Holographic displays: Something in the air
April 26, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Technology, Leave a comment
Holographic displays are some of the coolest kit in the AV toolbox, capable of creating believable 3D images of people and objects out of nothing more than rays of light. Small wonder, then, that interest in the technology is growing rapidly. “New systems like the Apple Vision Pro have started…
Buying Advice: Taking the plunge into immersive AV
April 26, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Buying Advice, Technology Comments Off on Buying Advice: Taking the plunge into immersive AV
We think of immersive as any type of spatial (ie. three-dimensional) digital content,” says Jake Rowland, head of business development at Igloo Vision. “That could be a VR game or training programme, a 360-degree video, 3D design, or an engineering or building information modelling package, such as Autodesk or Revizto.…
Video conferencing: Conferring aloud
March 13, 2024 Technology Comments Off on Video conferencing: Conferring aloud
First it was the landline, then the mobile, then the internet. Now video conferencing has joined the ranks of ‘can’t-do-without-it’ business technologies, providing a lifeline to hybrid workers and a low-carbon alternative to business travel. “With 80 per cent of meetings either hybrid or fully virtual, there’s been growing demand…
Inside Tech: The generative AI game
March 13, 2024 Technology Leave a comment
Artificial intelligence has a myriad applications within the AV sphere, from directing the cameras in a video conference to identifying the one potential ne’er-do-well among a thousand CCTV feeds. But to the average person – not to say newspaper leader writer – ‘AI’ means the clever software that can generate…
Sound Advice: The pursuit of audio ‘appiness’
March 13, 2024 Technology Leave a comment
In today’s smartphone-centric world there is an app for just about everything and this is very much the case in the world of professional AV sound. Audio system manufacturers and engineers have embraced the flexibility and freedom that remote control from a handheld device can bring. This is hardly surprising…
Assistive listening: Hear it through several grapevines
February 15, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Health and social care, Technology Leave a comment
These days, in a much noisier world and with high degrees of in-ear device use, hearing loss is an increasing problem amongst younger age groups. But the technology that, in some cases, has played a part in causing the damage is now helping alleviate it. This is through assistive listening…
Inside Tech: Smart buildings for the future
February 15, 2024 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Support Systems, Technology Leave a comment
It can surely only be a matter of time before the buildings where we live and work are smarter than we are. But what exactly is a smart building? For Mark Atkinson, sales manager at integrator Universal AV, it goes beyond simply having a lot of technology. “Smart buildings are…
Buying Advice: A meeting space of minds
December 13, 2023 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Buying Advice, Collaboration and videoconferencing, Technology Leave a comment
It is one of modern life’s little ironies that the average meeting space is no longer a space where people meet – at least, not all of them. With hybrid working obviously here to stay, equipping meeting spaces now involves a delicate balancing act to satisfy the needs of both…
Inside Tech: Cutting the umbilical cable
December 13, 2023 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Collaboration and videoconferencing, Technology Leave a comment
The ‘Spaghetti Junction’ of cabling that once surrounded the average AV system can now be replaced by wireless networking technologies. Some are already well established, and applications such as Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Zoom now enable wireless sharing of content directly from the application. “Wireless is becoming more popular…
Intelligent AV: Who’s a clever endpoint, then?
December 13, 2023 AV Magazine (Print Edition), Management and control, Technology Leave a comment
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…
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