The Fix for Hybrid Meetings? Use Multiple Cameras & Microphones
Simplify the Meeting Experience with Zoom Room’s Smart Gallery
When the corporate world went remote two years ago, we grew accustomed to seeing our coworkers’ faces in small squares on a screen. Whether your company used Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or another conferencing platform, you could see and hear everyone clearly in the gallery view.
Now that businesses are returning to the office, many are trying to find a compromise between in-person and remote work. Video conferencing proves to be a useful tool that’s here to stay. Even if your company is back in the office, you’ll likely still use video meetings for interviews, training events, and meetings with clients in far-off locations.
But hybrid meetings are proving to be a head-scratcher for many business owners. Some people gather in the conference room while others are at home, which complicates the meeting experience and can lead to technical difficulties.
Here’s how, with the right technology in your video conferencing system, you can make hybrid meetings easier for your Dallas, TX, organization. Contact Texadia Systems to learn more for your business!
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Better Hybrid Meetings with Smart Gallery
When your remote participants look at their computer screen, do they only see your team seated at a distance, looking away from the camera? Remote workers may only catch glimpses of facial profiles, causing them to miss conversations. This is often the case if there’s only one camera at the head of the table and a single room microphone.
A better approach is what Zoom Rooms systems call a ‘Smart Gallery.’ By integrating multiple cameras and microphones into a smart system, it allows participants in the meeting room to be viewed in a close-up square on the video call. When someone in the room speaks, a camera automatically pans and focuses on their face for an above-shoulders view.
The system employs artificial intelligence to track voices and focus on whoever’s speaking. One camera can send three separate video streams to the call, giving remote participants a more equitable view of the team.
Building a Smart Gallery System
To set up businesses with Smart Gallery, we install a room controller that integrates high-resolution cameras and microphones with enough processing power to support AI for multiple views and streams. The larger your conference rooms are, the more complex the system will be. In large spaces, we’ll need to consider the room layout, seating, and camera placement on both sides of the table.
And on the other end of the call? Remote participants will see everyone’s faces straight forward on their screen, as if everyone’s calling in separately. The in-person team can enjoy the benefits of face-to-face interaction while being recorded—as if being filmed on a talk show!
Could your Dallas-Fort Worth business benefit from smarter conferencing solutions? We design and install technology systems that make the hybrid experience smoother for all.
To learn more, connect with Texadia Systems here or send us a message in the chat box below. We look forward to working with you!
