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Flying High with Technology The last few weeks have been truly exciting for technology professionals and enthusiasts. Even as the country has witnessed a fascinating series of high technology events, the Government of India, which had been very proactive in terms of technology takes- made yet another major initiative for proliferation of technology adoption. India’s Union Budget, this year, made two significant initiatives relevant to technology industry- setting up a Task Force on animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) segment, and initiating special measures to promote wider adoption of drone technology.
Both the measures stand to bring immense benefits to AudioVisual industry and allied segments. We hope the ideations, and propositions take shape as they were intended, and at the pace they are supposed to move with.
Ram Bhavanashi, Editor, India and Middle East
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VIDEO OF THE MONTH: A Republic of 1000 Drones - Beating the Retreat with Techno Glitz
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Republic Day Celebrations are conventionally taken to be a show of strength(s). Inside the show, there is a reassurance of competence, determination, gallantry, and spirit of dynamism to scale high. This year’s Republic Day Celebrations, in particular towards its grand finale of Beating Retreat, demonstrated exactly a combo package of all this in a dazzling display of 1000 drones- a first of its scale technology feat.
SI Asia takes pride – in the particular spirit of freedom as well as the opportunity it unfolds for the prospects of AV – to have captured and make it as the Video of the Month this time.
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Samatha Murthy: Mapping Equality with 3D Projection
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In a country where statues with technology sophistication contribute to counting ‘tall’ (s)takes, this might not surprise many; however, it does ‘sit out on high’ and strong pedestal of spiritual socialism powered by a spatial technology. In the process, it does score a few firsts and seconds contributing to technology tourism even as it seeks to elevate and unite people’s thinking. That’s the Samatha Murthy – or the Statue of Equality – a 216-feet tall sitting statue of 11th century saint Ramanuja. A huge sculptural ensemble that the statue is, in reality, the high-profile place is also a space of high technology stakes for audio-visual domain.
SI Asia tries to get the tech spades that made the modern abode of the saint.
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ACTIS: The Act Is to Aim at Growing Bigger,
Better, Stronger
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Actis Technologies- the name doesn’t need an introduction to anyone connected with Indian Audio Visual industry. Supposedly, India’s oldest AV systems integration enterprise – in the strict sense of the term – Actis has completed 50 years in business in 2021. Something truly prideful for any enterprise, and more so for AV domain where we haven’t seen many even on global scale.
SI Asia interacted with Actis Technologies Director Abhimanyu Gupta who is responded as astutely as ever on the subject. Read on….
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Logitech RightSight 2 for Right Mode of
Remote Meetings
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Today, Logitech is creating more equitable experiences for hybrid workers with RightSight 2 software that now simultaneously presents both a close-up view of the individual speaker and a view of the entire meeting room during video calls. With RightSight 2 auto-framing technology, far-end participants can follow the active speaker while also getting situational context from the group, such as one person gesturing to another or writing on a whiteboard.
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Meyer Sound Redefines Large Scale LA Technology with PANTHER
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American audio major Meyer Sound recently announced the launch of what it called ‘a new industry benchmark for compact, lightweight, powerful, and energy-efficient Line Array loudspeaker.
PANTHER, as the new flagship linear line array loudspeaker is called, is said to be engineered to meet rapidly evolving demands for large-scale touring and installed systems. Combined with a new LF port design, PANTHER has a maximum peak output of more than 150 dB SPL. Weighing only 150 lb (68 kg), PANTHER is a significantly lighter box than anything in its class.
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Optoma Announces High Brightness WUXGA
Projector Series
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Optoma, a world-leading manufacturer of large display products and among top projector brand in India, today announced its highest brightness professional laser projectors to-date, filling a need for high-end installations, including the entertainment, exhibition, and digital signage markets. At 16,000, 18,000 and 21,000 lumens respectively, the Optoma Ultra Bright Series ZU1600, ZU1800 and ZU2100 projectors establish an incredibly high brightness benchmark to the category, as well as extreme flexibility with eight interchangeable lenses to meet the needs of even the most complex installations.
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Asia’s Largest AVGC Centre or Excellence Set up
in Bengaluru
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In a very record of sorts, the Government of Karnataka – further elevating its own proactive measure initiated ten years ago – recently launched what is claimed to be Asia’s largest Centre of Excellence for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) segment.
The initiative is funded and promoted by the State IT/BT & Electronics Department.
It may be recalled that Karnataka was the first State in India to bring out an AVGC policy – way back in 2012 – now, made yet another first by setting up the Centre of Excellence (CoE) focussed on the segment.
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Yamaha Announces New Tabletop,
Ceiling Microphones
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The UC space has always been fiercely competed, and it is getting further steaming up. Following the other global players in the UC market coming up with new fascinating solutions, Yamaha joined the league with new announcements.
The Japanese UC major announced the RM-TT tabletop and RM-CG ceiling-mount microphones for conferencing applications designed around the Dante platform. These standalone microphones pack all of Yamaha’s powerful sound technologies, including automatic voice tracking, auto gain control, adaptive echo cancellation, noise reduction, and reverberation suppression for optimal collaboration experiences while seamlessly integrating with the room’s existing conferencing equipment or a variety of third-party components.
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