The audiovisual revolution: meeting rooms 2.0

The new audiovisual and multi-device solutions applied to meeting rooms, increasingly strategic spaces for the development of organizations, focus the theme of this Tribune made by Jorge Hurtado, chief marketing officer de Caverin Solutions.

Times are changing and with it technology, that is increasingly integrated into everyday use, It is taking a very important role in our daily lives., and more especially when we talk about the workplace.

Currently, When we attend a work meeting it is very common to see how participants take notes through different devices, like ultrabooks, smartphones o tablets, and the presentations continue supported by different audiovisual elements.

Companies are beginning to give meeting rooms a more strategic place than they had years ago. Times are really changing in this area.. Thanks to new technologies, These spaces have begun to become authentic work centers where appropriate equipment helps to optimize these meetings much more effectively.. For this reason, Caverin Solutions wants to offer clients the latest trends to have appropriate technological equipment in meeting rooms that allows an optimal and efficient work environment.

One of the main examples of this is the new wireless collaboration system of Crestron, called Air Media. When projecting content onto a screen in a meeting room, The multitude of cables necessary to connect any type of device is very extensive; where before we simply had a VGA, now you need to have an HDMI, DVI, Display Port, Mini Displayport, and a long etcetera of connections, not to mention the limited connectivity of ultrabooks and mobile devices.

With Crestron Air Media we can emit a video and audio signal from any device to any screen or projector wirelessly, using the company's own network infrastructure. No cable is necessary for devices that want to play on the screen and allows cross-platform compatibility to use any PC with Windows or Mac. It also receives content from iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, allowing, besides, follow and view what happens in the meeting on the main screen.

With this we not only manage to have an optimal presentation system for any user without the need for cables, but to create an environment of collaboration between the different attendees, maximizing attention and optimizing time.

The manufacturer Smart Technologies also wants to be an active part of this revolution through the Smart Kapp digital whiteboard. The key to its implementation lies in the fact that it perfectly combines the common services of a traditional dry erase board with new digital functionalities that allow the user to collaborate., Share and save work in real time from any electronic device (cross-platform).

Through a free application available for iOS and Android, With Smart Kapp you can create a virtual meeting in which participants can follow its progress from their own device, being able to save and share the content at any time.

To continue improving the experience, it is important to highlight the introduction into the market of different projection equipment that improves the image and reproduction of content.. Concretely, Led and laser projection solutions, with a lamp life of more than 20.000 hours; to which Led displays are added, with sizes from 32 until 98 inches, that allow you to have a presentation canvas for any type of room, as well as video walls with a frame between screens of 3,5 mm, practically imperceptible, to design a wall of screens working as one, with an impressive visual impact.

One of the latest trends in large conference rooms are Led Displays (diodo Led), that have managed to shorten the distances between pixels (pixel pitch) below 2 mm, thus improving the resolutions of the modules for indoor use and offering the flexibility to create screens of the shape and size you want., unlimited.

Currently we can no longer talk about work rooms in themselves, but of collaborative environments without cables, where the physical presence of all the members of a work team is not even necessary to close a commercial agreement or develop a project. in them, through these new multiplatform systems, The perspective of time and space changes towards a multimedia environment with the aim of making the lives of our employees and collaborators easier., streamline work models and improve business.

The revolution in meeting rooms has already arrived. It's time to change, renew ourselves and finally make the best audiovisual solutions available to our clients. Will you join us in this new revolution?

Jorge Hurtado

Chief Marketing Officer de Caverin Solutions.