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Biamp launches Vidi 150 conferencing camera
Biamp has launched Vidi 150, a new professional-grade conferencing camera for meeting spaces ranging from huddle rooms to small and medium-sized conference rooms. The introduction of the Vidi 150 expands Biamp’s portfolio of high-performance AV solutions for modern meeting rooms, creating a full line of conferencing cameras and offering a range of features to enable high-quality video conferences with extraordinary simplicity and ease of use. The Vidi 150 has all the features of the Vidi 100 including a 4K camera with a 120-degree field of view, 8MP sensor, and a built-in mic array. It also adds important new capabilities including […]
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Philips Ambilight TV range now available
The new range of Philips Ambilight TV is now available in Australia, dramatically moving the action beyond your TV screen and into a whole new immersive experience that fills the whole room. Leveraging cutting-edge Philips technology and intelligent LEDs implemented behind the edges of the TV screen, the Ambilight coast on-screen colours onto the wall in real time. It radiates colourful light from two, three or all four sides of the TV screen, automatically synchronised to the display content. The post-pandemic era has induced a spike in Australian’s digital consumption. According to Deloitte’s consumer trends survey, Smart TV expenditure alone […]
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Genelec GLM 4.2 and 9301B take immersive monitoring systems to the next level
Genelec has made configuring and managing its Smart Active Monitoring systems even more user-friendly with the introduction of its GLM 4.2 loudspeaker manager software, and the new 9301B multi-channel AES/EBU interface. These two additions to the range allow the cost-effective and seamless creation of scalable immersive monitoring systems up to 16 channels, using one or more bass-managed subwoofers, or 32 channels if using a second 9301B. The GLM 4.2 update is powered by the fast and precise AutoCal 2 automatic room calibration algorithm and introduces a host of new features, including the GRADE Room Acoustic Report, remote control of key […]
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Mixing Tips From Clubs To Stadiums
One of the most difficult parts of working as a touring front of house engineer is maintaining a consistent sound from show to show. That’s why it’s crucial to make sure you’re prepared for any situation
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PROLIGHTS Releases Astra Hybrid420 Moving Head
A Pathway to Jobs in Live Music: The Weasle Eicke Scholarship
The scholarship is named in honour of a beloved industry leader and veteran Wellesley "Weasle” Eicke who prematurely left us in 2021
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Soundproof Studios Announces Custom Recording Studio Doors and Windows
The Music Of The Night
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stages Opera Australia’s The Phantom of the Opera. CX interviews sound designer Shelly Lee about her unique design, and the challenges of 'rainfall events'
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LynTec Details InfoComm 2022 Plans
Christie Acquires Assets From Brass Roots Technologies LLC
Celestion Announces New 10-Inch Diameter Ferrite Magnet Professional Audio Driver
Snap One Releases New Line of Full-Shade Outdoor LED TVs
InfoComm 2022 Preview: The Digitization of Our Physical World
New Swift Playgrounds 4.1 lets you make Mac apps with SwiftUI
Apple on Tuesday released major updates to Swift Playgrounds, its app designed to teach programming newcomers how to write software using Apple’s Swift programming language.
Swift Playgrounds 4.1 is available for free for the iPad and Mac. Version 4.1 now allows users to create macOS apps with SwiftUI, but the users must be running Swift Playgrounds on a Mac running macOS Monterey 12.4, which was released on Monday. Here are the release notes with details on the new features.
• Build Mac apps with SwiftUI (requires macOS 12.4 or later)
• Guided walkthroughs teach SwiftUI app building basics
• App Preview shows live updates as you make changes to your app
• Apps built with Swift Playgrounds run and install to the Applications folder
• App Store Connect integration lets you upload your finished app to the App Store (requires Apple Developer Program account)
• Smart, inline code suggestions help you write code quickly and accurately
• Project-wide search finds results across multiple files
• Snippets Library provides hundreds of SwiftUI controls, symbols, and colors
• Swift Package support lets you include publicly available code to enhance your apps
• App Projects make it easy to move projects to Xcode and back
HARMAN Luxury Audio Group Announces JBL Stage Architectural Series Loudspeakers
Registration for CEDIA Expo 2022 Now Open
VuWall Explains Solutions It Will Show at InfoComm 2022
AIMS Alliance To Host First Interoperability Demonstration of IPMX
IEI Integration Corporation Joins SDVoE Alliance as Adopting Member
Apple previews Live Captions, Apple Watch gestures coming later this year
Ahead of WWDC beginning June 6, Apple on Tuesday announced a set of accessibility features for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that will be coming “later this year.” The software features are for “users with disabilities to navigate, connect, and get the most out of Apple products.”
Apple did not announce how the new accessibility features will be rolled out, though they’re likely to be part of the next crop of operating systems. Apple is expected to reveal iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13 at WWDC, but Apple’s press release did not specifically state whether the new features are part of these new operating systems or the current versions. Here are the new features coming to Apple devices.
Door Detection
The iPhone and iPad’s Magnifier app will get a new Detection Mode feature that supports Door Detection, which will help users locate doors and provide information about the door itself (such as numbers, symbols, or signs), if it is open or closed, and how the door can be handled. Door Detection can work with the Magnifier’s People Detection and Image Descriptions to help with navigating an area. Apple Maps will also have sound and haptic feedback to help find the starting point for walking directions.
Apple Watch Mirroring, Quick Actions
This feature mirrors the Apple Watch user interface on a paired iPhone, giving users access to Apple Watch controls on the iPhone instead of using the watch itself. iPhone’s Voice Control and Switch Control can be used to interact with Apple Watch, as well as voice command, sound actions, head tracking, and external Made for iPhone switches.
The new Quick Action is a double-pinch gesture that can be used for several Apple Watch functions, including answering or ending phone calls, dismissing notifications, taking pictures, play or pause in the Now Playing app, and start, pause, or resume a workout.

The Double Pinch Quick Action will be available on the Apple Watch.
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Live Captions
Live Captions will be available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac on “any audio content.” Apple states FaceTime calls, video conferencing, streaming media content, and in-person conversations as examples where Live Captions will work. Live Captions will have adjustable font sizes and appear to all participants in a group video call, and typed responses can be spoken aloud. Live Captions are generated on the device, which means a user’s privacy is secured.

Live Captions will be available in FaceTime group calls.
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VoiceOver, Siri Pause Time, and more
Other new features include:
- VoiceOver support for over 20 new languages and VoiceOver on Mac will have a new Text Checker tool to look for formatting issues in written text.
- Buddy Controller combines two game controllers into one that can be used for the input of a single player.
- Siri Pause Time, which allows manual adjustment of Siri’s response time.
- Voice Control Spelling Mode allows dictation of custom spellings using letter-by-letter input.
- Sound Recognition can be adjusted to learn the sounds specific to an environment.
- Apple Books will have features to make books easier to read, as well as new themes.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is on May 19, and Apple made several announcements to commemorate the day:
- SignTime is expanding to Canada. This provides Apple Store and App Support customers with on-demand American Sign Language interpreters.
- Live sessions about iPhone accessibility will be happening in Apple Stores.
- Apple Support social channels will feature how-to content.
- The Shortcuts app on Mac and Apple Watch will have support for the Accessibility Assistant.
- Apple Fitness+ will have trainer Bakari Williams use American Sign Language to showcase accessibility features.
- New guides in Apple Maps. There is one for the National Park Foundation, Park Access for All, and a set of guides from Gallaudet University that focuses on sites that prioritize service to the deaf community.
- The App Store will highlight accessibility apps.
- Apple Books and Apple Podcasts will showcase stories by and about people with disabilities.
- Apple Music will offer Saylists playlists, a collection of playlists that each focus on a different sound to practice vocal sounds or speech therapy.
- Apple TV+ will showcase movies and shows of “authentic representation of people with disabilities.”
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