Post on 24-Dec-2015
Early Days of COLLABORATION:
* Transparencies! 35mm slide projector, a VCR? * Conferences calls from phones & desk style units (star shaped speaker phones) * 2 way Video Conferencing (video & sound) * Multi-location Video Conferencing & with document sharing from Word files, Excell/ppt/photos/CAD drawings) * Interactive White Boards w/video projectors * All stand alone solutions!
Parts & Pieces:
VTC: Video Tele-Conferencing (Codec) System includes camera & microphone(s) with built in basic echo cancellation + network interface.
Audio Conferencing: (Audio only) Smart phones and desktop calling devices.
Interactive White-boarding: Annotating overtop of a document or illustration. Anything running on your network device can be part of the meeting with certain systems...
Software Components: Tying Web-X , Microsoft Link, Go to Meeting type users to the Colab session!
Parts & Pieces:
DSP: Digital Signal Processing (Audio) What makes a good meeting sound good! Dual Touch - Screen: Electronic digital
interface to allow you to use your fingers to navigate “the system” from the display.
Cloud Based Systems: (software) Utilize the Cloud or the network to link users together. This style of collab is purchased by the “Bandwidth” requirement of the meeting. (resolution levels and number of participants.) Web-X, Link, Go to Meeting, etc.
What’s Important?
Good AUDIO! Use DSP’s and HQ Mics for larger applications
HD Picture Quality! With high resolution images from computers & document sharing.
Easy to navigate control system via a touch panel. Easy transitions between modes.
Bandwidth: * IT Departments are now in charge of
indicating which technologies can be used
* Tying multiple locations together requires higher amounts of bandwidth especially with cloud style services to “Collaborate”
* IT backbones are now typically on a 10 Gig
switch with fiber back planes! 40 Gig systems
are next… What’s in your wallet?
Collaboration Technologies:
* Wired Approach – least expensive – useful limited effectiveness…
* Wireless connectivity to the display! One way – offers multiple users to display their device
* Push / Pull technologies & BYOB support!
Collaboration Technologies:
* Multi-Format support in one package! Some use licensed software (restricted
)
Others “Open Architecture” software
Collaboration – a Wired Approach
Wired systems include table box connectivity
along with automatic switchers to route HDMI & VGA signals to a display…
Companies like FSR, Extron and others have systems available like this.
Collaboration – a Wireless Approach
One way wireless connection in a room to a display. Up to 100 feet away from base unit Up to 25 participants with a “USB
Dongle”
Collaboration – Push / Pull Networked Technology
Uses in house wireless & LAN based networks
- allows shared content from everyone’s device via a dedicated hardware box & server based software . True BYOD!
Collaboration – Multi Format – Combined Meeting Rooms
Highest priced approach to “Collaboration”
Systems could include a VTC Codec farm, Dual 70 inch displays, full document sharing from devices, live camera & DSP supported microphone/speakers (echo cancellation), control system with touch panel to combine multiple rooms in same building or across campus or town.
Collaboration – Multi Format – Smaller Meeting Rooms
Medium priced approach to “Collaboration”
Systems include VTC, Dual Touch 60 & 70 “ inch displays, interactive whiteboard & annotation capability with documents - locally or from another system!
Add phone callers & Web-X style meetings to same session.
Systems can be in multiple locations
70” displays good for up to 15 people (or so…)
Welcome Michael Linacre