Virtalis has designed what is said to be the first LED immersive VR power wall in academia, at the Regent College London. The 4.86m by 2.39m ActiveWall is made out of a 1.2mm pixel pitch SiliconCore display, with interactivity delivered through an Advanced Realtime Tracking (ART) solution to ensure that…
Free Your Mind: The Matrix was an immersive, dance-based reimagining of the cult 90s movie franchise, created as the opening event for Manchester’s impressive new cultural space within Factory International. The brainchild of director Danny Boyle – who teamed up with choreographer Kenrick “H20” Sandy, composer Michael “Mikey J” Asante…
The Norfolk village of Thursford, known for its steam engines, musical organs and fairground rides, as well as its spectacular theatrical shows, will be delivering a new, immersive sound experience with its Thursford Christmas Spectacular this year, thanks to a state-of-the-art d&b Soundscape from audio technology and solutions company, d&b audiotechnik.…
UK-based GO Audio Visual is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The service-only organisation supports its clients with first- and second-line warranty support, installation services, loan and demo equipment management, and on-site warranty support. GO Audio Visual was set up by managing director Barry Rimmer in 1998. Its early successes included providing…
Throughout its 70-year history, the ‘Tattoo’ has risen to become one of the world’s most prominent live spectaculars. Held at the imposing Edinburgh Castle the Tattoo runs throughout August and plays to a live audience of 220,000 people, and an estimated global broadcast audience of 100 million. The show runs…
Trison UK has announced the launch of a games studio to work with brands on the gamification of expreiences. The studio will use custom-designed digital surfaces, mixed reality, virtual reality and companion mobile experience to augment brand and hospitality spaces. In a social media post, the company said: "Play has…
Part of the brand of exclusive members clubs, Soho House’s Brighton Beach House is one of the latest additions to the chain and combines all the usual Soho House and Soho Works spaces within a beach club format, due to the site’s location on the seafront. The club recently underwent…
Mo-Sys Engineering's automated re-rendering service for on-set virtual production (VP), NearTime, was utilised to deliver VFX scenes for the three episodes marking the 60th anniversary of Dr Who. CGI, animation and VFX specialist RealTime and studio Painting Practice joined forces with Mo-Sys last year to create cost-efficient workflow for a…
LED Studio has signed a deal with ADI Global Distribution. The partnership will offer ADI customers across the UK, Spain, France and Benelux and Nordic regions access to LED Studio's narrow-pixel-pitch EDGE, AEGIS and V-Poster displays. Customers can access LED Studio products at ADI branches or online through the ADI…
Audiologic has provided audiovisual systems for a £1m revamp of 60 spaces of various sizes and functions at offices in central London. Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman tasked Insight Visual Systems with systems integration in the spaces at its global headquarters. Insight proposed a solution featuring industry-leading brands to align…
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