Few sectors have been as badly hit by the pandemic as dining. Research from the Local Data Company has revealed that England, Scotland and Wales have lost a net 11.4 per cent of chain restaurants alone since the first lockdown in March 2020. You don’t have to spend long in…
For decades video game developers have promised players an experience equivalent to an interactive movie but have fallen far short. Initially their efforts consisted of video footage overlaid with basic graphics which restricted the level of interactivity. Although this isn’t a problem with modern 3D worlds, the environments and characters…
A night time drone light show is the be-all and end-all for most event planners. Not Mungo Denison. The co-founder and managing director of British business, SKYMAGIC says that lights on drones are just the beginning. Using them as platforms to launch lasers and fireworks is the future. The market…
Car launches for automotive marques are one of the tent pole moments of the calendar year. “Everyone assumes it’s Monaco or Silverstone but the car launch on the eve of the new F1 season releases pent-up demand from fans who haven’t been racing for months and sets up the entire…
Tickets to the opening of the $6.5 billion (£4.8 billion) Universal Beijing Resort sold out in just 30 minutes with 10,000 guests streaming through its ornate iron gates on 20 September. That trend has reportedly continued since then contributing to Universal posting the most profitable fourth quarter in its history.…
Weta Workshop are experts in the art of movie magic. The New Zealand based concept design and manufacturing facility is industry-renowned for producing outstanding props and visual effects within an impressive array of films, including Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Bladerunner, Thor: Ragnorok and I, Robot, The BFG and Godzilla.…
Editor’s comment: We are featuring the Russia Pavilion in AV Magazine as an example of interesting AV technology and in no way does AV Magazine endorse the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gone are the days when promoting a country at a World Expo involved filling a building with local iconography…
Promoting the United Kingdom in an Expo pavilion sounds like a no-brainer. Surely all you need to do is line the walls of a building with Union Jacks and fill it with Minis, Grenadier Guards and pictures of the Queen. Tell that to Es Devlin, the renowned stage designer who…
Most people embarking on a three-year, £40 million project to develop a flagship teaching and learning centre would give their right leg (or at least, someone’s right leg) for a peek into the future, to see if their design would still be relevant when the building was complete. For the…
In a Hoxton warehouse a six-person undercover unit is tasked with cracking a world-changing mystery. On the dark web, a black market known as ‘Origin’ has begun selling contraband, including Covid 19 vaccines, rhino horn extract – even Brad Pitt’s DNA. Suddenly, you’re face to face with dinosaurs. What is…
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