AR/VR
WATCH: Insights on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
David Niles of Theme Park Insider talks onsite with Walt Disney Imagineering Executive Creative Director John Larena
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Flatscreens
Samsung announces $11 billion investment in dedicated Quantum Dot display manufacturing facility
The company will switch the existing 8G LCD line into a QD line between now and 2025
AR/VR
WATCH: AR digital signage at London bus shelter
Digital OOH content creator Grand Visual was clearly an early pioneer in AR and in the trend called "prankvertising". You'll see why.
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Cows are happier in a VR world
Farmers in Krasnogorsk northwest of Moscow strapped custom-modified VR headsets to cows to see if looking at a simulated summer field with properly tuned colors would improve their mood,...
Audio
Behringer’s RD-8 is an emulation of Roland’s classic TR-808
Behringer has rolled out a lot of synth clones, but probably the standout is the emulation of the iconic Roland TR-808, which is now available/ As with all these...
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New circuit requires no electricity
MIT engineers create new circuit design that uses magnetic waves instead of electricity.
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on Screens
I don’t blame our industry for the anxiety of our public square and relationships. But I do blame screens in general—and the heaving maw of demand they create for...
Audio
Behringer launches TD-3 clone of the Roland TB-303
The Behringer pipeline of synth clones continues with the TD-3, an analog bass line synthesizer that’s more or less a clone of Roland’s classic TB-303. It’s not called the...
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Air by Quirky pulls apart into five speakers
Air by Quirky can be a single cylinder speaker with a 24 watt mono output. Or, the five magnetically connected units that make up the speaker–one AirBase and four...
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Behringer relaunches The Wasp synth
Behringer has added another to its lineup of cloned analog synths and drum machines with the Wasp Deluxe, an “ultra-affordable homage” as they call it to the iconic 1978 synth....
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The old MacBook Pro keyboard is back
iFixit confirms that the long butterfly nightmare is over
5G
FCC to auction C-band spectrum for 5G
Chairman Ajit Pai supports auctioning mid-band spectrum for 5G rather than allowing satellite companies to sell licenses privately to carriers.
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WATCH: AV leaks for new electric Ford Mach-E
You can’t be a Tesla killer without an AV dashboard. From the looks of it, Ford gets that and pretty much straight up much copied the Tesla Model 3...
Entertainment
WATCH: Magic Leap and Spotify enable BGM soundscapes that tie to a room
Magic Leap and Spotify are now live in Magic Leap World. Magic Leap, as you may be aware, is the venture capital darling of VR headsets and has been...
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WATCH: Looking Glass 8K 60 Holographic Display
8K 60 holographic display without glasses out of Brooklyn-based Looking Glass Factory
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on AV and Neurological Experiences
Last week, I came across two stories. In one story a group of gamers who are quadriplegic are training to compete internationally. In the other story, people are trying...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on Industry Diversity
How can our industry evolve to be more diverse? I’ve been in this industry as a theme park designer and a journalist for decades. I can confirm that it...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on Dante Certification
Not everything we do for work has to be work. I know time is at a premium for everyone, but this month, I’m going to make a pitch for...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on AVIXA Women’s Council
Thanks for InfoComm everybody. What an incredible amount of hard work went into this show, including from my own colleagues on the Daily led by our SCN high priestess,...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on Kevin Becka
Sometimes you are not sure if someone wishes to be publicly remembered after they are gone by everyone who can type. I don’t know what I would want. What...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on NAB
One of the things I like best about tradeshows is that moment when a team gets to finally pull the wraps off something new. I realize that happens all...
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on System Design
Conferencing and collaboration is communication. That seems obvious, but is it? It’s very easy to miss the communication part when focused on the technology. That means meetings can be...
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WATCH: Crestron Releases Crestron Home, powered by OS 3
Crestron has debuted Crestron Home, powered by OS 3, at ISE 2019. Crestron Home, powered by OS 3 provides a simpler, smarter user experience on mobile devices and TSW...
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WATCH: Time-Lapse Construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Super Bowl LIII
WHAT: On Sunday, February 3, the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams will face-off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the biggest game of the year – the...
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Audinate Adds Video to Dante with All-New Dante AV Module
PORTLAND, Ore., January 29, 2019 – Audinate, developer of the industry-leading Dante® audio networking technology, has announced Dante AV™, a first-of-its-kind integrated audio and video-over-IP solution for manufacturers. Dante...
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WATCH: Audi will turn a literal car into a movie theater at CES
This is one of the fruits of the new Audi/Disney partnership. Watch below, and The Verge reports more details here–Audi will bring two new in-car entertainment initiatives, including one...
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WATCH: International Space Station’s floating AV robot has first day on the job
Alexander Gerst, has his first day with co-worker CIMON the AV robot. CIMON stands for Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN. It’s a medicine-ball-sized plastic sphere that was 3D printed and equipped...
Industry
New “superior quality” analog compact music cassettes hit the market
RecordingTheMasters, the worldwide leader in reel-to-reel tape manufacturing, is launching its new analog compact music cassette with what it claims to be “best-in-class sound quality”. Initially introduced at the...
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WATCH: Amazon official picks HQ2 locations
To learn more about how secret bids translated to massive tax breaks, read Colin Lecher’s story at The Verge.
