Electronics Business Academy is to offer four training courses that offer AVIXA's Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Renewal Units (RUs). The four courses include Smart LED Signage Indoor Master, Smart LED Signage Indoor Expert, Smart Signage The Wall Master and Smart Signage The Wall Expert. Adrienne Knick, senior director…
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Magewell and Barco partner in wireless conferencing
Magewell has joined Barco's ClickShare Alliance Program in a partnership that ensures that Magewell’s popular USB Capture Gen 2 HDMI-to-USB and SDI-to-USB capture devices are fully compatible with the Barco ClickShare Conference portfolio. The Plug and Play USB Capture Gen 2 brings HDMI and DSI video signals into Zoom, Teams,…
Lithium battery firm chooses ‘climate-neutral’ VC solutions
Konftel has provided videoconferencing solutions to Controlled Thermal Resources, a Southern California-based company which produces lithium battery products in a near-zero-emissions facility, with sustainability central to everything it does. The company required a platform-agnostic video conferencing platform for a new office that would allow employees to collaborate on Zoom, Teams,…
UC Expo organiser to run inaugural Manchester Tech Week
The organiser of Unified Communications Expo (UCX) and Digital Transformation Expo (DTX), Clarion Events, will be hosting the inaugural Manchester Tech Week, which will take place in April. Described as the North's largest-ever digital transformation event, Manchester Tech Week will assemble the best of the northern tech community for a…
Vizrt’s AI-powered Object Tracking premiered by FOX Sports
New Vizrt object tracking graphics technology, powered by Viz AI, has made its debut on FOX Sports' coverage of the Nascar season-opening Daytona 500. The technology came into play as the broadcaster sought to upgrade its coverage of the Nascar Cup Series, opting to use a new design that focuses…
Leyard LED video wall enhances Lamborghini dealership
A 4.8 x 2.8 metre Leyard video wall has been installed at a Lamborghini dealership in Dusseldorf, Germany, one of only nine official sites for the sports car manufacturer in the whole of the country. The Bielefeld, Germany based system integrator Medientechnik Bentlage (MTB), installed the 1.8mm LED video wall…
OneAV MD to run Marathon des Sables for hospice charity
MD of HDAnywhere and OneAV, Chris Pinder, is set to run six marathons in six days across the Sahara Desert to raise funds for Together for Cinema, a charity that provides and installs AV equipment into children's hospices and other deserving spaces cross the UK. Pinder will run 250km across…
QSC launches first Q-SYS network microphone and speakers
QSC has launched a range of new Q-SYS products, including network microphones and loudspeakers, with the aim of "scaling up and scaling out". With the aim of expanding the company's collaboration possibilities, QSC has released the NM Series tabletop network microphone and the NL Series network loudspeakers, which are designed…
Valo Motion launches first unattended six-player XR arena
The Finnish mixed reality gaming company, Valo Motion, has launched the ValoArena, the world's first unattended six-player XR arena. ValoArena allows groups of up to six players to choose between three different games to compete together in a simultaneously physical and virtual space on an arena-like stage where spectators can…
BenQ conference cameras receive Zoom certification
Two BenQ cameras have been certified by Zoom, the DVY31 meeting room webcam and the DVY32 conference room camera. The DVY31 full HD business webcam, which is designed for small to medium-sized meeting rooms, is a 1080p HD camera with a 92-degree wide field of view. Two omnidirectional microphones provide…