Benny Har-Even

A visit to Dolby’s London HQ reveals how movies are graded for the format, and to hear how its Atmos audio system brings movies and music to life.

The Lumen Prize, the global award for art created with technology, has announced the launch of, 'The Liminal Review: New Signals in Arts Technologies'.

High-end audio listening rooms, cybersecurity and AI insights are just some of the highlights coming to ISE 2026, the European AV show you’ve probably never heard of.

Color LED smart lights that react to music are now hugely popular. Here are four ways to get your LED-party started.

A couple of weeks back, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith was released into cinemas for a limited run to celebrate its 20 th anniversary.

My ISE 2025 report

In addition to palm recognition, Philips is adding HD video monitoring to its upcoming 5000 series smart lock.

The mixed-reality Visions of Nature experience at London’s Natural History Museum aims to present clime issues in a more tactile and immersive way.

What if your home had a cinema, a workspace, a meditation space, a club, or even a concert hall? Well, according to speak manufacturer L-Acoustics, thanks to its Hyperreal Immersive Sound Spaces (HYRISS) audio system, that’s exactly what you can…

“The Times They Are ‘A Changing” sang Bob Dylan in 1964 and in that sense, nothing changes. Where once pubs and clubs were the automatic choice, these days younger people are looking for something new. Head down to Bermondsey in the heart of London,…

The word immersive is perhaps overused these days – but when you’re inside a large room surrounded by giant nightmarish monsters walking along the walls, or seeing waves of a terrifying storm crash around you, it’s hard not to choose that “go-to”…

“Er, what is that?” It’s the first thing my son asked me when he walked into the house recently after several months away. The object he was inquiring about looks like a pointed oval with a diamond-shaped front and is not, as my wife suggests, an…

Nestling in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf is Memories of a Dead Poet, a new art installation that combines the surreal images of artist Arash Irandoust with cutting-edge audio-visual technology. It’s the first offering from Illusionaries,…

Remember virtual reality? It doesn’t seem that long since VR was the buzzword at everyone’s lips in the tech sphere, but recently you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was another flash-in-the-pan technology. That’s not the case, but it’s true to…

As anyone who does even a small amount of research will be able to tell you, the smart light market is dominated by Philips Hue, the ecosystem owned by Signify. However, there are other brands out there on the market and one of the alternatives is…

Philips is well known as a TV and lighting brand, and its Ambilight tech brings the two together, offering cool multicolored LED effects that react in sync to the content on your TV and music. The Hue Sync Box is a small black device with four HDMI…

As we well know, the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the cinema industry. Even when screens were open to the public, most chose not to go, and inevitably attendances plummeted worldwide. The question being asked then is what will the cinematic…