Features

Telepresence technology overview

What is telepresence and what are the hidden considerations that vendors often won’t tell you? Anna Mitchell explores an integrator’s place in this rapidly growing market and what you need to know to get involved.


Two-day TiLEforum in Italy announced

With the support of the City of Florence, and UK Trade and Investment, a two-day TiLE event will take place in Italy in October.

3D’s Niche Play

Despite all the hoopla, 3D remains a niche play in the consumer market. Tim Kridel explores whether the technology is getting more traction in pro AV – and whether it even matters.

Am I making myself clear?

Voice announcements in public address systems must be understood or the result is just noise pollution and lack of intelligibility can have legal implications. Philipp Schwizer, CEO of NTi Audio argues the case for intelligible advertising, information and emergency announcements.

Zwiebel on QSC’s networking stance

Rich Zwiebel, vice president of networking strategy at QSC Audio explains why the company developed Q-LAN for Q-SYS rather than adopting a different networked audio standard such as DANTE or AVB.

AV interfaces proliferate

With the debut of Thunderbolt, pro AV is getting another interface, like it or not. Tim Kridel examines how the interface ecosystem is evolving.