With voice control now an integral part of many consumer devices – Samsung reports integration of its Bixby voice technology into fridges and appliances, to smartphones and wearables. Bixby started as a practical way to use your voice to interact with your phone. Now, it is evolving into a scalable, open AI platform to support all of the devices in a consumer’s life. Earlier this year, Samsung introduced the new Bixby – a more conversational, more personal and more useful intelligent assistant. Bixby keeps the dialogue moving forward to get things done. It gets to know you and learns from…
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Meetings play a central role in day-to-day office life – Sharp’s research conservatively estimates that European workers spend an average of 25 hours per month in meetings so it’s important that we get them right. Business leaders, office planners and facilities managers need to consider a myriad of different factors when choosing office and meeting spaces, from the amount of space available for furniture to the number of power sockets. All in order to create an environment for employees that will help them to focus, be more productive and ultimately make them more effective. While we and the AV industry…
BrightSign’s XT1144 media player is ideal for systems integrators with the long-term interests of their clients in mind. With a vast range of content and input/output options, the XT1144 has the flexibility and features to continue to meet clients’ evolving needs. The BrightSign XT1144 media player is said to deliver unsurpassed performance for enterprise applications with a powerful 4K video engine, BrightSign’s fastest HTML and graphics engine and BrightSign’s most powerful CPU. In an interview with AV News, BrightSign CEO Jeff Hastings explained that the XT1144 represents a platform with longevity that will extend until the next major shift in…
ViewSonic Europe has appointed Louie Fisher as Client Relationship Manager in its AV division. Based in the UK, he will be responsible for building and maintaining end-user relationships; showcasing ViewSonic’s range of award-winning interactive flat panels (IFPs) and projectors, using his expert knowledge of AV technology to ensure education and corporate customers have access to the products that best meet their needs. Following the completion of his degree at the University of Birmingham, Louie also completed the Teach First graduate programme; the largest teacher training and leadership programme in the UK. He went on to qualify and work as an English…
Vivitek has announced a distribution agreement with Navigator Nordics in Sweden: “Navigator’s strong distribution development in the market for visual displays and collaboration solutions in the conference room, were key reasons for Vivitek to add Navigator Nordics to its network in Sweden. The expertise and complementary portfolio we can offer in display solutions creates many opportunities, including the imminent introduction of NovoDisplays and the Delta LCD Videowalls to address the increasing demand for digital signage solutions,” explained Linnea Bergh, Sales Manager, Vivitek Nordics. Navigator, established in 2018, is an opportunity driven distributor that was created to meet, serve and drive…
Midwich Group has announced the opening of a new 50,000 sqft+ southern showroom called Innovation House, located in Bracknell, Berkshire. The state-of-the-art showroom will be one of the largest multi-vendor experience centres in the UK and will showcase the Group’s wide-ranging technologies from across Midwich, PSCo, Sound Technology, Holdan and Invision. The showroom will be equipped with cutting edge training rooms which will have the capacity to train an unprecedented number of manufacturers. It will include a 14-metre-high research and development space, dedicated training rooms, a cinema room, flexible event space, as well as an impressive office space which can…
“Little consideration, if any at all, was given to cost,” how often do you hear that in an education installation? Peerless-AV has successfully completed a project with systems integrator APIXIT involving the integration of a 2.7m x 4.8m LED video wall at the ECLA Campus in Saclay, a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Two years ago, the HPC Capital group, parent company of Oceanis Promotion, Appart’City and Global Exploitation, was in the process of launching the construction the project for the ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Campus. The ECLA Campus is the largest student residence in France based on…
It might come as a surprise to learn that some 50,000 students are currently studying for their degrees using distance learning solutions. The range of courses on offer includes business and management; criminology and law; engineering; finance and accounting; graphic design; health and social care; human resource management; marketing; psychology and, of course, computing and IT – but we believe that distance learning is on the cusp of substantial growth. Perhaps it is less of a surprise to discover that Distance Learning is undergoing significant growth as universities start to exploit their brands among disparate audiences at home and abroad.…
The idea of a ‘next gen workplace’ is pretty standard, right? Open plan, bookable huddle spaces, meeting rooms with UC links to colleagues and even the car parking and catering reserved remotely? This has been the predominant trend since the first ‘modern’ office layouts debuted in the 1950s and the supporting technologies emerged in the last 10 years. But have we got it right? From the dawn of the 20th Century, open plan offices have been a fundamental part of the UK workplace, but the credit for the ideal should probably be attributed to the other side of the Atlantic.…