{"id":29584,"date":"2022-12-13T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=29584"},"modified":"2024-06-25T22:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:01:44","slug":"the-hybrid-meeting-experience-is-broken-its-our-goal-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/13\/the-hybrid-meeting-experience-is-broken-its-our-goal-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hybrid Meeting Experience is Broken \u2013 It&#8217;s Our Goal to Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, Logitech and Microsoft Make Hybrid Meetings More Equitable for Everyone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft is on a mission to make meetings more inclusive and to ensure all participants are equally represented, whether they join remotely or in person<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s a vision that nicely complements Logitech\u2019s goal of creating more equitable meetings for hybrid teams. Together, Logitech and Microsoft are designing meeting room solutions that deliver a better, more inclusive experience for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Logitech and Microsoft Enhance Meeting Inclusivity\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6_pSDPf_vc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Inclusive Meetings with Microsoft Signature Teams Rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In early 2022 Microsoft announced Front Row, a content layout designed to allow in-room participants to interact more naturally with remote colleagues. The company also announced IntelliFrame, which enhances the focus and framing of in-room meeting attendees so that all meeting participants \u2013 including those in the room \u2013 appear in their own individual frames. More recently, Microsoft introduced Signature Teams Rooms, which combines thoughtful room design features with Front Row and IntelliFrame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29589 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Microsoft-Blog-1-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Microsoft-Blog-1-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Microsoft-Blog-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Microsoft-Blog-1-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Microsoft-Blog-1.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Logitech Powers Signature Teams Rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support the vision of equitable meetings, Logitech delivers a comprehensive set of hardware and software that complement Signature Teams Rooms. Logitech <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-sg\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/rallybarmini.960-001340.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Bar Mini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the ideal video bar for Signature Teams Rooms equipped with a curved table like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/products\/conference-collaborative-tables\/ocular\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ocular<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2122<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Table<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Steelcase. The video bar\u2019s wide field of view allows the lens to easily capture everyone from the front of the room, and its high-performance speaker and adaptive beamforming mics ensure that everyone is heard clearly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-2.png 680w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-2-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even more important than the hardware is the videobar\u2019s intelligent camera capabilities which enhance the Teams Rooms experience for all participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>With RightSight 2 Grid View, Remote Workers Get a Far Better Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the majority of participants attend meetings in-person, remote attendees can suffer. As conversations happen between in-room attendees, remote workers often struggle to see and hear everyone clearly. Traditional meeting rooms and front-of-room cameras are restricted in their ability to clearly capture and frame in-person attendees, leaving remote workers feeling sidelined and disengaged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-Blog-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-Blog-3.png 675w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-Blog-3-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address this issue, Logitech released <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grid View<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/06\/rightsight-2-grid-view-and-collabos-1-8-welcome-to-more-inclusive-hybrid-meetings-with-grid-view\/\">Grid View<\/a> uses AI and the two-camera system on these video bars to intelligently detect and frame in-room meeting participants, cut out empty space, and zoom in on each person to place them in their own frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For remote participants, this view of individuals in the room helps mimic the experience of being in the room with them. It creates a level playing field, which encourages greater participation from everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-4.png 677w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS-blog-4-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grid View is now available on Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini for Teams Rooms on Windows with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/06\/rightsight-2-grid-view-and-collabos-1-8-welcome-to-more-inclusive-hybrid-meetings-with-grid-view\/\">CollabOS 1.8 update<\/a>. This advanced AI capability by Logitech enables Microsoft\u2019s IntelliFrame feature for Teams Rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech&#8217;s AI-driven camera technology and Microsoft&#8217;s innovative software elegantly blend Grid View, IntelliFrame, and Front Row features into a unified meeting experience. Front Row creates a more inclusive experience for those in the room; Grid View and IntelliFrame offer remote participants a similarly equitable experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, Logitech and Microsoft are deploying meeting room solutions that promote more inclusive hybrid collaboration. Individuals and teams should have the capabilities and confidence to meet, create, and succeed from anywhere, and our solutions help them do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Together, Logitech and Microsoft Make Hybrid Meetings More Equitable for Everyone Microsoft is on a mission to make meetings more inclusive and to ensure all participants are equally represented, whether they join remotely or in person. It\u2019s a vision that nicely complements Logitech\u2019s goal of creating more equitable meetings for hybrid teams. 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