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Essential Install | Contents The essential magazine for the custom install industry September 2017 September 2017 VIRTUAL REALITY FAD OR THE FUTURE? SPEAKERS HEARD BUT NOT SEEN OFFICE & BOARDROOM COMMUNICATING WITHOUT COMMUTING In This Issue… CE P ro EUROPE C ommercia l EUROPE C ommercia l EUROPE INTEGRATOR CE P ro EUROPE INTEGRATOR REGULARS FEATURES 3 From the Editor’s Desk 16 Habitech Happenings 21 Speakers 5 Essential News 18 CEDIA Chats 32 Case Study: Interactive Interiors Autumnal Automation Partnering with Aquavision Smart home headlines An invisible solution? The installer as Artisan 12 WyreStorm Words 66 Training Dates 14 HDAnywhere Report 69 Essential Products Storming CEDIA NASCAR’s Denny Hamlin’s super space Improve your AV know-how Doing more with less hardware 34 CEDIA Snippets Best in show at San Diego Hardware heaven 38 Q + A: Ask The Expert Owen Maddock interviews Sinemas 39 Touchscreens Innovative interfaces 49 Virtual Reality Experience the future Touchscreens 39 54 A Day In The Life Avande’s riverside residentials 59 Office & Boardroom Workplace wares Speakers 21 Office & Boardroom 59 Average net circulation July 2015 to June 2016 5,212 September 2017 | 1