Dataton deploys Watchout Media Server

directly into the WATCHPAX solid-state media server. The WIRETAG transponder can allow audience members equipped with PICKUP audio guides to “jump” straight into the audio of a WATCHOUT show and remain in perfect sync. The integration of WIRETAG and PICKUP can also be incorporated in existing audiovisual systems that deploy WATCHOUT and associated computing hardware.

Lars Sandlund, COO, Dataton, said, Simply put, WIRETAG allows direct integration of a WATCHOUT show with our PICKUP audio-guide system. Simply point and click at the WIRETAG with a PICKUP audio guide, and you jump straight into the soundtrack at the correct point in the show, regardless of how much time has elapsed.

Moreover, each WIRETAG plugs into the WATCHPAX via the latter’s USB connection and requires no separate power supply. The transponder can then be affixed to a display or other visible unit using the supplied self-adhesive pad. PICKUP users can be as much as 8m away from the WIRETAG and still receive the correct audio.