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of recipe if you like. As a peripheral manufacturer, we have to provide the best experience that we can to get our equipment into the hands of our customers. But then how do we bring to life the new features from Microsoft, Zoom, and Google in a way that is easy to do and the customer doesn’t have to worry about turning it on or off and tweak the room? We want the kit to sit in the background and enable the people who are in the room, rather than have the people in the room focus on the kit that’s there and make it work for them.” How can camera and microphone solutions innovate? FW
How much does AI come into the picture? FW “With the upcoming launch of
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Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, new AI technology is shaking up how meetings are run. There is noticeably general optimism towards AI amongst workers when almost a third (32%) of UK employees want their companies to implement AI assistants as part of their tech offering. “AI also offers huge potential to make video conference tools more immersive and collaborative, as well as facilitate more natural face-to-face conversations between in- person and remote participants. For example, AI-powered software can switch between cameras to capture the best view of in-room attendees, while accurately framing the faces of in-room participants on-screen as they turn their heads, improving eye contact and preventing side views. In turn, this enables more natural face-to-face conversations between in-person and remote participants.” RR “AI is about trying to enhance the experience in the room, but also for the far end as well. For example, with the Rally Bar and the Rally Bar Mini, we’re using AI for grid framing, so that businesses have the ability to subtile individuals within a room. With Sight, a tabletop camera system, we can provide a speaker view, that picks up the active speakers, frames them, and drops the non-active speakers, but still provides context as well. “From there it’s a case of asking questions like how AI from Microsoft is being incorporated into meetings. Zoom just announced a kind of AI director using four cameras, how do I cameras fit into that? It seems to be an ever-evolving kind
AI also offers huge potential to make video
conference tools more
“As offices adapt to meet the changing needs of workers, it’s important that companies have robust tech solutions that are easy to plug and play. Having meeting room solutions
immersive and collaborative
that integrate with one another to create a custom ecosystem regardless of whether workers are in a small huddle room or large boardroom is therefore crucial. “Given that almost 9 out of 10 (87%) UK workers have at least one remote participant attend a meeting, there’s an increasing demand for more immersive technology to recreate the in-office experience. Leveraging AI-powered software to automatically switch between a front-of-room camera, digital whiteboard and stand-alone camera helps capture the best view of in-room attendees, enabling more natural face-to-face conversations between in-person and remote participants. “As we spend more time in hybrid meetings, it’s natural for employees to become more mindful of how they present themselves on camera. Proprietary multi-camera software can create a custom ecosystem that accurately frames the faces of in-room participants on-screen as they turn their heads, improving eye contact and preventing side views. For example, the Owl Intelligence System software uses AI to intelligently auto- focus on in-room attendees as they speak and move.”
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