Absolutely brilliant! (pun kind of intended)

Being the massive AV geek that I am, I already own LED light shoes (yes for adults!) and a purse and a few other items of clothing/accessories, but really they just light, change colors and blink/fade as I set them... Nothing to this level of interactivity or detail.  My first question is, when can I get one? Even if they do look like Minecraft dresses in the light, they are still wicked cool. 

That said, I agree with Paul that the EDM/festival/concert scene and massive events like Met Gala or other red carpet/runway type events will comprise the bulk of this market. That said, if they aren't wildly difficult to clean/care for, and they have a decent battery life or non-obtrusive power source (removable charging brick in the pocket, hello!) then I can see a wider class of nerdy types and folks who aren't afraid to stand out or be unique grasping the concept and running with it.  Again.... when and where can I get one?!

#InfocommShowDuds #LightItUp!

Like so many AV folks "of a certain age", I fell into AV rather than choosing AV because we weren't told AV was "a thing" back then. IT, as we know it, was barely "a thing" in the 80s and early 90s...  I was lucky that I had an uncle who had the first personal computer in our town (Radio Shack TRS-80!) and he showed me amazing things, like using that box to write to people in other states and countries about whatever you wanted. (He was a stamp collector and active on BBS message boards for philatelists.) That stupid TRS-80 blew my mind as a 5-year-old, and inspired an early interest in STEM - or techy nerdy stuff, as STEM was known back then... the acronym came much later!

At heart, I'm a liberal arts gal... I was an English and Dance major in undergrad, but I still had that geeky streak - I worked on campus in the computer labs, and as a Physics/Astro TA. And as time went on, I was the one in the family who always wanted to try the newest tech out there first and learn as much as I could about it... hand coding HTML in Notepad to make a Geocities web page (in color! with pictures!) and I programmed all the family VCRs.  Still, after college, I went into a fluffier English-major kind of job.

At the time, I was seeing a guy who happened to work in AV... and as soon as he explained just what it was that he did, and that AV was an actual job and a career path and a goal, I was hooked.  This was the early to mid 90s where AV and even computer technology wasn't as ubiquitous or advanced as it is today, so it was a kind of big leap of faith to jump into this new world. Still, it seemed so cool and exciting - shiny new tech and "grown up toys" to play with every day AND get paid to do it? Yes please!  

I've been in AV ever since... yes, first in fluffier marketing and sales roles, but later (and now) in design engineering and more hard-technical roles. It is still such a cool and exciting industry, but now folks recognize AV is a thing, and some of the things we do, and why we're vital, and I wouldn't work anywhere else! 

Is there any way to register for this event on the ravepubs/lavnch web sites or the barco site?

It is an event for mission critical control room environments, but some of us who work in those environments cannot register for the event because our infosec/cybersecurity rules block all socials on corporate machines - including LinkedIn!

Appreciate the help! :-)

Soooooooooooooo awesome!  I know it's a long shot, but I'm praying that the Sphere can be one of the Infocomm 24 Tech Tours. I'd definitely find the money for that one!

I look forward to joining and participating in WAVIT!

Hopefully, it will complement the AVIXA Women's Council rather than competing against it and dying out like FAVE (Female AV Executives) and WAVe (Women in AV) from years past.  (Yes, I was in each of them... and WIN, Women of Infocomm aka the proto-AWC!)

Thank you for sharing this! It's fantastic to see the IRL end result of the Walmart kiosk project. Five years ago, I briefly worked at Gable prior to starting my current job, and I was part of the team that worked on the initial proposal to get this project. I'm so glad to see that they actually won the project and that it has been so successful in deployment! Well done, Gable, Quividi, and all the partners on this project. 

Thanks Megan. I'll adjust our SOW/RFP requirements appropriately. 

Is there a replacement company or enterprise certification program in the works, or will individual certifications be the only ones offered?  I have been including certification requirements and preferences in our enterprise AV SOWs for a while now, and need to know whether I should simply append with "or equivalent company certification" or just remove the section on company certs...