Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Google made hardware to replace your office’s horrible video call system

Google is trying to make video conferencing less awful by designing its own speaker-mic and other hardware that works with Google Calendar. It’s bundled together a touchscreen controller, a speaker-mic, a camera, and an Asus Chromebox that work in sync to let offices coordinate meetings.

The 10.1-inch touchscreen controller lets you join events scheduled on Google Calendar and look up meeting details. You can also pin or mute team members, control the camera, and add people to a call. The controller can be connected to a laptop via an HDMI cable and has a 1280 x 800 display.

Google designed the speaker-mic to reduce echo and background noise. The speaker has a 360-degree pickup with four cardioid mics and a 250-square-foot range. For...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/31/16581054/google-asus-chromebox-hardware-hangouts-meet-video-conferences

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/10/google-made-hardware-to-replace-your.html

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