Polycom Transforms Video Displays into Interactive Whiteboards

Polycom has introduced the Polycom UC Board, An innovative interactive whiteboard that allows content to be shared via video.

Interactive whiteboards are an important teamwork tool, but when used in a video conference, Remote users often have trouble viewing the contents of the whiteboard, what harms work and participation. That is why, Polycom Developed an innovative integrated visual collaboration solution that improves communication and teamwork during video conferencing by instantly sharing written content on the whiteboard with all screens and mobile devices connected to the video meeting.

Polycom UC Board is a simple solution, sleek, cost-effective that combines a plug-and-play receiver and easy-to-use pen with a compact design to simplify transport. This solution allows whiteboards and LCD monitors to be transformed into an interactive whiteboard space that guarantees the participation of all attendees. Polycom UC Board Software natively integrates with Polycom RealPresence Room HDX solutions for natural content sharing, effective and, above all, easy. Users who participate in a video meeting can also share content such as, for example, A presentation, and use Polycom's digital whiteboard to write, Annotate or highlight key points directly on top of shared content, for everyone to see in real time.

Intuitive solution
Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CU Solutions and Chief Development Officer, Polycom, "The Polycom UC Board whiteboard is the first integrated visual collaboration product that makes sharing content through a digital whiteboard as simple as picking up a pencil. This is great news for businesses of all types that need to bring remote employees and customers together for sales presentations, Brainstorming sessions, planning meetings or training courses, all while ensuring clear access to all the visual content that is being presented and addressed".

For its part, Christianne Orto, Associate Dean and Director of the Distance Learning and Recording Service at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, "The Polycom UC Board whiteboard makes real-time annotations quick and easy. Its use is so intuitive that, From the first moment you hold the pencil in your hand, You start using it naturally. Teachers can make notes and presentations in the same way as on a traditional whiteboard, and students see results from the beginning. With its use, an important barrier to distance education and training disappears".

Applications in all sectors
Polycom UC Board is a solution that improves communication and teamwork in different scenarios: from an architect sketching the latest idea for an eco-friendly building or a doctor explaining the diagnosis or procedure to a patient to a student solving a problem with remote colleagues or an advertising executive presenting their new ideas with visual schemes and designs. In addition, businesses can also record and stream whiteboard content using Polycom RealPresence platform solutions for applications such as, for example, Training and education.

The compact design of the Polycom UC Board solution is quick to deploy and easy to use, because it has intuitive and familiar components: the Polycom UC Board solution consists of a compact infrared sensor that connects to a whiteboard or LCD screen and a wireless pen that meeting moderators can use to sketch, Writing and annotating, as if it were a regular pen or marker.

In addition, Polycom UC Board is easy to install and considerably more cost-effective than solutions that require expensive specialized fixed equipment. Users can set up and use the Polycom UC Board in minutes via the direct USB connection to the room-installed Polycom HDX system, No need to open other applications or use additional hardware. It's also easy to use, because unlike interactive whiteboard solutions from other manufacturers, Polycom UC Board works as soon as the pen touches the writing surface and does not require any technical skills or training to use. In addition, The new solution allows users to share their work seamlessly with any standards-based system, including tablets, No Gateways Required (Gateway) or conversion software.

As part of the solution offered, Polycom Offers Technology from Luidia's eBeam Interactive Solution Provider, that turns common surfaces into collaborative spaces where the, Recording and sharing content is easy.

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