On the 11th of October, Arjan Kleinveld, managing director of VBH, will present his vision on the challenge of AVIT system integrators during the Dutch Superyacht Industry event. This event will take place in Rotterdam.

Around 100 superyacht industry professionals will be present. Arjan will give the audience insight in the development of new technologies. Not only the quick succession of consumer electronics and new technologies, but also the speed at which people are adopting these and the intensiveness of their media consumption poses challenges and sets new expectations for future superyacht Owners.

Future superyacht Owners, mainly originating from the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) expect ongoing access to their favorite web-services (like Facebook and WebTV) to interact with each other and down- and upload their favorite content. Further they want to take onboard their own user devices to control their onboard Entertainment and IT systems, which should deliver ultimate comfort and luxury by fitting their cultural needs. The Chinese Owner prefers a complete karaoke set, Chinese social media web services and neon blue light scenes, while the Russian owner wants to record all global soccer matches and watch the images of his CCTV cameras real-time.

AVIT system integrators have to integrate these to-be future-proof systems in a yacht build process that has to take place smooth, cost effective and efficient, within the shortest possible timeframe. VBH’s vision is to make a demarcation between the parts of the system that can be physically installed without Owner’s input, the so-called backbone, and the parts of the system that really determine the personalization, luxury and comfort of the system for the Owner. E.g. choice for TV brands, level of integration, use of own smart phone etc. This way, the AVIT system does not influence the yacht build process.

The real challenge for the superyacht industry when it comes to the AVIT system is the limited and extremely bandwidth onboard, which Owners are used to have on the shore and has become part of their life.

More information about the Dutch Superyacht Industry can be found here.

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