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The Evolution of Sound
Today’s performance audio landscapes are dominated by immersive artificial soundscapes, directional audio and other advanced sound systems. These innovative solutions build on the pioneering...
Transforming smart building experiences with Johnson Controls OpenBlue Innovation Center – Milwaukee
Johnson Controls' OpenBlue Innovation Center - Milwaukee is an engaging, interactive environment showcasing the company's smart building technologies. Leveraging virtual reality, RFID technology,...
Motion sensing technology: Enhancing the guest experience
From museums to transportation hubs, retail outlets to commercial buildings, advanced motion sensing technology is revolutionizing interactive experiences in various spaces and destinations. Motion...
Cyber Essentials Plus Checklist for AV Deployments
Audiovisual (AV) systems are no longer standalone solutions. They form part of a converged networked infrastructure, making cyber security an essential consideration for AV deployments. This article...
How new technology changes the way fans engage with sports
Technology presents sports franchises with a vital opportunity to expand their fan base, enhance loyalty and boost revenue. It's reshaping the sports experience, not just within stadiums but also by...
Upgraded elevators: experiential technology takes you higher
Typically, riding an elevator is a dull experience - it takes you up and takes you down. If you're fortunate, you might get some royalty-free tunes. Nonetheless, there's an opportunity to improve the...
What makes a great world expo experience?
World Expo moves to Osaka, Japan in 2025. This global event will attract millions of visitors. So, what makes a great Expo experience for exhibitors and visitors?
The benefits of Wi-Fi 7 in immersive environments
Wi-Fi 7 is the latest stage in the evolution of Wi-Fi standards. It meets increasing demands for improved speed, reliability, bandwidth, latency and data transfer capability in immersive...
A guide to seamless Experiential Technology integration
Experiential technology is an essential medium for delivering a client's vision in attractions and museum spaces. Collaboration between experience, creative content, exhibit and technical system...
Experiential technology: The top five examples from 2023
2023 has seen some exciting developments in the way experiential technology is reshaping the guest experience. Electrosonic collaborates with partners to demonstrate the benefits of investing in new...
Spatial Computing and its role in Themed Entertainment
Spatial computing is a term that has gained a higher profile since Apple introduced its Vision Pro augmented reality headset with the phrase “Welcome to the era of spatial computing”. But what is...
Three Airports that use innovative Experiential Technology [Case studies]
Modern, tech-savvy travelers expect airports to provide a seamless, consistent welcoming experience from arrival to boarding and terminal departure. Experiential technology in airport terminals has...
Transport Hubs - Increasing revenue with Experiential Technologies
As transportation operators invest in new or upgraded facilities to enhance passenger experience, they are also seeking new ways to increase revenue and achieve an improved return on their...
The experience-based airport revolution [Benchmark report]
'Passenger experience' is the new mantra for airport industry executives and 'passengers-first' is the must-have phrase in customer communications. But what's the reality? Are airport operators...
Improving future airport experiences with experiential technologies
In today's airport landscape the significance of enhancing passenger experience cannot be overstated. Not only does it play a crucial role in boosting revenue but it also holds immense potential for...
The Metaverse: A world of opportunity
When Gartner cites the metaverse as one of its top strategic technology trends for 2023, the technology has to be taken seriously. Indeed, according to forecasters, it looks like big business for...
How urban technology enhances placemaking initiatives
Urban spaces have traditionally been divided along specific lines – residential areas, business districts, retail centers or recreational areas. But now those lines are blurring as employment...
Museum technology trends: A force for social and community impact
American Alliance of Museums (AAM) annual meeting focuses on 'Social and Community Impact' through People, Power, Plant and Possibility. As the introduction to the event states, "Museums are vital...
Investing in your next executive briefing center [Guide]
An executive briefing center or customer experience space is essential for building and strengthening relationships with your customers or prospects. So, how important is a customer experience space...
Dark Rides, The Next Generation (Part 2)
In an earlier blog, Dark Rides – The Next Generation – Part 1, we explained the importance of upgrading dark rides to meet increasing visitor expectations and explored the three key trends –...
Dark Rides, The Next Generation (Part 1)
Dark rides have been an important and popular attraction in theme parks for generations, but now experiential technology is taking them in exciting new directions — and the new generation of rides...
The evolution of the video wall
Video walls as art - How far can LED technology take the video wall? Video walls have reached an exciting tipping point. The latest developments in LED video walls are helping designers create custom...
AV Technology and Casinos: Betting Big on Immersive Experiences
Casinos have been at the epicenter of experience for decades. Walking into one, visitors will encounter so many stimuli—lights, sound, smells and more. While their appeal is certainly the gaming and...
6 Ways Resorts Can Use Technology to Engage Guests in 2023
Travel and tourism took major hits during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it’s roaring back to life with guests ready to experience all that hospitality has to offer. Meet travelers where they...
ISE 2023 - Takeaways to create the future workplace experience
The ‘big themes’ of this year’s ISE event highlight one critical factor – the workplace experience matters, not just to employees but also to visiting customers as they engage with the company....
What a 2024 best-in-class hospitality venue look like
The modern hospitality environment has evolved significantly in the past few years. It was already moving in a new direction with the growing experience economy. Then a pandemic hit, crippling the...
Technology in Casinos: How the Gaming Industry is Doubling Down
Almost every commercial space you encounter has elements of the physical and digital worlds. The merging of these can create exciting and engaging experiences, and the casino and gaming industry has...
4 Ways to Solve Your Hotel’s Digital Signage Challenges
Step into an almost any modern hotel, and you’ll see digital signage somewhere. It’s become a standard audiovisual (AV) component that can do many things — inform, entertain, help, direct and...
The Ultimate Guide to Experiential Technology
In the fast-changing world of technology used in hospitality venues, it’s all about the experience. Technology must be the facilitator of storytelling to deliver to guests something that immerses the...
How technology plays a role in telling your story
Storytelling is part of the human experience. There’s a reason everyone keeps telling stories—they considerably impact how people interpret an experience. In the modern world of storytelling,...
How to Use AI to Augment Your Creative Potential
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t the stuff of science fiction anymore. In fact, it’s powering billions of processes and workflows for companies worldwide. It’s become a key component in almost...
The Guest Experience: How Immersive AV Technology Captivates Audiences
In every venue, museum, attraction, and spectacle, the guest experience is where everything starts. The expectations of those guests have changed dramatically for many reasons—the pandemic, the...
Can Upgrading Your Attractions Technology Now Save You Money in 2023?
The furious pace of attractions technology enables you to do so many new things. Upgrading your theme park experiences with the latest audiovisual (AV) innovations and technology could save you money...
What’s the Secret to Simple AV Management? It’s All About Having the Right Tools
Audiovisual (AV) system management can be a complex process. As a result, it’s become a significant challenge in the industry. Audio, video, lighting, controls and media often reside in different...
TEI Study of Affinity On-Site Managed Services Finds 139% ROI
Driving a significant return on an investment is a critical measure for any organization. Investing in a product or service should deliver both quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits. Otherwise,...
Addressing Supply Chain Disruptions Impacting the Audio Visual Industry
In 2021, experts estimated that the global chip shortage cost the U.S. economy $240 billion. The reality is that manufacturing shortages and supply chain disruption continue to plague production...
Key Benefits of Affinity Audiovisual On-Site Managed Services
In today’s dynamic landscape of audiovisual (AV) installations, projects continue to grow in scale and complexity. Creating immersive experiences requires sophisticated technology, proper integration...
How Affinity Maximizes your AV Installation
Audiovisual (AV) technology enables interactive, collaborative and immersive experiences. Venues, workplaces, city districts and museums deploy these sensory and captivating experiences requiring...
Storytelling Through the Lens: Project Video Stories Earn Electrosonic 6 Telly Awards
Capturing stories is a large part of the work we do on experiential design projects. Each place has a unique narrative, delivered to guests in innovative ways. With every installation comes the...
The Future of AV Experience Technology Continues to Impress
The Pro AV world is constantly evolving with new trends and technology. As a result, creating next-level immersive experiences requires the industry to innovate and adapt. In looking at the future of...
Experiential Retail Offers Lessons for the Hybrid Work Environment
The retail environment has undergone dramatic changes over the past few decades. From simple store merchandising to grand-scale experiential technology usage, the shopping experience evolved its way...
AI’s Next Horizon? Sustainable Attractions
Whenever the AI component seeps into technology conversations, it can elicit both intrigue and exasperation. The long list of what AI can or should be able to do by this point can be overwhelming or...
SMART Attractions and Sustainability: A Brilliant Pair
Attractions are becoming bigger and bolder. The rush of adrenaline is simply not enough to engage visitors. They have higher expectations for experiences, and much of this is driven by technology. An...
Observation Decks Deliver More than Just Views
The era of observation decks began over a century ago when the architectural wonder that is the Eiffel Tower opened at the 1889 World’s Fair. A state-of-the-art elevator allowed sightseers to ascend...
Does renovating your museum with experiential technology lead to greater ROI?
Museums have long played a role in educating, informing and delighting audiences. If you look at any city’s best things to do, museums are always in the conversation. As pandemic restrictions expire...
What Do Technology-Rich Immersive Experiences Look?
Consumers have high expectations regarding experiences when visiting location-based entertainment venues. From theme parks to museums to resorts, guests demand more compelling interactions in these...
Data Gets Personal: How Smart Devices and Data Collection Are Shaping In-Person Personalized Experiences
Most of the world walks around every day with a powerful computer at their fingertips. It provides a digital connection to almost everything. The data collected by phone manufacturers and apps...
Six tips for creating an immersive experience
Technology has changed how we live, work and interact with the world around us. As a result, we can even create new worlds and experiences. This innovation led to the debut of immersive experiences,...
How to design the best interactive display experience
Interactive displays are all about enhancing the experience. As a result, the applications for this technology are diverse. That breadth of options is sometimes not in the purview of designers,...
How Can Experiential Technology Support the Growing Development of City Innovation Districts?
The concept of city living and the general appeal of a metro’s downtown continues to evolve. Significant disruptions in how people live, work, and play are the consequence of the pandemic. However,...
Eco-friendly AV planning: 3 things to consider when designing sustainable spaces
When you think about eco-friendly architectural design, you likely think about green building initiatives. Many components go into this construct—material sustainability, efficient use of resources...
Technology-Rich Experiential Spaces, The Next Way to Attract Talent
The way in which people work is changing and rapidly. The “Great Resignation” is reshaping the workforce. This economic trend, coined by economists, describes employees voluntarily resigning from...
Technology’s Role in Creating an All-Inclusive Experience
Technology enables amazing things. Leveraging it can often resolve challenges that many people face in the modern world. It’s easy to see examples of throughout daily life. While much of the time...
The Link between Sustainability and Innovation in the Leisure Industry
At Electrosonic, we’ve talked at length about exciting innovations that are both shaping theme parks and other leisure and entertainment experiences today and waiting just around the corner to drive...
Going East: Innovative Attractions, Technology and Themed Entertainment Developments in Asia
The Asian themed entertainment and leisure market – particularly in China – is experiencing rapid expansion. Prior to the pandemic, 2019 saw OCT Parks China, a Chinese theme park group, leapfrog...
Experience and Technology Design for Theme Parks: How to do it well
The development and design of theme parks can be complex, requiring long-term considerations and extensive master planning. What was the standard is now rapidly evolving, considering such uncertainty...
World Expos Form the Backbone of the Future of Experiences
The art of crafting immersive experiences is constantly evolving, but that evolution was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with in-person events back in full force, it’s time to see the...
The Return of the Briefing Center: Explore Its History, Evolution, and Future
Briefing centers focus on experience. With technology, innovation, and creativity, these spaces bring a brand or product alive to guests. Excitement and engagement drive the briefing center...
How Expert Partnerships Help Themed Entertainment Continue to Evolve
There’s a lot to be said for pure innovation. When awe-inspiring augmented reality, interactive and display technology, powerful audio solutions and artificial intelligence are unleashed upon...
How Will Technology Innovations Transform People-First Design?
The ecosystem of experiential design, digital experience design and audiovisual experiences in general has grown exponentially over the last several years, with technological innovations and...
3 Strategies to Engage Your Employees Returning to the Office
Across the world, COVID-19 vaccines and other precautions are enabling a return to in-person collaboration. However, the offices that welcome employees back will look significantly different than the...
How the Power of Data Can Increase Your AV and IT Systems’ Uptime
Your organization can no longer afford to make data – and the analysis that empowers both proactive and reactive decisions powered by that data – an afterthought. You’re likely leveraging it in many...
The Changing Technology Environment in Location-Based Entertainment
Even as the pandemic raged on and guests couldn’t make their way to location-based entertainment venues and themed entertainment experiences, technology was advancing. In fact, it’s possible the pace...
Is Your AV Estate Ready for a Return to the Office?
After a year of disruption and adaptation, companies are rethinking their culture, spaces and technology stacks. Returning to the office would have featured a traditional response – if working from...
The Importance of Technology Design Consulting in a Changing World
Consulting an audiovisual professional is a critical part of ensuring your technology solutions deliver on their potential — and achieve the goals you set out to accomplish for your visitors, your...
Designing Acoustic Friendly Office Workspaces for Better Sensory Experiences
Office cubicles are so 2000, and for better or worse, the 2010s have been the decade of the open office layout. Young millennial workers have little if any, actual experience working in unattractive...
What You Need to Know About Electrosonic's Technology Master Planning
In today’s digital economy, technology is a necessity in order to effectively compete in an increasingly global environment. After all, the digital economy is all about delivering immersive...
The Future of Onsite AV Support
The world of audiovisual technology is changing, and effective design, planning, engineering and installation of a holistic AV solution is now a prerequisite to doing business in an increasingly...
5 Powerful Ways Communication Can Improve The Theme Park Experience
Particularly as the world moves on from an era unlike any we’ve ever seen, visitors to leisure, entertainment and themed entertainment experiences will have higher expectations for how they’re...
The Role of Security, Access Control and More in the (New Normal)
We’ve examined the ways technology, particularly artificial intelligence and augmented and extended reality, might play key parts in the world’s collective march toward reopening and what’s likely to...
The History of Theme Park Innovation: How Bold Roots Have Grown into Remarkable Experiences
The themed entertainment industry is one that knows how to leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver memorable experiences – but it didn’t reach its current heights without the willingness to take...
Which LED Solution You Should Choose This Year
LED displays are the gold standard for large, impactful, modern spaces – but, within the world of LED solutions, innovation abounds. The sprawling landscape of display solutions, including microLED,...
Why Smart Design Matters in a Converged Environment [New Podcast]
Back in 2019 we dedicated a lot of time in discussing the 5 trends key trends driving the audiovisual industry. When you look back those advances are still as relevant then as they are now and the...
What Building Designers Need To Look for in a Technology Partner for 2021
The challenges left in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as they relate to the ways in which we design and construct the places where we live, work and play, will continue to demand...
Planning to Hire an AV Company?
Exceptional projects demand an exceptional team. When engaging an audio visual (AV) solutions provider with so many companies out there… how do you choose? From design, to procurement, commissioning...
6 Technology Trends that Will Create The Next Generation of Workplaces in 2021
With COVID-19 vaccines beginning to secure emergency approval and roll out across the globe, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for enterprise organizations large and small looking for ways to...
7 Ways Resorts Can Bring Guests Back in 2021 by Integrating Technology Solutions
Widespread COVID-19 vaccination might be on the horizon, but “normal” life is still months away – and many precautions borne of this global crisis will likely persist for years to come, if not...
From Medical Training to Telemedicine: How Technology Integrators Are Changing the Way Healthcare Operates
It’s never been more critical that healthcare providers have solutions that enable them to provide safe, confident care to patients – care that also needs to give those patients peace of mind during...
Themed Entertainment: Looking Back at 2020 and Toward a Promising Future
There’s no denying it – 2020 has brought one of the greatest, if not the single greatest, challenges the themed entertainment and leisure industries have ever faced. From juggernauts like Universal...
The Future of Waiting for Your Turn: Crowd Management in the New Normal and Beyond
Themed entertainment spaces and theme parks offer some of the most exciting, immersive and narrative experiences in the world – once visitors can get to them. Line management and queueing solutions...
Improving Public Space Safety Through Integrated Innovative Technology
As the global reopening in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there is still much uncertainty surrounding when and how public spaces will become truly safe once again. Visitors have begun...
The Evolution of Immersive Ride Technology: The Past, Present and Future of the Dark Ride
The dark ride, which offers guests a unique experience and immerses them in a world much larger than the space they’re actually in through the use of technology, lighting, audio and more, may seem...
7 Theme Park Advances You Can Use in Your Corporate Spaces
The theme park and themed entertainment industry has been a model of technological innovation in recent years. Themed entertainment uses technology to enhance and support narrative and immerse...
First Impressions: Bringing Theme Park Entrances into the Future
The pace of technological innovation is staggering. Themed entertainment and theme parks are primed to take advantage of these advances, with extended reality solutions, projection, advanced audio...
The Role of Technology in the Themed Entertainment Industry
As the global reopening marches on in the wake of the COVID-19, the themed entertainment industry is primed to leverage the power of technology to return to pre-pandemic levels of growth and visitor...
What Comes First in Experiential Design, the Story or the Technology?
For audiovisual solutions to leave a lasting impact in the spaces where we live, work and play, they must be a part of a cohesive and memorable narrative experience. But how do you get there? Do you...
The Lobby: How the Technology Experience Starts at the Door
The places where we live, work and play don’t always have doors, for one, or distinct “lobbies” – but that doesn’t mean that attention to detail shouldn’t be given to the first impression a space and...
How Can Theme Parks Embody the Innovative Focus that Drives Immersive Experiences
Theme parks are the epitome of fun and nostalgia. From your first experiences as a child to taking your own children and experiencing the magic of themed entertainment into your golden years, theme...
How Themed Entertainment Is Proving Its Strength in the COVID-19 Era
As 2020 continues to bring new challenges for the theme park and attractions industry, it’s time to focus on a realistic view of the industry and what lies ahead. The ripple effects of COVID-19 are...
How to Make the Impossible Possible with Technology
In the world of design, whether it be for themed entertainment and theme parks, immersive experiences, museums, or any other space where we live, work and play, there are really two distinct camps of...
Qualities to Look for in a Technology Master Planner
When planning how you’ll incorporate audiovisual and technology solutions into a space, leveraging the expertise of an experienced and proven AV consultant from end to end can make all the...
Electrosonic Projects Land on AV Awards Shortlist
The AV Awards annually recognize the “outstanding achievements of individuals, companies, projects and technology across the AV, events and production sectors” – and three Electrosonic projects have...
How Close is XR to Saving Themed Experiences in a Post-Pandemic World?
As reopening begins, every industry the world over is looking for ways to re-engage with customers in ways that deliver the same impactful, memorable experiences they were accustomed to before the...
Providing Peace of Mind for Tenants through Technology Solutions
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the concern surrounding workplace safety has centered on employees’ peace of mind and comfort and on maintaining productivity despite protective...
How Briefing Centers Elevate Operations and Act as an Extension of Your Brand (New Podcast)
Engaging experiences aren’t just for traditional leisure spaces where consumers live and play. More and more, corporations are adding briefing centers, which are themed, immersive spaces where...
The Benefits of Planning for Long-Term Development During a Period of Crisis
As we saw in the first two blogs in our series on the reopening of leisure experiences, bringing back a sense of normalcy to the leisure sector requires an initial focus on safe, secure operations....
Ensuring You Deliver a Positive Guest Experience During Challenging Times
In the first blog in this series, we explained how innovative technology can help leisure operators reopen and run their facilities safely as lockdown begins to ease. Now, with restrictions easing...
Innovative Technology’s Role in Operating Leisure Facilities Safely as Lockdown Ends
As the global pandemic shows signs of easing, theme parks and other leisure facilities around the world are beginning to reopen, although on a limited scale. However, this doesn’t mean that it’s time...
Blending of Physical Environments and Digital Interfaces Will Drive Powerful Experiences for Casinos and Gaming
There’s been much said about how offices might look as the world’s reopening and efforts to achieve a “new normal” march forward, and it’s a certainty that technology will play a critical role in...
International Spy Museum Wows, Earns Electrosonic Integration Awards Win for Museum Project of the Year
Electrosonic is no stranger to recognition for spectacular museum projects. In fact, in 2019, the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre took home the Best Museum Project of the Year award from the...
Crafting the World’s Most Spectacular Integrated Resort at MGM COTAI
There’s no other way to say it – the $3.4 billion MGM COTAI resort in Macau, China is likely the most awe-inspiring and innovative integrated experience the world has ever known. It features the...
How Are Electrosonic’s Managed Services Crafted For You? (New Podcast)
It’s not enough to simply throw technology and audiovisual solutions at your operation and expect efficiency to result. Effective managed services promote uptime, help teams collaborate more...
What will Brick-and-Mortar Offices Look Like Post-COVID-19?
With some of the world’s biggest companies – including Amazon, Microsoft, Google and many others – extending work-from-home policies or contemplating a permanent shift to remote work, one key...
How Will We Utilize Technology to Reconfigure A Safe Office Again?
We’ve highlighted how the digital workplace will likely be forever altered in the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus and the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s clear that this period of...
How Can Augmented Reality and AI Better Help us Adapt to the (New Normal)?
There’s no question that technology will play a critical role in the post-pandemic future of the ways we live, work and play. From an increasing reliance on videoconferencing to increased security...
Entering the New Normal: A Reshaped Technological Landscape
The world is collectively striving toward a return to pre-pandemic life and business operation. However, even as signs of progress and glimmers of hope appear in the wake of the COVID-19 disruption,...
Choosing the Right Managed Service Provider: Checklist
You’ve recognized the need for thorough and robust audiovisual solutions. It’s simply the way business is conducted in the current operational landscape, with videoconferencing, remote work and...
The Post-Pandemic Future of the Digital Workplace
It’s clear that the current state of uncertainty brought about how the COVID-19 pandemic has engineered drastic shifts in the way we think about different corners of society – and remote work and...
Effectively Utilizing Video Collaboration to Boost Remote Work Efficiency
Being agile is critical at all times, and ensuring your team’s remote capabilities match that desired agility and allow for a smooth transition to home work and other remote situations without...
Providing Needed Audiovisual Solutions for Vital and Emergency Services
Effectively coping with – and ultimately resolving – crisis situations often requires swift action from essential personnel. Unfortunately, during times of uncertainty, fear, panic and confusion can...
How Important Is It for Your Audiovisual Partner to Handle Your Managed Services?
When creating or elevating a space, it’s easy to get lost in the forward-facing, solutions-oriented side of AV installations. You’re concerned with how your integrator is supporting your overall...
What Do Modern Hospitality Environments Look Like?
Hospitality environments have completely changed as a result of the growing experience economy – and for good reason. Over the past few decades, hospitality environments have heavily shifted from...
New Dark Ride Plunges Guests Into Mysterious New World
The award-winning Europa-Park is the largest theme park in Germany, and one of the most popular theme park resorts in Europe. Since 2014, Europa-Park has been named the world's best amusement park by...
The Way Forward for Sustainability in Audiovisual Design
Every day, the average consumer is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability and protecting our shared environment. As we access more information about the potential impacts of...
How Audiovisual Technology and Casinos Work Hand in Hand to Provide Cutting-Edge Experiences
Stepping into a casino is no longer about heading straight for the craps table – the entire experience has evolved alongside the technology and experience-centric modern landscape. Today’s casino...
Understanding the Ingredients Needed to Create Smart Workplaces (New Podcast)
The thirst for experiences that seems to be driving everything in the current market goes well beyond the hospitality, retail and amusement-based environments. And for good reason. After all, as a...
Why Architects Need a Dedicated Audiovisual Partner
At its core, architecture is a creative field – architects seek to create stunning and lasting spaces, and that process can feel like an extremely personal one. However, architects shouldn’t let this...
What Does a Modern Retail Environment Look Like?
Few operating environments have changed to the same extent as the retail space. As one of the true consumer-facing environments, retail has understandably experienced some dramatic swings.
Beyond Dubai: Middle East Entertainment, Attractions Primed for Expansion
It’s no secret where the current heart of the Middle East’s entertainment and attractions industry lies – Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates with more than three million people...
Delivering Innovative AV Integration and Storytelling in Iconic, Historic Spaces
As audiovisual technology marches forward, some of the world’s most iconic and historic places are being swept into the current. There’s a common desire to maintain these powerful spaces, but also to...
Immersive Stadiums: Outdoing Living Rooms Everywhere
Sports stadiums have a formidable rival: high-def, flat-panel TVs. After all, why pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a stadium seat—where you can easily miss a play or a call—when you can...
Are You Ready for ISE?
Taking place in Amsterdam February 11-14, the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) exhibition is a premier event focused entirely on audiovisual (AV) and systems integration. If you have a project on the...
SEA 2020 - Turning Saudi Arabia Into the Entertainment Hub of the Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), which is responsible for the development and regulation of the Kingdom’s entertainment sector, has led the drive towards supporting the...
Technology for Technology Sake Is Not Innovative
No doubt, the cool factor of today’s smart spaces has a unique ability to generate buzz. Yet, in a world where smart devices have become the norm, smart spaces need to be able to deliver more.
What Does a Modern Museum Look Like?
As a continuation of this modern spaces series, we are taking a look at how the new year of transformation has helped the museum space evolve.
What Does a Modern Control Room Look Like?
For the past decade or more, 2020 has been the year that many analysts have predicted for next generation offerings. With this in mind, we are going to spend the next few weeks looking at how...
Is Your AV Deployment Secure?
The need for security impacts everyone. And, unfortunately, unmonitored access points can quickly lead to a costly data breach. The massive Target breach from a few years ago was the result of an...
Does 5G Matter for Your AV Deployments?
If you pay even the slightest amount of attention to technology trends, you already know that the hype around 5G is rapidly gaining steam. The question is what does the eventual movement from current...
Looking Back at a Decade of Opportunity
Each time we hit a new decade, it is always fun and often rewarding to take a look in the rearview mirror to see how the company has progressed. The past 10 years represent a decade of significant...
What's on Your Wishlist?
Do you have a project on the horizon? Is your goal to captivate your audience? In the spirit of the holidays, we have created a wish list of the qualities a company should consider when selecting an...
Looking Back - 10 Notable Projects From the Past Decade
Over the last ten years, Electrosonic has had the opportunity to work on a wide array of projects. Projects that stretch across global borders, serving numerous industries and leveraging a wide array...
Why Financial Services Organizations Need a Global AV Partner
Customer expectations are at an all-time high at a time when the digital realm has provided consumers have significantly more choices and added control. As a result, consumers are actively seeking...
Understanding How Moore’s Law Impacts Your AV Decisions
Each time we seemingly reach a plateau where it seems like technology evolution is slowing down, an innovation enters the landscape, often kicking off an entirely new wave of product iterations....
What You Need to Know About Working with a Global AV Partner
Being able to conquer the biggest, most complex audiovisual (AV) projects requires expertise that comes from dealing with diverse experiences. The type of diverse experiences that only happen when a...
What You Need to Know About Building Smart Spaces
Much like today’s consumers, building owners have high expectations. They want far more out of their investments as they build new spaces and renovate existing environments. A key driver? The...
Dark Rides Create Extension Opportunities
Brand extension is a goal for any themed environment. After all, extension allows a theme park operator to build a thriving community within the existing ecosystem. Within a themed environment an...
Dark Rides Make the Most of Today's AV Technology
We live in a technology driven world. In fact, most of your guests have a supercomputer in their pocket capable of seamlessly connecting them to a never-ending world of information and opportunities.
Dark Rides Provide Continued Growth Opportunities
When a theme park undergoes an expansion project, the sky should be the limit. Unfortunately, theme parks can quickly consume large parcels of land. This is especially true when a park starts to...
Dark Rides Help Theme Parks Meet Evolving Expectations
The best route to success is to meet customer demands. And, today’s consumers understand what they want, far more so than previous generations. More importantly, they are far more vocal about it – if...
Dark Rides Expand Branding Opportunities
Brands are more important today than ever before. Why? Today’s consumer likes to relate to a brand – it is part of the experience they desire. This is true whether they are buying a product or...
Dark Rides Protect Your Park's Future
Nostalgia has its place even with the Millennial crowd. There is something comforting about a known experience. It helps the guest even temporarily relive cherished childhood memories. That is the...
3 Keys to an Experience-Centered Theme Park
Entertainment has a meaningful role in today’s growing experience economy. Simply put, consumers crave experiences. And when it comes to entertainment, they are looking for something that is better...
Is Technology Helping Your Retail Space Thrive? It Should Be!
The face of retail has changed dramatically in recent years. Simply put, online activity continues to impact how consumers buy a growing array of goods. However, stats still show that, despite the...
4 Key Components to Successful Projection
While there is no universal best screen for every application, selecting the wrong surface can create problems, including poor image quality or viewing difficulties for part of the audience.
7 Things You Need to Do During IAAPA
There is a lot of excitement at IAAPA, and without a plan the entire experience can quickly become overwhelming. Sensory overload is always a real possibility! Having participated in these events for...
Are You Ready to Enter the World of Espionage? (New Podcast)
Fictional or factual, the world of espionage has a way of captivating people. In part, the intrigue has to do with the mystique of carrying on the façade of being someone else. However, the hidden...
Are You Ready for IAAPA?
As the attraction industry’s biggest expo, IAAPA is always a great opportunity to shine a spotlight on what we have done over the past year, as well as a time to meet with existing and prospective...
Do You Really Need an AV Consultant?
As the experience economy continues to mature and evolve, it is has become increasingly more important to embrace creative and meaningful ways to visually interact with team members and customers....
What does it take to deliver the world’s largest museum (New Podcast)?
It’s not every day that you can be involved in delivering the world’s largest anything. That is part of what makes the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre so unique and intriguing. Designed and...
Bringing the Past Back to Life with AV Technology
There are a lot of lessons to learn from the past. However, keeping people actively engaged can be challenging. As many museums have learned, the proper (and creative) use of audiovisual (AV)...
Is it Possible to Extend the Sporting Experience?
Sport teams have a magical way of maintaining brand loyalty. One of the reasons is the ability to build excitement that only comes with community. This is pretty easy to keep the momentum going...
What You Need to Know About Shareable Experiences
The experience economy is here. And, when properly utilized audiovisual (AV) technology can play an instrumental role in transforming the customer experience. When people experience something...
Are You Ready for AV-As-A-Service?
The cloud-based as-a-service market has been one of the fastest growing sectors over the past 5 years. So much so that it’s estimated that organizations will spend $94.8 billion on these cloud-based...
11 Things Oil and Gas Leaders Need to Know About Smart Control Rooms
Oil and gas fields are constantly evolving. And in many instances, they have become technologically advanced environments – even when they are located in some of the world’s most remote and...
How Interactives Can Become Viral
We have talked in detail about the significant role that interactive audiovisual deployments can have as guests engage and ultimately embrace the immersive experience. What we haven’t discussed is...
How Disruptive Technology Can Fuel Design Considerations
Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen once defined disruptive technology as one that displaces an established technology, shaking up the industry, or a ground-breaking technology...
11 Things the Energy and Utilities Industry Should Know About Smart Control Rooms
Control rooms have long played a meaningful role in helping Energy and Utility organizations keep a watchful eye on key mission critical assets in the field. However, the control rooms powering...
Four Sessions You Need to Attend At IAAPA Expo Europe
Electrosonic is exhibiting at the IAAPA Expo Europe 2019 in Paris next week. Hosted by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, this combined industry conference and...
What are the Benefits of Immersive Technologies?
One of the biggest drivers of the new digital economy – the growing thirst for experiences. Simply put, consumers want to partner with brands who take the steps necessary to satisfy this desire.
What are the Benefits of Digital Communications and Media Walls?
We live in a fast-paced, technology-fueled environment where people put a significant value on their time. They desire everything they need in a quick consumable fashion. Fortunately, the audiovisual...
Addressing Learning Disabilities
Today’s educators are far more in-tune with the need to adjust lessons to meet individualized student needs. Addressing learning disabilities is a prime example.
What are the Benefits of Remote Monitoring and Repair?
Audiovisual (AV) and collaboration systems are crucial to many aspects of business success. However, the range and complexity of different systems create a significant workload for IT.
Future of the Digital Workplace
The digital economy is here and with it comes a new way of conducting business. Technology is at the core of almost every job. Smart offices have become the norm with an influx of highly interactive...
Spotlight on Excellence - Electrosonic Makes the Shortlist
Much like the Oscars for the motion picture industry, the annual AV Awards is in place to recognize the most phenomenal audiovisual (AV) deployments around the world as well as the organizations...
Collaboration and Communication
When properly leveraged, audiovisual (AV) technology is at the core of most highly effective collaboration and communications efforts in today’s digital world. After all, AV technology has the...
Unpacking the XR Revolution (New Podcast)
We are in the beginning stages of a true revolution – the extended reality revolution. Although some components have been around for a handful of years, the current level of maturity, understanding...
The Technologies Providing Opportunities for Huddle Rooms
The ultimate goal in creating huddle rooms is to build small spaces that encourage and empower multidisciplined teams to meet. By design these spaces are intended to facilitate productivity – without...
Is Your Team Failing to Communicate? What You Need to Know About Unified Communications.
The ability to effectively communicate is a key component to having productive teams who get their work done. Whether communication is between colleagues, with suppliers and strategic partners or...
Impact of Audiovisual Innovations to the Education Sector
As digitalization has become the new reality, the impact of user facing innovations has been phenomenal. Regardless of industry or user environment, the boost (and acceptance) of new innovations has...
Why Businesses Favor a Huddle Room
The global market is rapidly evolving, and if organizations hope to compete – or better yet thrive – they need to rethink their physical environments. Gone are the work weeks where workers file into...
Combining Innovative Design and Modern Technology to Create Inspirational Spaces
Architecture has a way of evoking awe unlike any other art form. Perhaps it’s because buildings allow us to immerse ourselves into a space for a uniquely holistic experience. Whether classic or...
Reinventing Spaces: Retailtainment
Modern retail venues are constantly evolving – merging entertainment with shopping to create lifestyle destinations for people to shop, eat, drink, socialize and work. They are ultimately redefining...
Why Audiovisual Solutions Matter
In today’s digital economy, how businesses leverage technology is often a key differentiator. While various technologies play a role in fueling this evolving environment properly deploy audiovisual...
3 Steps to Educating with Immersive Technology
We live in an environment where technology has placed access to information at our fingertips. Wherever we are our mobile devices and search tools like Google can provide us answers to just about any...
The Changing Expectations of Today's Learners
Education at every age level has always had one common thread – the need to convey content in a manner that the learner engages with the lesson and ultimately internalizes the information. The...
4 Things You Need to Know About the Changing Face of the Traditional Workplace
It’s time to accept that the digital economy is here to stay. And as organizations embrace this new reality there is an increased focus on offering products and services that ultimately deliver the...
What is a Huddle Room?
As Millennials started replacing Boomers, they brought with them the idea of open office environments. And, while these open spaces created an aesthetic the new professionals desired, it also shined...
It’s Not The Technology That is Exciting. It’s The Potential to Create Experiences (New Podcast)
With all of the exciting audiovisual (AV) technology on display at InfoComm 2019, the potential to creatively address new applications is exhilarating. Each year top vendors and a few up-and-coming...
3 Ways AV Brings Your Zoo or Aquarium into the Digital Age
Zoos and aquariums have an intriguing capability to attract guests of all ages. One of the reasons for the lasting appeal is their unique ability to offer guests the opportunity to at least...
Optimizing Design with AV in Mind
When creating a distinctive structure for a client, it is easy to get caught up in the aesthetics of delivering a truly unique design capable of setting a facility apart from the pack. However, doing...
Reinventing the Corporate Enterprise Space to Captivate Visitors & Employees
Corporate lobbies and office reception areas have the potential to become incredible spaces – delivering brand messages, capturing the attention of visitors, and engaging employees.
What are You Offering Beyond the Main Attraction?
Destination locations are often known for providing excitement and hitting the extremes. Think about destinations like Las Vegas, Dubai, Atlantic City or Macau. The opportunities to have fun are...
Putting an End to Terminal Boredom
Airport terminals can be busy and heavily congested environments, especially during peak travel times. However, even though terminals are often filled with people rapidly moving from point A to point...
One of the Reasons Theme Parks Are So Appealing? They Deliver Immersive Experiences (New Podcast)
Expectations are high when visiting theme parks. So much so that guests demand an immersive experience when making the investment to take the family on a truly magical vacation.
You Want to Capitalize on What Technology Offers? Build A Modern Control Room!
Revitalizing the control room environment is a great way for oil and gas businesses with a host of remote offshore operations to truly capitalize on improved communications and networking...
5 Trends Impacting the Need to Revitalize Control Rooms
Control rooms have long been mission-critical environments, especially within the oil and gas industries. These systems play an essential role in maximizing operational efficiency, reducing risk,...
Upcoming Event Focuses on Technology's Role in the Future of Oil & Gas
Technology touches all industries. And when organizations embrace what technology has to offer, the opportunity exists to excel. This is exactly what is happening at the Future Oil & Gas conference...
6 Examples of Cool Things Electrosonic Has Accomplished at Museums
Museums are a key part of our culture. Since Electrosonic’s inception, over 55 years ago, we have worked with a wide array of museums. Whether it’s a local museum aiming to improve the visitor...
If You Are Not Designing With Your Ears, You Are Doing it Wrong [Webinar]
Effective design cannot take place in a vacuum. The need for a comprehensive approach is growing as more organizations strategically shift focus away from building purely trendy spaces towards...
The Importance of Audiovisual Design in Multi-Use and Open Spaces
An organisation’s spaces represent, after its people, its biggest investment. This, along with cultural, economic and demographic drivers, means we are beginning to see the proliferation of multi-use...
3 Things You Need to Know About the AAM Museum Expo (Event Preview)
Looking for interesting ways to improve your museum’s ability to attract and engage patrons? Interested in learning (and seeing) how your peers are running their operations? If so, the 2019 AAM...
How Theme Parks Create Great Customer Experiences
The relationship between technological innovation, audiovisual technology, and the theme park is nothing new.
You Are Wrong if You Think Your Museum is Too Small to Wow
It’s easy to get drawn in by all the elaborate exhibits that the largest museums (admitted blessed with deep pocket donors) unveil. After all, they embrace the challenge of creating immersive...
Audiovisual Best Practices Architects and Designers Need to Know
Today, architects, designers, main contractors and other key stakeholders are being asked to integrate thoughtful audiovisual(AV) designs into their project designs in order to create better...
The Future of Technology In Design is Here. We Call it Technology Master Planning (New Podcast)
The digital economy has arrived. As a result, technology is no longer simply nice to have – its an expectation. However, how specifically organizations utilize technology can differ considerably.
Ignoring Millennials is Killing Your Museum
Simply put, it’s a monumental mistake to overlook the power of the millennial generation. A recent Brookings Institute Study shows that at over 75 million strong, the millennials are America’s...
3 Ways to Tell Your Brand’s Story With Technology
We all have a story to tell. It’s what helps separate us from our competition.
3 Ways Technology Master Planning Can Help Your Bottom Line
When organizations embrace new technology, the potential exists to introduce significant new benefits to the company’s existing environment. So much so that technology can significantly differentiate...
Bringing History to Life with Technology – The National World War I Museum [New Video]
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, tells the story of The Great War and related global events from 1914 through the 1918 Armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference....
16 Facts You May Not Know About Electrosonic
For the past 55 years, Electrosonic has operated behind the scenes, with a proven record of helping our clients realize truly immersive experiences. Electrosonic creates innovative experiences by...
