Chapter 10
Taking Group Meetings to the Next Level with Zoom Rooms
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding immersive-telepresence technology
Covering the basic features of Zoom Rooms
Reviewing hardware, software, and lighting considerations
Meetings & Chat serves a valuable purpose: It allows individuals to hold videoconferencing calls with anyone on the globe with their computers, tablets, and smartphones. Put differently, meeting hosts and participants just install Zoom software on their existing devices and get to work.
But what if an organization’s videoconferencing needs exceed letting people dial in from their own individual devices? That is, a company wants to hold its video meetings with groups of people in the same physical location. Doing so would let remote attendees feel like they’re in the same room as their peers.
For this reason, Zoom offers a popular service that takes Meetings & Chat up several notches: Zoom Rooms.
Revisiting the Early Days of Immersive-Telepresence Technology
It turns out that the idea of fusing high-tech software and hardware together to provide ginned-up conference rooms, corporate meetings, and training sessions isn’t exactly new. In fact, the idea behind ...
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