Thought Leadership
Exclusive: When will virtual reality go mainstream?
The Park Playground’s CTO, Gilles-Adrien Cenni, on the growth of VR and how visitor attractions are benefitting
VR
Case Studies
ST Engineering Antycip upgrades VR CAVE for academic medical research
French VR solutions specialist upgrades leading French university with retractable treadmill, making it accessible to people with reduced mobility
Immersive tech
The Park Playground expands to UK with new VR experience
Located in Leeds, the VR experience provider will launch its first UK location on 15 December
Case Studies
ST Engineering Antycip partners with Renault for collaborative suites
Renault Group trusted VR specialist to steer the development of a custom 'powerwall'-based solution for its teams in India, South Korea and Brazil
Museums
Shaping the future of the past through technology
New media technologies already play a part in how museums present information and design exhibits but, as Installation discovers, this is only set to...
Immersive tech
VITURE announces over $10M in funding for XR glasses
Funding for XR innovator will help in the mass production of its VITURE One XR glasses
Immersive tech
Extended Reality: From the creative arts to conferencing
Like virtual production, XR is a relatively new area of technology that is continuing to evolve rapidly. But that doesn’t mean its remarkable potential...
Case Studies
Oxford Brookes University and ST Engineering Antycip boost immersive education with VR CAVE
Oxford Brookes University students have been supplied with latest in VR CAVE technology, taking learning and creativity to another level
Immersive tech
ST Engineering Antycip accelerates synthetic mission training with F35 prototype
Four-ship simulator system forms a Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD), providing the Royal Air Force with important insights into team and collective training on the...
Immersive tech
Exclusive: What the metaverse & ‘assisted reality’ means for AV
Jon Arnold, VP of sales EMEA for RealWear Inc, discusses the tech helping to deliver the industrial metaverse
Immersive tech
ST Engineering Antycip helps conquer fears with immersive VR therapy solution
Immersive treatment supports people with autism and those who suffer with restricting phobias or anxieties. Solution is comprises a curved screen mounted upon a...
Immersive tech
Igloo boosts University with 9-metre VR cylinder
University of Wolverhampton’s National Brownfield Institute (NBI), based at its £120 million Springfield Campus in Wolverhampton, has taken delivery of a 9-metre Igloo Vision...
Projection
Digital Projection MLS projectors power visualisation hub
Satellite MLS systems installed for the Cylinder display, a wrap-around 3D VR experience
Immersive tech
Special report: UK University brings extended reality to life
The University of Portsmouth’s CCIXR centre is bringing world-leading XR facilities to the UK
Immersive tech
Uni of Portsmouth boosting city’s cultural economy with XR
New Enabling XR Enterprise (eXRe) project utilising £628,000 grant
Immersive tech
AR visuals create virtual competitors for new comp
Avatars created for Alter Ego, Fox’s first avatar-based, AR singing TV show
Immersive tech
Lights, camera, XR!
Athomas Goldberg, co-founder of Shocap Entertainment, an entertainment studio specialising in live events, looks at the rise of mixed reality and virtual production
People
Pro AV Watch List pick Amnon Harman on immersive sound
CEO at d&b audiotechnik discusses his philosophy of more art, less noise
Events & Production
VR without the headset: Illuminarium opens with safari experience
New Illuminarium experience opens in 8,000 square-foot entertainment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, powered by Mover transducers from Powersoft
Immersive tech
Igloo Vision set to open Dutch immersive tech facility
Demo centre goes live on April 13 in Rotterdam's Maritime Quarter
Collaboration
PwC UK staff permitted to split office and home working
Virtual reality headsets will be made available for remote staff, says The Guardian
Immersive tech
Exclusive: The inevitability of crisis-accelerated change
Pixel Artworks boss celebrates developments in the world of experiential entertainment
Ed Tech
Special Report: How AV and VR can elevate learning experiences
AR and VR have the potential to contribute to a better distance learning experience.
Immersive tech
VR and the remote working future
Charlie Neuner, strategy, XR, PwC believes virtual reality can be effective for remote working and collaboration, with Covid-19 acting as an accelerant
Immersive tech
Extended realities
Display visuals have long been influenced by warped realities – as the Victorian’s Pepper’s Ghost trick proves – but today’s mixed reality solutions are...
Immersive tech
How VR and immersive tech can shape the post-Covid workplace
Colin Yellowley, R&D director at Igloo Vision, on 2020 and the future of working
Technology
Portsmouth Uni adds Vicon motion capture to immersive XR centre
Tech to be deployed across motion capture, VR and LED virtual production stage
Case Studies
How AV technology is tackling loneliness and social interaction at care home
Following on from our recent story about Pure AV's work with Leonard Cheshire, we take a look at a case study showing how technology...
AV Tech End User
VR experience brings Arley Hall tea party to care home residents
Pure AV's recent installation at Leonard Cheshire care home Hill House enabled disabled residents to enjoy their annual trip to Arley Hall through VR...
Business
Satore Studio hires BBC exec Zillah Watson director of content and exec producer
She will lead the studio’s development of virtual production and experiential content
Business
AR, VR, IoT, Big Data and ML; Tech trends for 2020
Shure’s senior sales director, Rob Smith discusses AR, VR, IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning and much more.
Business
XR: Assessing its real potential in AV
"Focus is shifting from talking about technology benefits to showing real and measurable business outcomes"
Business
XR: The state of the art
"Hardware continues to develop, and will no doubt greatly improve in the coming years, it has become less of a significant factor in VR...
Business
XR: Time for business
There’s a shift taking place in the world of XR technologies – a shift that promises to underpin accelerated growth in the market. Ian...
Technology
Ericsson report predicts Internet of the Senses is on the horizon
By 2030, technological advances will move humans from a screen-based world to sense-based world, through AR and VR technologies
Business
macom opens new office in Europe’s biggest VR competence centre
macom has opened an office in the research and transfer centre for digital reality (FTZ) of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW)
Business
VR in business: becoming increasingly real
That which was once the stuff of science fiction – like a portable device that would enable its user to communicate with anyone, anywhere...
Case Studies
Inside the world’s first VR CAVE meeting room
The main objective for the VR CAVE meeting room holodeck was to create a level of immersion that would allow users to have discussions...
Case Studies
EPG invests in world’s first VR CAVE meeting room
Established in 1987, EPG has delivered supply chain execution solutions to more than 1,100 global customers. As a company that prides itself on its...
Case Studies
Igloo Vision partners with The Wild for Shared VR environments
Igloo Vision and VR/AR collaboration platform The Wild have announced an integration, which will open up even greater possibilities for collaboration and experiential design...
Technology
Opinion: 5G – a new era
The rollout of 5G has the potential to transform the way we experience immersive content, says Anthony Karydis, CEO of Mativision
Case Studies
The Louvre prepares for first VR experience
To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Louvre is preparing a seminal retrospective of his artistic career, opening...