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Today's Top Stories #1 Watch a Japanese pianist battle a holographic version of himself   via Gizmodo   Yoshiki, a Japanese rock pianist, upstaged his own performance when a Pepper's Ghost illusion of himself started a piano piece that he then interrupted. More» Why This Matters: Pepper's Ghosts are having a bit of a comeback driven by news-grabbing "holograms" like Tupac Shakur's performance from beyond the grave. You can take a look at the result here—but you won't learn anything about how it was done, except what you can derive from observation. –Cynthia Wisehart #2 March Madness & the future of cinema and video technology   by David, Keene, AV Network   I can't imagine a crazier month in the film industry agenda than the March I just wrapped in Austin. At the opening end: the SXSW Film festival (March 7-15), one of the top film festivals worldwide and spawning ground for a great, growing, democratizing wash of digital content that's seemingly indifferent to what screens it eventually lands on. At the other end, also in Austin: the Giant Screen Cinema Association's Film Expo (March 24-25)– that stalwart bastion of IMAX and all films that you can only see big– the bigger the better and if it's still big lush 70mm celluloid whirring through the projection booth the better (for now– spoiler alert– IMAX is going all digital too). More» Why This Matters: Even as new-generation cinema and large venue projection technologies come online, technology-based business and distribution models in the movie, education, and entertainment markets evolve and morph even faster. NewBay's David Keene tracks some of the big changes underway by attending two pivotal events in March– SXSW Film, and the Giant Screen Cinema Association's Film Expo. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 Fujitsu develops glove-style wearable device   via AV Interactive   Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a glove equipped with a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag reader and that features gesture-based input for maintenance and other operations. The glove has been designed to be used in environments where using a traditional smart device would be unsuitable. More » Why This Matters: It's kind of an industrial interface—users wearing the glove can receive and execute work instructions just by touching an object. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. Robin van Meeuwen appointed Crestron International president (via Installation-International) 5. More Wi-Fi is better: FCC expands use of 5GHz spectrum (via Ars Technica) 6. Apple in cars, what does it mean for the car industry and Google (Sarwant Singh, Forbes) 7. Forget CarPlay: Here's NVIDIA's plan to power your next car (via SlashGear) 8. Sony ships flagship noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones (John Laposky, Twice) 9. LG's curved OLED tech is better in lamps than in phones (Aaron Souppouris, The Verge) 10. From the Wire@SVCOnline: AKG enters the aviation market with introduction of AV100 headset Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs from TWICE.com Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Russound, FMP Inc. - Newmarket, NJ » VP Sales - Electrical Distributing, Inc. - Portland, OR » International CE Company - Confidential - California » More Listings » Jobs from Eduwire Click here to see all posted positions » Upcoming Events IEEE Green Technologies Conference, April 3-4, Corpus Christie, TX NAB SHOW, April 5-10, Las Vegas ARDA World 2014, April 6-10, Las Vegas Electrosonic Technology Day: Control Rooms & Collaboration Systems, April 16, Burbank Stampede Big Book of AV Tour, April 17, Boston AES Convention, April 26-29, Berlin For more events, see our calendar. Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email SYSTEMS CONTRACTOR NEWS KIRSTEN NELSON, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x522 | Send Email AV TECHNOLOGY MARGOT DOUAIHY, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x 538 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS JEREMY GLOWACKI, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 ext 514 | Send Email

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