2026 Preview – What Our Experts Anticipate This Year
Immersive audio and visual environments have been thrust to the forefront of the audiovisual industry, driven by groundbreaking projects like the Sphere in Las Vegas. In this episode of Pro AV Today, host Ben Thomas welcomes Michael Kastner and Ryan Penny from Holoplot to discuss this shift and break down the future of immersive audio in these environments.
Here are a few key topics covered in the episode:
– Redefining immersive audio
– Overcoming acoustical challenges in unique venues.
– Exploring new workflows, applications, and designs for immersive audio technology.
Ben currently serves as the Head of Pro AV and the Sr. Director of Publishing for MarketScale, a B2B publisher and strategic marketing firm.
He has over a decade of award winning experience in media publishing for large scale events, OTT & live streaming platforms, marketing, network television, and podcasting. Ben decided on his career path at the age of 7, and to date has led some of the most influential brands in the world including Intel, Nokia, Samsung and Segway, to billions of content interactions.
A huge hockey fan (Go Stars!), and former contestant and current fan of Family Feud, Thomas resides in Dallas, Texas.
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Ben Thomas I am honored to be associated with you
I really feel like cracking this tech properly for the touring market will be key. Getting it in front of people will start to create a paradigm of new expectations from audiences. They deserve it. It tells our stories better.