Perhaps without knowing it, we might have just witnessed a tipping point – the moment when the corporate and business sectors (really the ‘non-education’ market) became the driver for the development of interactive technology market. That’s not to say that education market is no longer important – it is, and will continue to be so, but the impetus for growth is definitely shifting.

The history of accurate colour in front projection is one of expanding colour gamuts and the trade-offs that have to be made in brightness and contrast. It is about advances and optics and software algorithms to enable installers to achieve the precise colour matches they require with colour management and customisation.

As in previous years, the AV Futures Awards, sponsored by AV News, encompass two parts – Channel Awards for products and solutions that are currently available, and Editors’ Awards for products, technologies and initiatives that we believe will either have a real impact on the AV market in 2011 and beyond.