New integration connects HIVE media playback with real-world sensor input for museums, attractions and interactive installations
HIVE Media Control, a specialist provider of compact media servers, has announced native integration with Nexmosphere, enabling its award-winning Beeblade media players to connect directly with Nexmosphere’s extensive range of sensors and controllers to create responsive, interactive media experiences.
Developed in response to demand from system integrators, the integration expands the options available for bringing interactivity into HIVE-powered installations, allowing physical actions and real-world data to trigger and influence digital content.
Nexmosphere develops sensors and controls for interactive digital experiences, spanning technologies including presence and motion detection, RFID, touch and push buttons, object detection, Lift & Learn, weight sensing and LiDAR.
Through the new integration, Nexmosphere sensors can connect with HIVE via USB or Ethernet, with data from multiple sensors available directly within HIVE’s Dataflow environment. HIVE supports Nexmosphere’s interface boxes and the majority of its sensor portfolio, giving integrators the flexibility to combine different forms of interaction within a single HIVE installation.
A new Data Matching module enables simple rules, such as triggering content when a visitor enters a particular zone or presses a button. For more sophisticated interactions, a new Scripting module supports JavaScript, allowing integrators to build customised logic around the data received from sensors.
In practice, an exhibit could automatically launch content when a visitor approaches, switch to an interactive interface when somebody stands in front of a display, or use RFID to identify an object and trigger corresponding video content. HIVE can also send commands back to supported Nexmosphere devices, enabling elements such as LED lighting to respond as part of the experience.
“This integration is about giving our customers more ways to connect HIVE with the world around it. Nexmosphere has a fantastic range of sensors that many system integrators already know and use, so bringing native support into HIVE gives them even more freedom to create interactive experiences.
Whether it’s a visitor approaching an exhibit, picking up an object or pressing a button, that information can now flow straight into HIVE and determine what happens next. Combined with Dataflow and scripting, there’s huge scope for creating sophisticated and personalised experiences.”
Nigel Sadler, Chief Pollinator at HIVE Media Control
The integration works across HIVE’s Beeblade media player range and continues HIVE’s commitment to an open ecosystem, giving integrators the freedom to combine its media playback platform with the technologies best suited to each project.
“By combining Nexmosphere’s sensor platform with HIVE’s media playback and control capabilities, integrators can easily connect digital content with what is happening in the physical environment. Together, we’re making it easier to create engaging, responsive experiences that react naturally to visitors and their surroundings.”
Hubert van Doorne, CEO at Nexmosphere
The new Nexmosphere integration will be demonstrated on the HIVE stand (S4736) at IAAPA Expo Europe 2026, taking place at ExCeL London from 22–24 September 2026, where visitors can experience HIVE’s latest interactive capabilities first-hand.
The integration will be available as part of the latest HIVE software release.
