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Focusonics® directional speakers are capable of acting as a powerful tool for creating an audiovisual art installation. These speakers emit a focused beam of sound, which can be directed to a specific audience or area.

Focusonics® was showcased at the opening of SIC to demonstrate an immersive sound experience of directional speakers.

This guide describes the tools needed to install Focusonics® directional speakers, presents practical installation guidelines, and showcases the most popular ways to install them in different environments.

Focusonics® speakers were used in a collaborative audio exploration project between the artists from the three Baltic countries, Ukraine, Poland, Finland, and the Netherlands. The project “Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds” was designed to look for novel approaches through which art and culture can help the general public become more aware of the connections between the past and present.

Throughout the summer, Focusonics® directional speakers were present at The London Open 2022 exhibition in Whitechapel Gallery. The sound system was a part of the London-based artist Dawoon Kim's art installation telling an audiovisual story of how she sees the world by responding to the time and generation she is a part of. The installation featured a photograph titled Practice (Mirrored) and an accompanying soundtrack.

Focusonics® directional speakers made an appearance at the Kaunas Artists' House during the Contemporary City Festival AUDRA at the beginning of July. The audio system was integrated into the Lithuanian artist Donatas Norušis' sound installation "Forma_003" to explore the spatial qualities of the sound.

Several product changes have been implemented into Focusonics® directional speakers aiming to improve the experience for its users. Both Model A and Model B speaker advancements feature a more compact wireless speaker design, sound play trigger from external sensors, and else.

Focusonics^® museum solution integrates the NCheck Visitor Management system with Focusonics^® directional speakers to create an attention-grabbing experience for its visitors through person recognition and individualized messages. Once an individual enters the art gallery or a museum, they enroll themselves through the NCheck system. While a camera takes a picture of them, they provide some biographic data, such as name, age, and language, and save the information to the database.

This article predominantly focus on the top 5 use case applications of Focusonics^® speakers.