I shouldn’t be surprised if the average AV endpoint now has more compute power and built-in intelligence than took Neil Armstrong to the moon. We almost take for granted the ability of self-steering microphones and tracking cameras to home in on whoever is speaking and keep them centre-frame and clearly…
Management and control
Datapath joins the SDVoE Alliance as an adopting member
Datapath has joined the SDVoE Alliance, a nonprofit consortium of technology providers collaborating to standardise the adoption of Ethernet to transport AV signals in professional environments. Datapath offers video wall and control room solutions via a range of processors, and graphics and capture cards. Its latest fully integrated platform, Aetria,…
Twenty-five room project adds touchless control
Justworks, a rapidly growing HR technology company providing access to corporate-level benefits, payroll, compliance and HR support for small businesses, recently relocated its headquarters to a larger, 100,000-square-foot office space in downtown Manhattan and hired New York-based systems integrator, Colortone Audio Visual, as its AV design and integration firm. Colortone…
RealMotion powers visuals at guitar-shaped hotel
A RealMotion media server is at the heart of a huge digital sculpture at the world's first guitar-shaped hotel, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Powered by a single RealMotion 4 Karat Gold Series server, the entire facade of the 400-foot-tall, $1.5 billion hotel is a digital…
Circular projections are bigger than a football field
Earlier this year, the Atlanta History Center opened Cyclorama: The Big Picture, featuring the fully-restored cyclorama painting The Battle of Atlanta. Longer than a football field and standing 49ft tall, the unique 132-year-old hand-painted artwork is one of only two cycloramas in the US – a rare survivor of a…
Christie chosen for control at Dutch National Opera
As part of a 15-hour performance spread over three days, the Dutch National Opera performed major parts of Karlheinz Stockhausen's aus LICHT cycle. One of the world’s top five opera companies, the Dutch National Opera opted for a combination of Christie Terra for AV distribution and processing, and Christie Pandoras…
Education ministry building takeover aided by AMX
With nearly 2,000 employees, the Ministry of Education is one of New Zealand’s largest government agencies, overseeing the nation’s education system. To accommodate its large staff with a professional and modern work environment, the Ministry of Education recently moved its headquarters to Mātauranga House, a previously occupied 12-story office building…