Events report WORLD EVENTS CES 2019


Jan 8-11 January 2019 Las Vegas, NV USA


CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-gener- ation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers.


BETT 2019 Wednesday 23rd January, 10:00 - 18:00 Thursday 25th January, 10:00 - 18:00 Friday 25th January, 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday 26th January, 10:00 - 15:00 ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL UK


Bett is the first industry show of the year in the education technology land- scape, bringing together 850 leading companies, 103 exciting new edtech start ups and over 34,700 attendees (131 countries represented) from the global education community, that come together to celebrate, find inspi- ration and discuss the future of education, as well as the role technolo- gy and innovation plays in enabling all educators and learners to thrive.


The Smart Building Conference 4 February 2019 Amsterdam RAI NL The Smart Building Conference, organized by the Intergrated System Events,LLC will take place on 4th February 2019 at the Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The SBC is a one day, twin-track event exploring residential and commercial latest smart building technologies, business strategies, market research and workflow case studies all presented from some of the world’s leading smart building experts and thought leaders.


AV News Awards 2019 5 February 2019


G106 /G107 Amsterdam RAI NL


Kicking-off ISE 2019 at 8.30 on the morning of the Show, The AV News Awards have a special place within Europe’s audio-visual industry, being focused on the people and community that make the business work. The Awards recognise the contribution made by the individuals in the labs and R&D centres, the sales and marketing teams and those involved in training and support for the technologies and services that comprise AV solutions. The Awards also recognise excellence in AV technologies and in the channel that delivers them to market. AV News is delighted that the Awards again at- tracted a strong group of nominees and would like to extend its thanks to all those who undertook the task of filling in the forms, and to the Award sponsors who again made the whole thing possible.


Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 5 – 8 February 2019Amsterdam RAI NL


Increased floor space. an additional venue and an expanded conference pro- gramme guarantee the most exciting ISE so far The show, which takes place at the RAI Amsterdam on 5-8 February 2019, features more exhibition space and a bigger conference programme than ever before. It is expected to draw numbers in excess of 2018’s totals of 80,923 registered attendees and 1,296 exhibitors.


In response to the growing demand for exhibition space at the RAI Amsterdam, ISE 2019 will feature an extended Hall 5, approximately one-third larger than previously. In addition, ISE is spreading beyond the RAI by hosting a range of new and established conferences at the nearby five-star Hotel Okura. ISE attendees will also be able to utilise the newly opened Metro line 52, which carries passengers from Amsterdam Centraal to a new Europaplein station, just in front of the RAI, in only eight minutes. Mike Blackman, Integrated Systems Events Managing Director, commented: “The extension of Hall 5 and the opening of the new Metro station adjacent to the RAI Amsterdam will all contribute to the delivery of a great ISE experience to increased numbers of attendees and exhibitors.”


niz Computing Centre CAVE in Garching near Munich (the common data centre of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Univer- sity of Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities) is home to a typical CAVE application. Several times a week, scien-


tists from completely different disciplines such as archaeol- ogists, architects, computer scientists, civil engineers, me- chanical engineers and zool-


projection representation. If the user moves inside the CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Envi- ronment), then the representa- tion moves accordingly. The room itself is 12 x 13 metres and 12 metres high some of which is taken up by the built-in projection room. The ceiling height of 12 metres is fully utilised, since there are projectors installed above and below the cube. A total of ten Christie Mirage WU3s are used for the rear projection within an


be brave to wear them for an hour, Heat is a problem. Fog- ging is a problem. The field of view is not wide enough. But the real problem is that when you wear an HMD you cut your- self off from the real world.” CAVE solutions, on the other hand, enable those immersed in the virtual world to contin- ue to communicate between themselves. The problem then becomes one of the business case justifying the cost. Reiner estimates the cost of a CAVE


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visualization packages include: Christie Mirage M Series pro- jectors; screens; tracking and interaction technology Christie standard CAVEs are available as a four-sided 8' x 10'6" configuration with a 4:3 aspect ratio or as a high-reso- lution 8-channel, 8 x 8' config- uration. The 8-channel Chris- tie CAVE design offers a 1:1 aspect ratio with even greater resolution and fidelity meaning that data sets can be experi- enced life-size. Resolution is up to 1920 x 1920 per facet. The Christie CAVE has active or passive computer sources so your data display is crisp and detailed, with excellent colour and brightness uniformity and has the ultimate control capa- bility. Both standard


options


offer a complete visualisation system.


As an example, the Leib-


ogists, call in - and they have all programmed something that they now want to visualise in 3D in


a specially-equipped


room. Equipped with active 3D shutter glasses they enter di- rectly into the projection. The variety of disciplines means the bandwidth of applications is enormous. The aim of the system is to give users the possibility of completely immersing them- selves within the three-di- mensional


space. For this


reason, the installation is also equipped with an AR tracking system, consisting of a master controller and two controller nodes, which is equipped with four cameras and can be ex- panded to four further mobile cameras. Thus, the position of the user is detected and the viewing perspective of the user converted in real time on the


active 3D system and project not just onto the front and the two side channels, but also the floor and the ceiling surface.


CAVE advantages


VR Days speaker Dirk Reiners is an Associate Professor for Information Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Chief Scientist of the Emerging Analytics Center. His interests are in display sys- tems for Virtual Reality, large- scale displays and software systems


to drive large-scale,


clustered VR applications. He explains the advantages of CAVE technology versus HMDs: “Before we realise the po- tential of VR we have to think bigger. The first thing we think about when we hear the word VR is the HMD. HMDs are not very comfortable. You have to


solution at $150,000. Justifying this level of invest- ment is not impossible, with consumers


willing to spend


up to $450 per seat to attend some mixed reality experienc- es.


Conclusions


So, is VR the next big thing? And, more specifically, is it the next big thing in AV? In the theme park, sports arena, hos- pitality and visualisation sec- tors, professionally designed, installed and maintained VR solutions will inevitably be a huge market in the future, but progress will depend on signif- icant advances in other emerg-


VR Days speaker Amy Peck:


“The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your


motivation.”


ing technologies including big data, behavioural science, psy- chology and blockchain. VR Days was a wide-rang-


ing conference with speakers dealing with the social con- sequences of advances in VR, robotics, the environment and medical science in addition the technology of xR. We believe that there is some value in con- sidering why we do something alongside what we should do. Let me close this report with a quote from VR Days speaker Amy Peck: “The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation.” For the immediate future, let us hope that VR Days continues to prosper.


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