As people return to the office, a new challenge arises: the use of meeting rooms and huddle rooms is increasing due to the rise of video meetings and hybrid workdays. However, imagine a scenario where a company with 500 employees shares approximately 50 meeting rooms. An employee books a room…
Google's Project Starline 3D videoconferencing booths continue to outperform traditional videoconferencing, according to the company's latest research. The company has added new preliminary findings to previously published research, looking at conversation dynamics, video meeting fatigue and attentiveness. In a blog post published last week, Google user researchers Greg Blascovich and…
Cisco has unveiled Webex AI capabilities that will improve the hybrid working experience. Webex's innovations span three categories built on the Webex platform, which has a track record of hundreds of AI and machine learning features already embedded in Cisco products. Building on the advanced AI capabilities already offered by…
Microsoft's Surface Hub 2S is to become the first touchscreen running Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. The functionality will ship with new Surface Hubs, starting later this year, while there will be a migration path for existing devices at a future date. The move unlocks top requested Teams Rooms features…
Zoom has announced that it will work with OpenAI to bolster a unique, "federated" approach to AI based on flexibility. The announcement was made at the Enterprise Connect trade show in Orlando, Florida today as Zoom launched an expansion of its Zoom IQ smart companion tool Zoom IQ is an…
AV integrator RoomReady has selected Lightware’s Taurus UCX to provide a simplified user experience with enhanced technology features across hundreds of meeting rooms nationwide for a major US insurance provider. Established in 1929, the insurance provider serves more than 114 million people with medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioural health, long-term care…
The WELL building standard is "a fantastic tool that can be used to deal with the bigger structural issues that we face in Teams Rooms and hybrid workspaces". That's the verdict of Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) consultant Greg Jeffreys, speaking on AVTV at ISE 2023. The WELL building standard has…
Lockdown has been and gone and we hope never to return. Amongst other technologies, video conferencing via cloud-based platforms rocketed into teachers' and children’s homes. But, were these platforms safe for children to use online to share their images and data? Did these platforms have the credentials required for a…
AV project sales and management software specialist Jetbuilt has added a Project Registration feature to its platform as part of its Bridging the Silos initiative. Project Registration provides designers and dealers with access to the timeliest product advice, pricing and incentives, based on manufacturers' product expertise and programmes, while sharing…
Technology is constantly changing the way we work, and automation is something business owners will be keeping an eye on in the future. This is definitely the case with artificial intelligence, with the global market for AI predicted to reach $267 billion by 2027. Film and media have warned us…
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