The audiovisual industry is projected to generate $114 billion globally in 2016 according to InfoComm. Wonder how it got started? Let's go back to the 19th century and trace the technologies that helped create the AV industry.

1. The EVOLUTION OF
Audiovisual technology
W W W . M E R S I V E . C O M

2. Audiovisual (AV) Technologies
incorporate both Audio and
Visual components and are
widely deployed in Residence,
Business and Education.

3. The AV industry is projected to
generate $114 billion globally
by 2016 according to
InfoComm's 2014 Global AV Market
Definition and Strategy Study

4. SO HOW DID IT
GET STARTED?

5. HIST of AV 101:
A BRIEF TIMELINE
From 1827~21st Century

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7. 19th Century
In 1827, Joseph Nicéphore
Niépc captured the first
photographic image using a
primitive camera.
19th Century

8. View from the Window at
Le GrasCredit: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin

9. The Beginnings
In 1859, a French bookseller
Édouard-Léon Scott de
Martinville invented the first
sound recording device --
the Phonautograph

10. TA-DA
Credit: Public domain (Franz Josef Pisko)

11. In 1876, Alexander G. Bell
made the first call to his
assistant Watson and is
commonly credited as the
inventor of the telephone.
The Beginnings

12. Credit: "Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long­distance line from New
York to Chicago," 1892. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Reproduction Number LC­G9­Z2­28608­B.
"Mr. Watson--come here--I
want to see you."

13. The Beginnings
In 1895, The Lumière
brothers, Auguste and Louis
Lumière held their first
private screening of
projected motion pictures.

14. Workers Leaving the
Lumiere Factory
Credit: Chardère, B.; Borgé, G. and M. (1985). Les Lumière, Paris:
Bibliothèque des Arts. ISBN 2­85047­068­6

15. The Developments
1893
Public Demo of Radio
1891
Color Photography
1910
Public Radio Boardcast
& Headphone

16. The Developments
1919
Sound-on-Film
1920s
Electronic TV
1918
Color Film

17. The Developments
1947
High Fidelity
Industry
1946
ENIAC
- Computer

18. 1967
Electronic
Music Recording
The Developments
1962
Compact Cassette
1982
CD

19. The Developments
1989
World Wide Web
1993
.MP3
1995
DVD
1997
IEEE 802.11

20. In the 21st century, technology
advances at an exponential rate,
and so does the AV industry.
Today, we see the strong growing
demands of BYOD programs,
education technology, huddle
room solutions and many more in
the AV field.

21. What about
the Future?

22. Wireless
Connectivity
Mobility
Collaboration
Engagement
4K Resolution
Security
Big
Data
Interactive

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