Crestron Sightline responds to the challenges of hybrid meetings

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

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

The problems of hybrid work have become apparent. Remote participants want to see who's in the meeting and hear every word, ensuring that they participate on an equal footing in the meeting. On the other hand, face-to-face attendees should juggle to facilitate communication with others in the room while including remote participants in the conversation.

To meet 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.

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

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

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

• Makes 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.
• Displays a view of the entire room and, at the same time, frames 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 from remote participants in the line of sight of in-person attendees.
• Increases visibility of remote assistants and improves natural interaction with in-person cues or nonverbal body language.

“El trabajo híbrido ha abierto muchas oportunidades y, in the last two years, we've learned to leverage technology to stay connected, incluso cuando la proximidad física no es posible”, Explains Brad Hintze, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Crestron. “However, this style of work 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

• Smart multi-camera video (1 Beyond Automate VX): brings together multiple standalone camera solutions in a fully automated experience.
• Multi-camera technologies ensure the right frame is always available. 1 Beyond AutoTracker follows the presenter so you can move freely, 1 Beyond AutoFramer frames participants to be the focal point of the space and 1 Beyond PTZ camera provides dedicated video for each participant.
• Crestron Flex video conferencing solutions provide a dedicated meeting experience for Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms for each space. BYOD capabilities provide the flexibility to choose your 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 you to distribute content and video sources to multiple screens 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 take 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 at a predetermined state.
• Crestron XiO Cloud Technology Operations Platform Provides Monitoring and Management of All Workplace Technologies.
• Ambient control of lighting, the blinds and temperature can be used manually or pre-programmed according to the individual needs of the space and the optimal comfort of the room.
• Scene management allows you to configure any type of meeting environment and adjust room settings at the touch of a button.

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

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