"ATTENTION KMART SHOPPERS!"
Background music is everywhere. From the frozen vegetables aisle of your favorite grocery store to the seating areas of restaurants, businesses nowadays always occupy their guests with music turned up just enough to provide a sense of environment. But is there any reasons deeper to providing ease? The short answer is – yep! But there's so much more to it than that.
Artificial intelligence!
It may seem like more of a buzzword in recent years, but the truth is AI is trending because it's changing the way we work, find information, and collaborate.
Not only is it automating mundane tasks, but it's also being used by companies of all sizes to aid in decision-making,customer service, and product development. The rigorous process of data collection is becoming more streamlined every day, allowing for companies to increase their productivity and accuracy.
As an audio-visual company, we've felt the aftershocks of the AI boom in the audio-video world too. More often we're installing conferencing solutions with AI capabilities like facial and speech recognition. But that's just the tip of the iceberg - here's a much broader scope of what it's improving.
An important hallmark of the 21st century, digital signage is signage that is electronically controlled. This could be anything from electronic billboards to TVs mounted to the top of a restaurant's checkout area.
But how much does it cost? Will it help my business? Do I need special digital signage software to power it? Should I install it myself? We've got the answer to all of these below!
In virtual conferencing, it's not optimal, but it's certainly achievable to do an audio-only conference call. But the second your audio ends up going out, even if you have a video stream going through, you're relegated to using the chat. Don't let your meeting eventually become a long email! Here's a few steps to success to getting a clear audio transmission.
As businesses strive to maximize their efficiency and profitability, having easy-to-use A/V systems and secure IT systems has become increasingly important. But traditionally, IT and AV systems have been siloed in different departments. With the development of AVoIP (A/V over IP), businesses can now integrate their IT and AV systems into one single, unified system that allows for not only more flexibility in systems design, but an efficient way to run power to multiple devices.
Setting – present day. You’ve finally admitted to yourself that your virtual conferencing setup could use some tuning up. After a few months of planning, you’re finally looking at your system after the install earlier in the day. However, you’re concerned about what to do with it, how to ensure its longevity, and make the system function in the best way possible.
To wire or not to wire? It’s a simple difference that many people might boil down to the preferences of the user.
Although wires make the plug and go easy to do in one step, the wireless could be argued to be just as easy with a simple connection dialog. However, the difference between the two is ultimately fundamental.
It’s a Monday morning and you’ve just shown up to work. You start up up your laptop, answer some emails, and get some coffee brewed and flowing through you. Finally, it’s time to resume that big project you have due later this week. However, a few minutes in, your co-workers start chatting a few cubicles down. Then another co-worker starts using the printer. You hear the beep of the toaster oven go off. And now you must refocus yourself, to your chagrin.
