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News Webinar on “Choosing the right collaborative solution for your client,” addressed sus- tainability. The benefits to the environment of reduced busi- ness travel in terms of efficien- cy and reduced carbon footprint have long been understood, but usually applied to the end-user benefits of using the solution. The next stage involves looking at reduced emissions arising from the design, manufacture, transportation and eventual dis-


which require the highest secu- rity standards. CTouch argues that user can: “Easily upgrade with our BRIX modules such as Essentials, Pro, Teams, Zoom or even Android. Combining these new touchscreens with the new BRIX modules ensures longer product lifecycles and environmental support. “We go all the way! We do this with our BRIX family and Circular- ity Passport. With our plan of attack, we're more than ready


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extraction from black and white boards, a Chroma key-less CG Overlay feature to extract the presenter and over- lay them onto any background without the need for a dedi- cated backscreen or specialist training. The PTZ Auto Tracking also keeps presenters in frame throughout their presentation by accurately and smoothly tracking a presenter.


UbiCast is an easy-to-use au- tomated solution that allows


detection. Alternative realities were represented at the XR Summit 2020, were not partic- ularly significant on the show floor.


The potential of these devel- oping technologies is apparent and are likely to be more fully realised in Barcelona. For us, ISE 2020 was more about the increasing maturity of current technologies. In the collabo- ration arena. The Clevertouch touchscreen including Impact Plus and UX Pro are two of the most complete entriants in the market. Meeting room audio achieved new levels of sophisti- cation. The HDL200 system is the newest addition to Nureva’s audio conferencing product line for use in smaller rooms. Shure’s major announcement was IntelliMix Room – the first audio processing software for Windows 10 PCs that is fully optimised for use with Shure networked system micro- phones.


IntelliMix Room is a soft- ware-based DSP that requires minimal customer set-up or additional special hardware, which reduces the costs and


footprint required to deploy premium AV conferencing. It can be deployed to in-room Windows 10 PCs and meeting control devices that are already in-place to run popular soft- ware-based AV conferencing services, bringing premium au- dio to video conference calls. This new software-based ap- proach also allows systems in- tegrators to install more rooms, more easily, more consistently and more cost-effectively than traditional hardware-based DSP solutions. Providing up to 16 channels of audio process- ing, IntelliMix Room deploys the same algorithms as Shure’s award-winning P300 IntelliMix Audio Conferencing Processor but is installed on the same in- room PC


At ISE 2020 it was clear that the devil really is now in the detail and diverting the indus- try focus to improvements in quality, ease-of-use and reli- ability will provide platform for the next wave of innovation, supporting growing demand and repeat business. Combin- ing this with ideas which ex- tend the product lifecycle and


Philips used ISE 2020 to announce the new C Line celebrative displays. Available in 55”, 65”, 75” and 86” size variants, the C-Line series comes equipped with a wide range of dedicated features.


Sony is targeting both the education and workplace markets, taking advantage of the common ground between the applications.


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CTouch. They comment: “Touchscreen


Leading the field here is collaboration is


not about IF anymore, it's about WHEN. We can't deny the transformation in collaboration. Work is changing and so are our needs” CTouch won the Editor’s Choice Award at the AV News Award Presentation, explaining “We're on a mission to mini- mise the CO2 footprint and the BRIX family is part of our sus- tainability mission. The BRIX family designed to develop as your organisation grows. With- out replacing your entire touch- screen. Just PICK IT, BRIX IT, MIX IT.” CTouch introduced two new touchscreens. The CTOUCH Riva is an all-in-one touch- screen platform, specifically de- signed for education and small businesses. This touchscreen can be used as a standalone touchscreen, or simply be up- graded by adding an Essentials, Pro, Teams or Zoom BRIX mod- ule. The CTOUCH Riva will be commercially launched in Q2, 2020.


The CTOUCH Canvas is spe- cifically designed for small and medium businesses, and higher education with a business grade security level. This touchscreen can be used in environments


to put the logic in ecological.” Collaborative education


With many collaborative solu- tions having their origins in education touchscreens. deliv- ering, recording and streaming engaging presentations and video content in education en- vironments. Sony is targeting both the education and work- place markets, taking advan- tage of the common ground between the applications. At ISE Sony showed the MAS-A100 – a new IP-based ceiling beamforming micro- phone enabling


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creative “hands-free” lectures and presentations. It offers ad- vanced clear audio for speech reinforcement and recording with a unique combination of beamforming technology and its unique Intelligent Feedback Reducer function. The micro- phone can also be easily inte- grated into existing AV setups with the Dante digital audio- over-IP networking standard. A


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Sony was the Edge Analyt- ics Appliance (REA-C1000) which enables users to create impactful video content with minimal resources. The Artifi- cial Intelligence-powered solu- tion features automatic hand-


corporate and education organ- isations to create and share dy- namic, searchable, feature-rich video content. UbiCast will also showcase a new generation of video recorders to support the latest SRG cameras. Sony’s audio Auto Gain Control and Noise Reduction plugins will be included in these video re- corders and the video platform to deliver an enhanced audio experience to online viewers. Finally, Sony has joined the trend in favour of environ- mental monoring and control of conditions of the meeting room. Two new smart sensors – a desk sensor to measure occu- pancy and a meeting room sen- sor to measure both occupancy and CO2 levels.


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Perhaps it was something to do with being ISE’s last outing in Amsterdam but the focus on social issues like the environ- ment, how we work and how we educate our children di- verted attention from the usual long view look at future tech- nologies. Yes, AI and XR were present on the show floor: for example. Lilin demonstrated its security system with AI engine that offers range of functions including people and object


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support meaningful recycling should result in an industry that is both innovative and sus- tainable.


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