Transformation Tuesday: TEDxCharlottesville 2013

Greetings from The AV Company!

Welcome to our third installment in our Transformation Tuesday series! This week, as we are brainstorming for the upcoming TEDxCharlottesville event on November 14th, we are looking back at last year's event at the Paramount Theater! Watch as the Paramount stage gets transformed into a vibrant set for our speakers! Using light, sound, and projection mapping, we aimed to enhance the energy of speakers and audience members alike. We thoroughly enjoyed watching this incredible event come to life, and are proud to be involved again this year!

August Update: Custom Fixtures and Decor

Greetings from The AV Company!

In our office, we always try to keep new, fresh ideas flowing! We enjoy playing with new design concepts that we haven't seen around yet. So we often find ourselves building custom fixtures and decor for our clients!

One recent example might be the pieces that we built for the NAMIC 2014 Management Conference at the Williamsburg Lodge this past June! One of our client's requests was to have large rear projection screens surrounded by gold frames that reflect the history and style of the Williamsburg area. Well, as you can imagine, finding frames this size might be rather difficult. So we built some!

We also enjoy building custom lighting fixtures! These fixtures were built for Glass Haus Kitchen by our principal designer. He wanted something that would make an impact while enhancing the unique contemporary feel of the space. We think he succeeded!

Trends in Healthcare AV

One of the new overall trends that we are seeing in the world of AV installations is a larger need for Healthcare audio visual. We're lucky to be in Charlottesville, VA where two of the nation's best hospitals (UVA and Martha Jefferson) are located so it makes sense here but as it turns out this same trend is being seen all over the place. We recently worked with the UVA Heart Center on video connectivity for their imaging devices which led us to pay more attention when the latest issue of Healthcare AV magazine arrived this month. Here are a few of the trends that they mentioned that we're sure to see more of in the very near future:

• Outdated hospital auditoriums are being re-modeled to become high-tech, energy efficient presentation centers
• 'Gadget growth'- new software and internet-connected devices like the iPad are making their way into the healthcare AV world
• New regulations are changing the face of mass notification systems
• Digital signage investments are being made to help notify people in emergency situations
• More sound masking is being done so patients can get some sleep and to help with privacy issues when sharing medical information verbally
• Patient observation via video is playing a larger role in medical schools
• Touchscreens are being installed to make things faster and more compact
• Higher-resolution video displays are being installed in operating rooms

These are just some of the exciting new things happening in our world. To keep up with the latest and greatest in Healthcare AV you can follow the magazine on Twitter @HealthcareAV (be sure to follow us too while you're at it @TheAVCompany).