orlando, fl—“Flight Paths” is the latest public art work to link concourses at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, simulating a walk through a forest with immersive lighting, video, projection, and sound effects. The $4.1 million art installation is located in the 450-foot underground walkway between concourses A and B. Featuring the sound of birds chirping, images of the tree canopy, a rain shower, and even lightning effects, it delivers a unique experience to passengers traversing the pedestrian corridor. According to Matt Pearlman, senior account executive at ILC, Illinois-based equipment provider and systems integrator for the project, “There are thousands of multi-layered aluminum cut outs of the tree canopy, embedded colored lighting, LED video, projections and ambient audio. Local passengers will even recognize birds native to the area.” ILC employed Alcorn McBride’s V4Pro show controller for its “bulletproof” reliability. “The V4Pro sends commands to lighting, video, projection, and audio,” Pearlman said. “It also handles all the scheduling, communications and interface with building controls. The V4Pro’s ability to deal with all kinds of protocols was critical: We can send any command out of it for great flexibility with the devices used in the control system.”

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>Trainingaurora, il—Peerless-AV has launched its updated Certified Manufacturer Installer Training Program, which is led by long-time industry experts with in-person or online webinar options. This four-level program is designed to give system integrators an edge on the compe-tition by providing them with both indus-try education and Peerless-AV-specific training; the trainings are compliant with continuing education standards and are certified by both InfoComm and CEDIA.

montreal—AptoVision, Aquantia, Christie Digital, NETGEAR, Sony, and ZeeVee have formed the SDVoE Alliance to standardize the adoption of Ethernet to transport AV signals in pro-fessional AV environments, and to create an ecosystem around SDVoE technol-ogy that allows software to define AV applications. At ISE 2017, members of AptoVision¹s executive team will pres-ent four sessions on various aspects of SDVoE technology in the InfoComm Commercial Solutions Theatre in Hall 8, on stand D360. The sessions are free for all attendees.

portland, or— Audinate will run its Certification Program as part of this year’s Dante AV Networking World for ISE 2017. Now in its seventh year, AV Networking World is among the most popular education events at ISE, show-casing the benefits of audio networking for commercial installation. The program includes training for new and advanced Dante users, a general session covering emerging trends pertinent to the future of audio over IP networking for professional audio systems, and Level 1 and Level 2 Dante Certification.

minneapolis, mn—AVI Systems launched the first component of myAVI, a personalized learning management dash-board where AVI employees can access educational resources, both online and in person. Initially, myAVI will focus internally on AVI employees, but it will be open enrollment to customers, manufac-turers, and students in summer 2017. AVI has committed to a three-year contract with InfoComm to license all CTS, CTS-I, and CTS-D prep courses. In addition, non-CTS InfoComm courses will also be available.