Crestron Sightline answers the challenges of hybrid meetings

Intelligent video solutions are at the heart of rooms Crestron Sightline. Speakers are actively tracked and framed and multiple screens offer better visibility of remote participants, creating more immersive calls.

Crestron Sightline brings together the company's main platforms, including Flex Digital Workplace, DigitalMedia Content Distribution y Control and Management. With these technologies it is possible to create the most ideal meeting experience, promoting natural conversation, equity in meetings and improving collaboration across organizations, regardless of where employees are located.

The problems of hybrid work have become evident. Remote participants want to see who is in the meeting and hear every word, ensuring that they participate on equal terms in the meeting. Besides, in-person attendees must juggle facilitating communication with others in the room while also including remote participants in the conversation.

To face these challenges, Intelligent video solutions are at the core of Crestron Sightline rooms. Speakers are actively followed and framed, and multiple screens offer better visibility of remote participants, creating more immersive and engaged calls.

Business owners looking to design an optimal technology experience for their teams can apply Sightline fundamentals at scale for different rooms., especially in large and specialized spaces that are difficult in the hybrid world.

These spaces require different technologies and techniques to accommodate a greater number of participants.. In a Sightline configuration, Crestron key solutions deliver an equitable meeting experience for every participant.

A Crestron Sightline room provides a satisfying meeting experience for all parties by meeting a few key principles:

• Make it easy for attendees to get involved in the flow of the meeting and follow the dialogue in the room as the conversation moves from person to person.
• Shows a view of the entire room and, at the same time, frame individual speakers using smart cameras and AI-based video software for remote participants.
• Eliminates the cognitive element of knowing where to look by having video of remote participants in the line of sight of in-person attendees.
• Increase visibility for remote attendees and improve natural interaction with in-person cues or non-verbal body language.

“Hybrid work has opened up many opportunities and, in the last two years, we have learned to take advantage of technology to stay connected, even when physical proximity is not possible”, explains Brad Hintze, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Crestron. “However, This work style also creates a subset of challenges to the meeting experience., especially in large rooms. “Sightline creates an inclusive hybrid meeting experience in every space”.

To achieve an optimal meeting experience for all participants, a Crestron Sightline room includes:

Flex Digital Workplace

• Multi-camera smart video (1 Beyond Automate VX): brings together multiple independent camera solutions into one fully automated experience.
• Multi-camera technologies ensure the right frame is always available. 1 Beyond AutoTracker follows the presenter so they can move freely, 1 Beyond AutoFramer frames participants to be the focal point of the space and 1 PTZ Beyond camera provides dedicated video for each participant.
• Crestron Flex video conferencing solutions provide a dedicated Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms meeting experience for every space. BYOD capabilities provide the flexibility to choose the preferred platform.
• Crestron AirMedia wireless presentation makes it easy for participants to connect and share content instantly.
• Microphones.
• Speakers.

DigitalMedia Content Distribution

• Crestron DM NVX AV-over-IP technology allows content and video sources to be distributed to multiple displays throughout the room, either over the network or locally in the room.
• Crestron DM content distribution allows you to share content from the network and bring it to the entire room.
• Screens.

Control and management

• Occupancy sensors determine when there is a presence in the room and will cause the Crestron control system to activate to a predetermined state.
• Crestron XiO Cloud technology operations platform provides oversight and management of all workplace technologies.
• Environmental lighting control, The blinds and temperature can be used manually or pre-programmed depending on the individual needs of the space and the optimal comfort of the room.
• Scene management allows you to set up any type of meeting environment and adjust room settings with the touch of a button.

This solution for hybrid work could be seen at the Crestron stand at the last edition of InfoComm, which closed its doors on Saturday 11 June.