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The idea of touch-enabled presentation and collaboration on massive 4K screens is a mouth-watering prospect of business meeting room productivity at its utmost. In the ideal situation room, leaders stand with their team gathered around their touch-enabled displays sharing vital documents from laptops, tablets, phablets and desktops in other time zones with the touch of a finger. Collaborators dial in to join the brainstorming, drawing up plans, analyzing impressive amounts of data, and making vital decisions, together, in real-time.
While many touch-enabled displays and smartboards on the market don’t quite live up to this almost mythical ideal, Microsoft and Crestron aim to bring integrated meeting spaces a step closer to effortless multi-touch collaboration nirvana with their upcoming Windows 10-powered Microsoft Surface Hub (now scheduled to ship January 1, 2016) and Crestron’s Microsoft Surface Hub Solutions.
Multiple Users – The system’s advanced touch capabilities recognize up to 100 touch points, allowing multiple users to interact on-screen simultaneously – even running multiple apps on screen at the same time (particularly easy on the 84″ screen!) Plus, apps from personal devices can be connected, viewed and driven from Microsoft Surface Hub.
Integrated Cameras, Mics & Speakers – Two built-in, wide-angle HD cameras mounted in the corners of the screen allow for video conferencing connections. Integrated microphones and front-facing stereo speakers are standard.
With so much functionality right out-of-the gate, the Microsoft Surface Hub might be perfect for your meeting room or huddle space – particularly if your organization relies heavily on Microsoft Windows OS in your workflow. Yes, you will be able to buy Surface Hub directly from Microsoft when it is available in 2016. But, if you want to truly integrate Surface Hub into your meeting space, our friends at Crestron are the only Strategic Partner Reseller and Technology Partner authorized to sell Surface Hub worldwide and we can help design your system and integrate it with your enterprise’s audio, video and control systems. Crestron currently offers two integrator kits:
Integrator Kit 1: DigitalMedia Presentation System, 7″ tabletop touchscreen, Crestron Connect It tabletop presentation interface & cable management, 7″ scheduling touchscreen, all necessary cabling
Integrator Kit 2: DigitalMedia Presentation System, 10″ tabletop touchscreen, (2) Crestron Connect It tabletop presentation interface & cable management, (2) USB touch switching between Connect Its, AirMedia, 7″ scheduling touchscreen, all necessary cabling