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DPAA, the leading global organization for everything digital out-of-home, announced today that Ultrahaptics has joined its membership ranks.

Ultrahaptics creates tactile sensations in mid-air. No controllers or wearables are needed: the company’s patented “virtual touch” technology uses ultrasound to project sensations and shapes directly onto the user’s hands. Controls can be operated without touching a surface, gestures can be enhanced with tactile feedback, and users can interact in a natural way with virtual objects.

Barry Frey, DPAA President & CEO, told us “The haptics market is going to be enormous, projected to be a $19 billion business by 2025 according to a new market research report on Reports Monitor titled, ‘Haptics Market’. Ultrahaptics is at the forefront of this growth and is positioned to add an entirely new, exciting and powerful dimension to digital out-of-home.”

Ultrahaptics, with offices in the UK, US and Germany, was founded in 2013 and is currently engaged with blue-chip clients from multiple markets including automotive, digital signage and location-based entertainment.

The term ‘haptics’ refers to the use of technology that stimulates the senses of touch and motion, especially to reproduce in remote operation or computer simulation the sensations that would be felt by a user interacting directly with physical objects.

Greg Patrick, VP Digital Signage at Ultrahaptics, said, “We have a tremendous product to enhance the digital out-of-home industry and look forward to immersing ourselves in the sector through our membership in DPAA. Barry and his team have done a great job of creating extensive networking and education opportunities, and we will be enthusiastic participants.”

In 2018, the DPAA did an amazing job of recruiting over 30 new members (you can see them all here with one click).

Oblong Industries, Inc., maker of multi-stream meeting applications and pioneer of interactive spatial computing environments for the new era of collaborative work, is pleased to announce a first-ever initiative for its fifth year at #ISE2019. In coordination with Cisco, Oblong will show how organizations can improve workflows for distributed teams with a product demonstration that spans the aisle of Hall 11.

In this unique demonstration, a Mezzanine 200 Series system for multi-stream collaboration in Oblong stand 11-B140 will connect in a Webex Teams session, demonstrating interoperability with Cisco Webex endpoints, with Cisco in stand 11-C130. In addition, a Cisco Webex Board will be featured in the Oblong stand to show the ease of bringing a popular touch screen for ideation and collaboration into the Mezzanine meeting environment. Due to the proximity of these two stands, visitors to Hall 11 will be able to witness both ends of the meeting session from a single vantage point.

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Austrian based easescreen is using #ISE2019 as an opportunity to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

For the first time, the new easescreen version X19 with integrated sensor technology as well as numerous new functions and extensions will be presented to an international audience.

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Streamlining communication is key. Collaboration is something we know we need to do, but as a business, are we prepared for it? How many products do you actually need for the meeting room? Creating environments for your employees, where they can work seamlessly and collaborate anywhere at any time, is the driver to every global business.

Launching at #ISE2019 will be the complete Enterprise ecosystem solution for the global office and huddle room workspaces from Clevertouch.

You can find them in Hall 13, Booth D155

Now, an annual tradition, the 5th AVNation #ISE2019 #AVTweeps #AVTweetup takes place Wednesday February 6, 2019 between 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CET on the HDBaseT Stand in Hall 5 S-100.

This is your chance to meet in real life those AV professionals that we all connect with online, throughout the year.

Please do, drop by, have a drink, and connect with other audiovisual professionals. The underwriter HDBaseT has been kind enough to provide the space and refreshments. Register your interest here.

UK adspend rose 5.1% year-on-year to reach £5.6bn in Q3 2018, marking the 21st consecutive quarter of market growth and the industry’s strongest third quarter of the year since 2015. This record investment highlighted in today’s Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report underpins the preliminary estimate for 2018 adspend of £23.5bn – meaning the industry will have grown +6.0% year-on-year.

The positive figures come ahead of the Advertising Association’s LEAD summit on Wednesday (January 30^th), which will look at the key themes of Trust, Trade & Transformation in the UK’s advertising industry. Predictions of 4.6% growth for UK advertising in 2019 come amid calls from the industry for a positive deal for business from Brexit negotiations with minimal disruption.

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As the official partner of the 2019 Australian Open ‘ballkids’, Vegemite unveiled a cheeky dynamic outdoor campaign on QMS Media’s iconic Richmond digital billboard, aka ‘The Punt’.

Steve Bovey, General Manager of Operations at QMS told us “The dynamic digital technology behind this campaign ensures immediate relevance and strong brand alignment for Vegemite. With Thinkerbell having the ability to update and schedule creative instantly, Vegemite is able to relate to tennis-goers in a fun and unique way via our iconic ‘The Punt’, just a stone’s throw away from all the action at Melbourne Park.”

In collaboration with creative agency Thinkerbell, the quintessentially Australian brand placed a tongue-in-cheek tennis-related twist on their celebrated ‘Tastes Like Australia’ campaign. Over the Australian Open period, Melbournians and tennis fans got a taste of what it meant to be, a part of summer’s most anticipated sporting event through a series of contextually relevant creative executions.

Jim Ingram, Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Thinkerbell said “Being able to write, and then execute in real time has been an absolute blast. The agency has had a lot of fun with this submitting their ideas for the site, based on what they see happening and it’s been a great experience for the whole team. It’s also great to see a broadcast, high reach medium such as outdoor being so reactive and dynamic.”

Thinkerbell had complete creative control of content displayed by Vegemite, using witty copy and classic colloquialisms to respond to the events of the Australian Open as it unfolded.

Barco have released two new enterprise products: a dedicated huddle proposition and a 4K collaboration solution, the ClickShare CS-100 Huddle and the ClickShare CSE-200+ respectively.

The press release stated that Barco ClickShare now has a complete offering of intuitive, IT-friendly collaborative experiences for every meeting room in the enterprise—shifting its focus from wireless presentation to interactive meeting collaboration.

We are told that the majority of existing wireless presentation solutions enable people to collaborate using either software or hardware. With ClickShare, that choice is entirely up to the end-users. In addition to presenting with the iconic ClickShare Button, sharing with software or a combination of both hardware and software is now also possible. ClickShare is launching an App for PC and Mac alongside the well-known ClickShare Apps for mobile devices (both Android and iOS devices). The combination of sharing content with both Button and App provides an intuitive way of collaborating, enriched by power-user functionalities in the ClickShare App such as extended desktop, pause function, moderation, etc.

Lieven Bertier, Head of GTM Strategy & Services was quoted as saying “With more than 500,000 units shipped worldwide, ClickShare is leading the way in the market of meeting collaboration technology. We’re dedicated to providing the most reliable, intuitive and innovative collaboration solutions, which means we can give contemporary companies a serious competitive advantage. Investing in future-proof collaboration technology is investing in new ways of working, in attracting the best talent and in optimizing decision-making. Heightening efficiency and productivity keeps you one step ahead of your competitors. Our two newest ClickShare family members fulfil the needs of enterprises today in search of secure, IT-friendly solutions. Next to this we offer customers new, more interactive ways of working, required by today’s workforce and help businesses to prepare for the future of work, driving efficiency in the brightest, simplest and most productive way.”

You can see both of these products at #ISE2019.

Quividi will once again be exhibiting at #ISE2019, You can find them in Hall 8 Stand C299.

Denis Gaumondie, Chief Marketing Officer told us “We always enjoy meeting with our partners and customers, so please come say hi!”

If you want to discuss a specific project or just want to know more about Quividi’s recent developments, for example, working with Westfield to boost engagement and sales for Pandora & Aldo, powering the first facial hair reactive DOOH campaign for Movember or indeed to get a sneak peek of their roadmap or discuss their Privacy & GDPR approach, feel free to email dgaumondie@quividi.com to book a proper meeting.

Global Presence Alliance partners from around the world meet every year at #ISE2019 for strategic planning and customer events.

You can join them in Amsterdam for a series of learning sessions and networking throughout the week with their members, partners and other industry thought leaders.

The GPA is hosting events leading into the show, and will also be on the show floor.

WHEN
February 4-6, 2019

WHERE
February 4-5: Movenpick Hotel,
Piet Heinkade 11, 1019 BR Amsterdam

Feb 6: RAI Amsterdam
Europaplein 2 1078 GZ
Amsterdam, Netherlands

You can find out more here or email mike.stead@global-presence.org.

Speakers will be from KPMG’s Innovation Factory, ABN AMRO, Microsoft, Recon Research, Whitlock and the GPA.

You can visit the GPA on the show floor in Hall 1 Stand 1-E85 or join their teams in their Global Lounge in the Emerald Room at the RAI.