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VIRTUALISATION HP puts a saintly Halo on videoconferencing
VIRTUALISATION HP puts a saintly Halo on videoconferencing | HP puts a saintly Halo on videoconferencing |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 12 November 2008 | |
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One way to overcome these issues is to think about what's actually needed, provide hardware and pipes that can actually do the job, and move from the idea of teleconferencing as a product to a fully managed solution. And that's what HP has done with Halo. The experience provided by the six-seat Halo Collaboration Studio is remarkably close to talking to people across the table, to the extent that the term 'telepresence' really seems justified. This is partly the result of the company managing the entire meeting room build, so furniture and other surfaces match across locations. High quality AV gear helps, of course. A Studio setup includes three HD screens and cameras for the videoconferencing side, plus a collaboration screen to share a computer display or images from the overhead camera mounted in each room for a high-res view of documents or physical objects. The secret is in the network - see page 2. |
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