InfoComm 2024 Attendees: You asked for it, so he’s doing it. rAVe founder, Gary Kayye, will be delivering the “The Future of Workspaces is All About Experiences” educational session DURING InfoComm in Las Vegas on TUESDAY, June 11th @ 1p.m. — THIS WILL SELL OUT — so, sign up NOW! Register here. Here’s more information […]

Korbyt collaborated with Cardinal Glass to enhance communication and engagement at the company’s Church Hill, TN facility. Cardinal Glass, a global leader in the glass development industry, faced significant challenges in effectively communicating with employees. With a 50-acre space operating around the clock seven days a week, the company enlisted Korbyt’s help to develop an […]

PASS (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools) is an organization founded in 2014 to address the issue of school safety in K-12 schools. PASS provides school administrators, school boards and public safety and security professionals with the information and expertise needed to implement a tiered approach to securing and enhancing the safety of school environments through […]

Oklahoma-based Roasters Market serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with craft coffee beverages and smoothies. Adding digital signage meant working with Coffman Media to create menu boards to drive brand awareness. Roasters Coffee is a unique player in the coffee industry and has set itself apart by venturing into building native coffee brands rather than […]

Extron just debuted something called the WC Pro 150 OCS and WC Pro 160 and dubbed them Workspace Automation Controllers. These are designed to add secure display control and automation to workspaces of all sizes. Depending on the model you choose, you can have automatic display control via an occupancy sensor — either built right […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced an entry-level line of dvLED solutions; the Philips Public LED 5000 Series. Available globally — including EMEA, India, North America and APAC — the new Philips Public LED 5000 Series is aimed at indoor public spaces — such as retail stores, shopping centers, corporate spaces and offices, cinemas, theaters, […]

Planar announced an expansion to the company’s product portfolio with a new family of Leyard LED display solutions Wednesday. The solutions are designed to support “standard pitch, outdoor and rental and staging applications.” Available in the U.S. and Canada for digital-out-of-home (DOOH), retail, hospitality, sports and entertainment, and other mainstream applications, the new Leyard LED […]

Panasonic Connect announced that Panasonic’s projection system was chosen to power the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. Certified by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS as the largest architectural projection-mapped display (permanent), operation commenced on February 25, 2024. Going forward, the system will decorate the building with diverse content […]

LG Business Solutions has launched LG Studio Series DVLED, a new family of giant-screen displays that offer production studios, broadcasters and corporate marketing departments unprecedented opportunities to create professional-grade content using life-sized virtual production stages for on-camera color and clarity. Featuring various MicroLED models with genlock technology, brightness capabilities up to 5,000 nits and pixel […]

Ranked among U.S. News’ five best public universities in the United States, the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville has been driving innovation and pushing boundaries since 1853. As the diverse and academically rich school evolves, technology plays a key role in enhancing visualization, promoting critical information and facilitating collaboration, while helping to set a […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, videowalls and dvLED, has confirmed its attendance at NAB Show 2024 (April 13-17) in Las Vegas, showcasing its latest suite of solutions for the broadcast industry. Exhibiting on booth C3544 (Central Hall) at the Las Vegas Convention Center — which attracted more than 65,000 […]

Smode Tech announced a partnership with LABLAB that uses SMODE software to streamline its experimental video and audio workflows. A self-described “digital experimentation factory” (fabrique numérique d’expérimentation), LABLAB offers a fully-equipped research and creation space for audiovisual, immersive and interactive experiences. Located in Pôle PIXEL, the creative cluster home to some of the city’s most […]

It’s that time of year again! The 13th annual Readers’ Choice Awards nominations are now closed. We have given out our annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards on the InfoComm show floor every year, and 2024 in Las Vegas will be no different. Keep an eye on the key dates: Nominations Close: April 5, 2024 Voting […]

Tea Shop, the first Spanish chain selling fresh tea in bulk, has chosen nsign.tv‘s digital signage platform to digitize its nearly 100 stores in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil and Argentina to offer a more attractive, dynamic and personalized shopping experience for its customers. The company, founded in 1990 and offering more than 140 varieties of […]

LAVNCH WEEK is one of my favorite virtual events put on by the rAVe team. Not only do we get to hear from a wide variety of industry experts, but we get to chat with other attendees on the LAVNCH platform’s networking feature. This time around, LAVNCH WEEK looks a little different for me since […]

ProAV manufacturers are no strangers to providing loaner or demo equipment to end users. What the Nanolumens’ Special Projects Group (SPG) didn’t know is that a single Nixel would come back in a big way. Fast-forward six years to a design question from Jeian Jeong and Michael Schneider of Gensler, a global architect and consulting […]

22Miles released its Tradeshow AI Assistant: a custom-trained conversational AI tool that streamlines event operations and attendee support via an engaging, user-friendly and responsive chat interface. This solution offers a “first-of-its-kind experience, leveraging the 22Miles generative AI solution integrated with the brand’s 3D Wayfinding App and content management capabilities.” Trade show organizers spend countless hours […]

InfoComm 2024 will host An Evening at Sphere on Tuesday, June 11. The event begins with a reception in the Atrium, where, through one-of-a-kind immersive technology experiences created specifically for Sphere, guests will gain a better understanding of how technology amplifies our human potential. The guests will then enter the main venue bowl for a […]

Back in 2021, I wrote a rAVe column entitled “SecuringAV: The Remote Desktop Attack on a Florida Water Treatment Plant.” In this article, I talked about the different forms of infrastructure being targeted by cyberattacks, and connected the attack on the water treatment plant to similar vulnerabilities in AV systems. I also shared some lessons […]

LG Business Solutions announced that Atomic Golf, the new Las Vegas golf-based attraction set to open on March 22, to outfit every step of the customer journey with digital experiences from the parking lot to the tee line. According to Brian Birckbichler, Senior Vice President of Golf Entertainment at Atomic Golf, the vast digital signage […]

Optoma announced its new N-Series Professional Displays aimed at corporate and education settings and accommodate hybrid work and distance-learning scenarios. The N-Series Professional Displays offer the Optoma Solution Suite (OSS), a software platform that includes: Whiteboard File Manager Display Share A built-in media player Similar to Optoma’s IFPDs, the N-Series Professional Displays feature an ultra-slim […]

Boston Medical Group has successfully transitioned its AxisTV 9 digital signage network to AxisTV Signage Suite, opening users and patients to a broader universe of features and benefits that add up to a more compelling digital signage experience. The digital signage network is one of many responsibilities that Tahssin Alani carries as the IT department’s […]

By Ron DeVoe Since I have retired from the AV industry TWICE, I have been asked to offer advice or recognition of possible fallacies in retirement enjoyment. Because ownership of an AV business requires an enormous amount of mental energy for time and resource management, goal setting and attainment, cash flow and keeping up with […]

ECS Industrial Computer (ECSIPC) unveiled a mini PCs for quad-display industrial applications, the LIVA Z5 series, which includes the LIVA Z5 Plus, LIVA Z5E Plus and LIVA Z5F Plus. The LIVA Z5 series is powered by Intel 13th and 14th generation Core processors and they’re integrated with Wi-Fi 6E speeds up to 9.6 Gbps for […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, is delighted to announce the installation of 13 “game-changing” Philips interactive displays at Oracle Red Bull Racing’s renovated MK-7 marketing team offices in Milton Keynes, UK, sending team collaboration and creative capability into overdrive.   Signaling the latest evolution of an ever-deepening partnership with the reigning Formula […]

Userful Corporation, a provider of IT solutions for core enterprise operations, unveils its data dashboards solution, modernizing visual information distribution for mission-critical healthcare operations. Leveraging the Userful Infinity Platform, this industry-first solution empowers healthcare professionals to “dramatically improve service quality and patient outcomes.” Userful says it is the only solution in the industry that offers […]

At Digital Signage Summit Europe 2024 (DSS Europe), experts from around the world will explore software-related issues such as the move to a platform economy, AI and cybersecurity, alongside other industry trends such as the latest developments in green signage and retail media, according to event organizers. The two-day summit, a joint venture between Integrated […]

ISE 2024 has come and gone, and we definitely left a mark on the show with our coverage this year (over 2,000 product videos — crazy). But now that the show is over, ISE released a report reviewing many of its figures. This piece wraps up a few of those highlights. First of all, ISE […]

Sharp just launched the MultiSync ME Series, including the PN-ME432, PN-ME502, PN-ME552 and PN-ME652. What makes the MultiSync MExx2 Series unique is its SoC (system-on-chip) architecture with an embedded Android-based operating system — it can run a UCC meeting platform or be used as a digital signage player. The new line integrates a complete CMS. […]

GPO Display announced the launch of its new 57″ and 58″ Panoramic (stretch-style) LCDs. These models are shipping and represent GPO Display’s “first foray into Ultra High Definition (UHD) Panoramic displays, specifically designed for situations where wall space is limited but legibility at a significant distance is required.” The 57″ PA57H is GPO Display’s most […]

Whether you know it or not, low voltage is an important key to energy conservation now and in the future. We are seeing demand for electricity increase year over year due to the increase in high consumption electrical devices (such as electrified vehicles, heat pumps, air conditioners, on-demand water heaters and so on). Married with […]

Extron unveils its 2024 New Products Brochure — First Edition. This brochure introduces dozens of new offerings. From compact Pro AV-over-IP encoders and advanced USB-C switchers to 4K recording and streaming solutions, Extron says the latest lineup is designed to meet the diverse needs of the industry. Look for the “Now Shipping” logo across the […]