Sharp Ships Windows Collaboration Display With Microsoft Skype for Business

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) announced it’s shipping the world’s first Windows Collaboration Display (WCD) with Microsoft’s Skype for Business certification. The native 4K 70-inch is integrated with Microsoft Azure Digital Twins to monitor collaboration spaces. The Sharp Windows Collaboration Display is marketed as the world’s first large-format interactive display to achieve […]

Sharp Ships Windows Collaboration Display With Microsoft Skype for Business

Introduction to Windows Collaboration Displays

Presented by Joshua Peterson of Avocor at the 2019 Almo Professional AV E4 Experience On June 2018, Microsoft announced a new category of interactive displays that extended the PC desktop experience to room scale, while bringing IoT sensors into meeting room environments. These collaboration displays bring a unique mix of capabilities and benefits for multiple room designs […]

Introduction to Windows Collaboration Displays

Windows Collaboration Displays by Avocor Debut

Avocor today introduced the first Windows collaboration displays featuring touchscreen, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365. The first Windows collaboration displays by Avocor will ship in December of 2018. Avocor says they worked with Microsoft to create a single-cable solution that connects a Windows PC to the display. It allows for immediate control of the camera […]

Windows Collaboration Displays by Avocor Debut

A Visit with Microsoft

When we think conference room and collaboration technology, we too often think of audiovisual collaboration technology, and when we think about that we think of a small set of traditional AV manufacturers, largely unknown to those outside of the industry. We think of control system manufacturers such as Extron and Crestron, of Vaddio and its […]

A Visit with Microsoft

RTI’s Integration Designer APEX Programming Software is Now Available

RTI today announced that its Integration Designer APEX software is now available. The Windows-based programming platform includes new features that RTI says speeds up the installation process for projects of any size, while still being fairly easy to use. The backbone of RTI’s control and automation solutions, Integration Designer APEX supports the capabilities the company has planned for upcoming […]

RTI’s Integration Designer APEX Programming Software is Now Available

Open and Closed — Brief Discussion of WolfVision and Kramer

Post-InfoComm, the good folks at WolfVision brought their new Cynap collaboration appliance to the office for a demo and a chat. Cynap is the latest entry into the increasingly crowded wireless collaboration space, competing with not only the WePresent and its OEM cousins (Barco Clickshare CSM, Crestron Air Media, Extron Sharepoint, etc.), but also with […]

Open and Closed — Brief Discussion of WolfVision and Kramer

Crestron to Deliver a Microsoft Surface Hub Collaboration Solution at InfoComm

Microsoft Surface Hub is now natively compatible with Crestron, thus, in collaboration with Microsoft, Crestron technology natively integrates with Microsoft Surface Hub. The new solution combines the premier large format Windows touch appliance with the leading global solution in control, automation, and video distribution. Pairing a Crestron DigitalMedia Presentation System (DMPS), TSW touch screen, TSS […]

Crestron to Deliver a Microsoft Surface Hub Collaboration Solution at InfoComm

Omnivision Studios Develops New Windows-Based Multitouch Software

Omnivision Studios just launched the Multi-Touch Suite 3.0 at the ‘Intel Touch the Future’ Event in Sweden this week. Omnitapps Business Multi-Touch Suite 3.0 is a software suite targeted at at large-format displays in digital signage applications and operates on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Omnitapps Business Multi-Touch Suite 3.0 now includes more languages than […]

Omnivision Studios Develops New Windows-Based Multitouch Software

Matrox MuraControl 2.0 for Windows Video Wall Management Software Released

Matrox Graphics just released MuraControl 2.0 for Windows — a video wall management software for Mura-based video walls. New features include transparency and color-keying effects, the addition of local inputs and control, plus source touring and scheduling functionality: Transparency and color keying — Blending videos and images with the desktop, a background image, or another […]

Matrox MuraControl 2.0 for Windows Video Wall Management Software Released

Howard Hughes AVator Award for Innovation at InfoComm13

If you read my blog on what I was looking for at InfoComm this year, you may remember that I was looking for three Howard Hughes-esque traits in manufacturers or their employees.  Those traits were Courage, Passion, and Innovation. As I walked the floor, I ran into quite a few Tech Managers for Higher Education.  […]

Howard Hughes AVator Award for Innovation at InfoComm13