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I In late December 2019, the New York University IT audiovisual services team received some foreboding news. On a call with colleagues at the school's Shanghai campus, they were brought [...]

When an artistic mind sets its zest to technology, amazing things can happen. For proof, look no further than John Starmer, director of production at Jazz at Lincoln Center. A [...]

The way we work is in an unprecedented state of flux. With the growing trend of remote work, offices are shifting their space from accommodating personal tasks to a group-first focus. While the huddle room tide has been rising for some time, the demand for spaces in which teams of all sizes can collaborate is continuing to grow. And for these spaces to function optimally as hubs for teamwork, they need technology to facilitate the creative thinking process., A NEW APPROACH As Millennials and Gen-Z employees make up more and more of the workforce, they're bringing a lot of demands with them. One of these is the requirement [...]

Joe Ness isn't your typical technology manager. As the executive director of entertainment for Peppermill Casinos, he's not only responsible for overseeing the staggering array of screens throughout the company's [...]

You're behind the wheel, cruising along at highway speed. But your're not looking at the road--at least not directly. No, you're piloting your car from behind a head-mounted display, and [...]

As AV over IP continues to become the standard for video transmission, the question has remained: which network should be the standard for AV over IP? We reached out to leading manufacturers of networked AV solutions to find out what they think., ARISTA PAUL SHU, PRESIDENT Is your networked AV product road-map designed for 1Gb or 10Gb Ethernet networks? Both. Why have you chosen to focus on 1Gb/10Gb? What are the benefits [...]

Thousands of people across the country sit transfixed on their screens as the star player makes one last effort to lead his team to victory. Then, in an instant, the [...]

One of the most exciting things about the audiovisual industry is its breadth. Not only does it provide ingenius tools for practical things like business and learning, it also furnishes pursuits that stike us with wonder and fill the world with beauty., And when it comes to the side of the business aimed at amazement, nothing can create a show like projection mapping. With the world as a canvas, a growing wave [...]

What makes for greatness? It takes an undying drive to be the best. It's the resolve to keep pushing the limits of possibility, even after you've reached the loftiest of [...]

When it comes to cutting-edge video technology, there is perhaps no industry that demands the precision and detail of the medical field. From telemedicine to remote surgery, technology is transforming [...]

Like every other facet of audiovisual technology--and our world, at large--the state of digital signage is radically different than it was a year ago. The steady growth of capabilities and [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country in March, many universities were sent scrambling to establish methods of transitioning their academic programs to the virtual realm. The University of [...]

When it comes to big, bright visuals, nothing beats direct-view LED. Long relegated to select high-profile applications like stadium jumbotrons and Times Square billboards, recent years have seen costs plummet [...]

I'm writing this from home. In all likelihood, you'll be reading it at home. This situation wasn't in any company's product roadmap. Or was it?, Back in February, in panel discussions at IMCCA's Collaboration Week New York, there was consensus among experts about one aspect of the future workforce: a lot more of it would [...]

AV over IP is the way of the future. It's all you hear in the industry. So, to start a job at a company that was outfitting its enormous headquarters [...]

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, it's as good a time as any to check in with some of the leading companies in the pro AV space [...]

As audiovisual technology pervades our lives to an ever-increasing degree, it often falls into two categories: things designed to solve problems, and stuff engineered to amaze. Occasionally, though, there comes [...]

What kind of work were you doing when you were 19 years old? While many teenagers are content to slack off, Connor Bright was leading the design and integration of [...]

Conference room audio: it's not going to dazzle, entertain, or leave a lasting impression.That is, if it's done right. Unlike most other tools of the pro AV trade, the goal of microphones in a well-engineered meeting room is for users to not even notice them at all., But don't let this understated nature deceive you; there's been a flurry of innovation in conferencing mics over the past few years. From new pickup technologies to versatile new form [...]

You're sitting in class and you ask a question. The instructor turns and looks at you, and delivers the answer. But you're not in the same room; you're sitting on [...]

There have never been so many ways to deliver an immersive video experience as there are today--from undulating tunnels of OLED panels to 200-foot-wide LED boards in stadiums, it's an exciting time to be in this industry. But if you want to go really big (think Empire State Building big) there's still only one way to get it done: projection., The rise in high-brightness projectors over the past few years is enabling video to grace all manner of surfaces--from the facades of cathedrals and skyscrapers to the playing surfaces of [...]

Bigger, brighter, and blending better into their environments, today's video walls are transforming the way we look at everything from entertainment to critical data., Of course, video walls are nothing new; they have been around for several decades, and for the most part, in two basic form factors. For spaces like control rooms, you [...]

For more than 10 years, SCN has been compiling a list of the industry's Top 50 Systems Integrators. It's a great way for us to close out the year--and a [...]

When people visit a museum of a historical event--of a Civil War battle, for example--they expect to be transported to that era by means of artifacts and period-costumed staff. But [...]

They won't catch your eye, or beckon you from afar for a closer look. They won't draw a crowd at InfoComm. But without them, the world would be a much [...]

A GUIDE TO WHAT'S NEW, AND THE 'CAN'T MISS' TRENDS, ATTRACTIONS AT INFOCOMM 2017 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's almost here: a year of research, development, and exhaustive planning will soon culminate [...]

Adventech, a global provider of industrial computing products and services, is trying to help systems integrators get a share of the expanding internet of things (IoT) market. The company recently [...]

Small companies are almost always personality-driven businesses. It's not just the extra-personal touch that clients get when interacting with them, but their own colorful approaches and distinctive origins that form [...]

Seeing the impressive new products at InfoComm each year, one can't help but wonder what it would be like to implement them in the real world, transforming spaces into monuments [...]

2016 was another memorable year for the development of professional audiovisual technology. The following is a selection of some of the innovative new offerings that have helped propel the industry [...]

In today's distraction-filled digital world, bright pictures and colorful graphics aren't enough to command attention. From eyecatching signage in unique form factors, to kiosks that operate like giant tablets, the [...]

Unlike the beckoning harbors of New York or San Francisco, upon which great cities couldn't help but flourish, Las Vegas rose forth from the barren Nevada soil by creating its [...]

It's a given: every year, speaker technology gets a little bit better, and a little bit closer to perfect reproduction of natural sound. At most points in the history of [...]

What did you want to be when you were young? An astronaut? A firefighter? I think it's safe to say almost no one grew up dreaming of being a custom [...]

Over the course of the year, we've received a lot of feedback from our readers about the new products that have made their integration and consultation lives easier and more [...]

It's a textbook example of irony: a business revolves around leveraging the latest technology to empower people to live better-yet goes about its own business in a very antiquated way. [...]

Call it a renaissance, of sorts. Over the past few years, the mp3 player-led dark ages of low-quality audio have given way to a proliferation of innovation--not only in the [...]

One of the original developments in smart home technology was based around the remote--or more specifically, consolidating the operation of many home theater devices into one unified controller. Today, with [...]

Suspension of disbelief--the total immersion of oneself in an on-screen experience such that the temporal world falls away--requires one thing above all else: a really large screen. It's a sensation [...]

Esports is among the fastest growing industries in the world--and there's no better time than now to get involved. On Dec. 4, AV Technology, Systems Contractor News, and Tech & [...]

For AV professionals, there are few things more exasperating than bad audio. With all of the meticulously designed, acoustically optimized board rooms sitting vacant as the COVID-19 quarantine drags on, business meetings have been reduced to conversations through tiny built-in laptop microphones. That's no good. Not only do these default setups generate noticeably poorer sound quality, they can also introduce echo into conversations, frustrating all participants in the meeting. With all signs pointing to an enduring increase in remote work, there's no better time than now to consider equipping your workforce with high-quality solutions for remote conferencing audio. Here are some of the latest solutions from top brands., Avaya IXTM Conference Phone B109 The Avaya IX Conference Phone B109 is a compact, portable personal speakerphone that delivers clear sound using the company's OmniSound audio technology. With its USB [...]

The IMCCA--a non-profit organization that has worked to promote and guide unified communications and collaboration for more than 20 years-held its second annual Collaboration Week New York (CWNY) in late [...]

It's one of the only things that you'll install that will never make a client smile in amazement; in fact, it's something they will ideally never even see or think [...]

There are few things more physically demanding than playing in the National Football League. So after more than 100 games for the Green Bay Packers--including a victory in Super Bowl [...]

It's a rare feat: rising up from winning a reality competition show, to appearing in a Netflix-exclusive series, to starring in a Hollywood blockbuster film with big-name celebrities. Such a [...]

Perhaps the most dramatic application of today's ever-improving audiovisual technologies is in large-scale projection mapping. As projection technology allows for brighter, more colorful, and bigger pictures, the only limit on [...]

It's happened often: when people find out I write about the home technology industry, they ask my advice on home audio solutions. More times than not, their question is about [...]

'Have you tried turning it off and on again?' is the standard telephone greeting of Roy Trenneman, the perpetually annoyed information technology worker and protagonist of the silly British sitcom, [...]

When it comes to high-end home technology, nothing matches the 'wow' power of a premium home theater. In recent years, projection technology has accelerated so rapidly that it has become [...]

As the demand for corporate collaboration technology continues to grow, huddle spaces--small, tech-equipped areas for informal meetings--remain one of the most popular applications in this innovation wave. But with the [...]