Finnish rock star Lauri Tähkä is on a tour of his home county’s biggest venues with an inspired set design featuring visuals driven by Hippotizer Montane+ Media Servers. The chart topping musician is wowing crowds at venues including Helsinki’s Bolt Arena, Seinäjoki OmaSp Stadium and the Nokia Arena in the city of Tampere. Finnish design studio Visual45 was challenged with creating a standout show for Lauri Tähkä’s tour, based on the concept of a spiritual, temple experience. The company’s Mikko Linnavuori and Eero Helle have worked on visual design for Lauri Tähkä before, and understand his requirements for audience-pleasing visual…
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Collaboration endpoint specialist Konftel has strengthened its sustainability ethos by announcing a series of ‘greener’ measures to help secure official Climate Neutral status for the third year in a row. The manufacturer, with a growing global footprint, became the first in the UC industry to become Climate Neutral certified, where all greenhouse gas emissions have been offset by credits, to support various projects around the world. Konftel joins a growing movement of over 260 brands achieving the standard, based on a far-reaching three step process which comprises: Measuring its 2021 greenhouse gas emissions footprint Purchasing verified carbon credits to offset…
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced, at the CoSN2022 national conference, new features for education in response to requests from teachers and administrators. These features span Zoom’s Chat and Meetings offerings and are designed to support teachers who need to engage and manage students joining class remotely or submitting homework assignments. Virtual Background & Blur for Chromebooks Chromebooks are a popular choice for students and teachers. Virtual background and blur are now available for Zoom for Chrome Progressive Web Application (PWA) users. Zoom developed this capability after requests from various education customers, including Clayton County Public Schools, one of…
National Pro AV manufacturer, Hall Technologies, announced today that it received an additional equity investment by Gun Lake Investments (“GLI”) to support the Company as it pursues a rapid organic growth plan centered around new product expansion. GLI’s initial investment into Hall Technologies dates back to 2018, and effective April 1st, GLI increased its majority share of the business while assuming management control of the Company. The investment signals GLI’s confidence in Hall Technologies’ leadership, product portfolio, and future growth trajectory. “GLI is known for building relationships leading to investment opportunities that turn into success stories. They see our potential…
In a recent study into the global hybrid working environment, EPOS discovered that end users (that is, employees) spend an average of seven hours per week in virtual meetings – an increase of two hours per week since 2020. This has impacted workers in many ways, with 63% of employees saying they regularly experience issues due to poor sound quality on calls, over a quarter (26%) saying they have been frustrated, irritated, or annoyed by ‘unnatural audio’ and over half (56%) believing that good audio will prevent moments of stress at work. Director of Technology at EPOS, Torben Christiansen, says…
Touchscreen manufacturer CTOUCH has launched a brand new ‘As A Service’ programme, aimed to provide more added value to a display. Called CTOUCH Heartbeat. the programme will almost certainly bring an upset to the world of touchscreens. It goes the extra mile by adding a lifetime of support, upgrades and trainings to CTOUCH touchscreens to massively improve their runtime and experience. This leads to a much lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), while simultaneously putting us, and our customers, on the right path to reach our sustainability goals. “We are beyond thrilled to introduce Heartbeat”, says Anthony van Oijen, CTO…
Vivitek has added support for the emerging Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) trend to its Novo Ecosystem solutions. This new BYOM upgrade option means that users of Vivitek’s most popular wireless collaboration solutions –the NC-X700, NC-X900, NovoDisplay and NovoTouch – can now control mainstream meeting peripherals such as cameras or audio devices from the convenience of the meeting moderator’s own laptop. To demonstrate the benefits of BYOM, Vivitek is currently offering users of the compatible NC-X700, NC-X900, NovoDisplay and NovoTouch devices a 30 day free trial. With the Novo Ecosystem, Vivitek was the first brand to introduce an ecosystem of…
Sharp UK has announced the launch of its new Interactive Touchscreen Tables – specifically designed to help employees, school children and older adults in care stay better connected. Available in three unique models – the Early Years, Agile, and Flex – the Interactive Touchscreen Table range works seamlessly in a variety of different environments – from businesses and architecture firms to healthcare and education. Delivering high-definition picture quality and visual display, all models come with a dynamic 32-inch full HD screen. The intuitive touch display allows for up to 40 simultaneous touch points, making teamwork, learning, or group sessions…
Vestel Visual Solutions has launched its next-generation IFX Series of 4K interactive displays, designed to offer a new level of engagement from classroom to boardroom. Available in three sizes, the 65”, 75” and 86” touch=enabled UHD displays meet the needs of businesses across a number of sectors. “Offering a tailored technology solution for both the classroom and the boardroom, the Android 9.0-powered IFX displays inspire and support creativity in all forms, from design and conception to dynamic problem-solving”, said Karen Langford, Head of B2B, Vestel. “With a wide variety of applications and engagement options, along with industry-leading audio-visual performance, the…
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed our healthcare system to its limits and been a catalyst for change and adaptation in the face of the invisible plague that has swept the world. Many patient-facing administrative processes have been completely transformed from the ground up, such as turning paper processes into digital ones to enable social distancing and getting rid of outdated hardware such as fax machines and replacing them with smarter technologies that are also designed around infection control with antibacterial properties. Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed our healthcare system…