Strategic Insight, a Department of Defense consulting firm in the Washington DC metropolitan area, has upgraded a 360° War Room from old-school, cluttered cork and whiteboards to a modern, digital collaboration room, featuring eight touchscreens with advanced collaboration software. The War Room now has two 98” Planar touchscreens on each…
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Electrosonic names Ewan Smith as global president and MD
Electrosonic has appointed Ewan Smith as global group president and managing director. Smith initially joined Electrosonic as US president in August 2020, and was promoted to global chief revenue officer in July of 2021, leading Electrosonic’s global sales and marketing to a strong year-end position. These successes, as well as…
Refik Anadol launches metaverse project with AV partners
Fresh from selling AI-generated NFT art for millions of dollars, media artist Refik Anadol has announced DATALAND, a new multidisciplinary collaboration with world-leading neuroscientists, architects, AI and computer graphics, olfactory and real-time biosensing pioneers. The project will work with companies that include NVIDIA, Google, Epic Games, L-Acoustics, LG Displays, Epson…
CES 2022 displays innovation despite Omicron omissions
Beamforming technology that can be used at home for videoconferencing calls, a tabletop version of a holographic display booth, plus the latest in OLED TVs and gaming monitors are among the latest products to appear at this year's CES show. The show kicked off this week, officially bringing together more…
Centrehung LED ‘mini scoreboard’ graces sports locker room
The National Hockey League’s Columbus Blue Jackets HAS added a mini centre-hung video display system to its players' locker room at the team's Nationwide Arena. The feature includes four curved LED screens from SNA Displays' BRILLIANT Interior range. Built with high-resolution 1.25 mm pixel pitch LED screens, the new installation…
Panasonic partners with Las Vegas entertainment district
Panasonic has signed a new deal to provide equipment and support to the Las Vegas entertainment district, Area15 which hosts themed entertainment, art and retail experiences just of the Strip. In the latest five-year collaboration, Panasonic will provide software development, engineering, projection design, show-quality support, and industry-leading projectors. Area15 is…
Record drone and outdoor LED shows ring in New Year
In a year in which New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations were still scaled back or cancelled in many cities around the world, drones and outdoor LED advertising screens have played a starring role in organised festivities. Major events included the UK's largest drone show in London, and the simultaneous display…
Projection mapping brings joy to Hanukkah celebrations
Immersive technology artists Lumen and Forge have created a Hanukkah-themed projection mapping display on the facade of a synagogue in Las Vegas. The artists donated their time and resources to the celebration which also included a snow-globe themed geodesic dome at the Chabad of Summerlin Community Center. This was the…
AVI-SPL announces LED partnership with Primeview Global
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…
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…