Editor’s Note: For additional coverage of the Crestron Experience Center in New York City, check out my reported blog, including exclusive quotes from Dan Feldstein and Brad Hintze. Our editors updated this post as of October 23.
Crestron Electronics just unveiled its flagship experience center in New York City. It’s located at 200 Lexington Ave. in the world-class New York Design Center. The Crestron Experience Center is a state-of-the-art, immersive environment in which visitors can experience the potential of Crestron’s solutions up close and firsthand. Crestron is, of course, a global leader in workplace and smart home technology.
Crestron Experience Center is More Than a Showroom
The Crestron Experience Center is more than a mere showroom. In fact, it’s an interactive journey that showcases Crestron’s solutions in a dynamic and engaging environment. This newly opened location meets the needs of today’s customers as technology continues to become more pervasive. This experiential setting will, indeed, allow every visitor — no matter their background — to visualize the impact that technology can have on their lives across various settings.
The Crestron Experience Center integrates both residential and commercial applications. It features dedicated spaces that demonstrate how Crestron caters to both individuals and businesses through reliable offerings that are tailorable to any particular environment.
Visitors can explore a range of integrated systems. These, of course, include advanced home automation solutions that enhance everyday living. Moreover, they extend to sophisticated commercial technologies that create smarter and more productive spaces for working, learning and more. A unique addition to the center will be a workshop in which visitors can use new technologies in a hands-on way to set up a system, test different configurations and discover new possibilities — even with products that are in beta.
Crestron Experience Center is an Investment
“Beyond just a new location, the Crestron Experience Center represents an investment in our partners and customers,” Brad Hintze, EVP of global marketing at Crestron, says. Indeed, it offers them the opportunity to engage directly with Crestron solutions, explore new innovations and collaborate to solve real-life challenges. Hintze continues, “This center provides an unparalleled platform for visitors to experience Crestron’s capabilities.” Moreover, it will inspire new possibilities to drive partner and customer success and growth in today’s rapidly evolving markets.
The latest Crestron Experience Center boasts immersive demonstrations in practical, real-world scenarios. Thus, it incorporates plug-and-play huddle spaces, advanced conference rooms and a fully equipped modern apartment. Through tangible interactions with these contextual designs, visitors will see how Crestron solutions power these diverse spaces. Plus, personalized tours offer deeper insights into the capabilities and potential use cases of the technologies on display.
Particular Highlights
A particular highlight is a large event space that features an 11-foot videowall powered by the Crestron DM NVX AV-over-IP platform. That, of course, is perfect for presentations, product launches and industry gatherings.
Moreover, visitors can delve into the power of unified communications through Crestron Flex videoconferencing systems and 1 Beyond intelligent video solutions. These tools create immersive, engaging meetings by enabling seamless integration with leading collaboration platforms. Thus, they help boost productivity and enhance teamwork. The center also showcases Crestron AirMedia wireless presentation and conferencing solutions, offering insight into the freedom and flexibility that wireless collaboration enables. These technologies bring ease and efficiency to modern collaboration spaces, making meetings and presentations more dynamic and more impactful.
In addition, Crestron’s legacy of control and automation is on full display as the backbone for each of the dynamic demonstrations. Whether it’s boardrooms, classrooms, homes or hotels, Crestron’s intuitive control systems ensure seamless integration and high reliability. The Crestron DM NVX AV-over-IP platform delivers flexible, scalable, high-performance audio and video distribution and powers impressive applications for any event — whether large or small. Plus, visitors can dive into the future of smart homes with Crestron Home OS, a system that unifies entertainment, lighting, climate control and security into a single personalized, intuitive interface. It functions to transform home automation to enhance people’s comfort, convenience and safety.
An Important Pillar of the Business
“Our global experience centers have long been an important pillar of our business and are key locations for offering hands-on interactions,” Hintze states. He adds, “This New York City location is a testament to our unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences and continuing to push the boundaries of what we can offer.” In short, Crestron wants its clients to see firsthand how its solutions can transform their spaces and enhance their lives.
The Crestron Experience Center is now open to the public by appointment. To schedule a visit, contact the company.