Microsoft Poly Working To Provide Equality In Hybrid Meetings

Professional-grade collaboration equipment to level the playing field for all meeting participants is essential to making participants who are joining a meeting remotely, no matter where they are working, feel as though they are sitting alongside team members in today's hybrid work environment.

Microsoft and Poly are still collaborating to bring clever software and hardware capabilities that will make every caller feel empowered and involved. You should be able to read body language cues, tiny gestures, and facial expressions from across the room or screen, even if your seat at the table is virtual. You should also feel comfortable being seen and heard from anywhere.

Microsoft Teams Rooms Plus Poly Solutions

We've previously discussed how Poly uses Microsoft Teams Rooms and our camera technologies to provide seamless meeting experiences in conjunction with Microsoft Teams. Every time you use Microsoft Teams for your meeting using Poly tools, this includes clever features like Acoustic Fence, Group Framing, and industry-first technologies like Conversation Mode and Smooth Tracking to deliver simple video conferencing. We're thrilled to present the Poly Studio E70 as one of Microsoft's hybrid work announcements today.

Ilya Bukshteyn, general manager of Microsoft Teams Devices, stated, "Microsoft is dedicated to developing experiences that are equitable and inclusive for people regardless of where they work." "Our dedication to meeting design that enables individuals to genuinely be seen and heard is reflected in the capability of Microsoft Teams Rooms combined with the Poly Studio E70 intelligent camera.

Benefits Of Using A Smart Camera

Since the in-room camera acts as the remote worker's eyes, it needs to be intelligent and dynamic. The Poly Studio E70 can facilitate more productive meetings for hybrid work and ensure that all participants are treated equally in the following ways:

1.Finding the ideal perspective: The scene when you are staring down a long conference table with hard-to-see faces is commonly known as the "bowling alley view." Despite the fact that you may know who they are, your absence is missing a great deal. The brains behind Poly's innovative video experiences, which are offered in the Poly Studio camera series, are Poly DirectorAI. They follow tried-and-true guidelines for video creation to create an amazing experience. It provides real-time automated transitions, framing, and tracking that gives the impression that everyone is in the same room using AI and machine learning. By using Microsoft Teams to seamlessly connect the conference room to the home office, Poly DirectorAI improves the hybrid work experience.

2. Design quality In addition to having a brain, a smart camera ought to be purposefully designed for its surroundings and have intelligent design. We've developed a unique two-lens solution with the Poly Studio E70 that can easily cover huge rooms since it produces lifelike footage with dual 20 Megapixel 4K sensors. People in front of the camera and those in the back can both be seen equally thanks to wide angle and narrow lenses. When an EPTZ camera is fixed, meeting attendees won't be distracted by moving parts. Additionally, it implies that we may produce high production value by utilizing seamless transitions between various views, such as Presenter Mode, which allows a presenter to enter the zone and move around without restriction.

3. Sensation of being present there A person won't feel comfortable contributing to the meeting if they feel like an observer. Dynamic speaker tracking, excellent optics, and superb audio all work together to give everyone the impression that they are in the same room—even if they are on different sides of the globe. A camera such as the Poly Studio E70 dismantles the barriers that separate the virtual and real worlds and creates a meeting space that is universally enjoyable.

A Camera Designed With Microsoft Teams In Mind

Poly has consistently provided state-of-the-art technology, and we work hard every day to develop new features that deftly make the ideal hybrid work environment possible. We have been able to expand our long-standing cooperation with Microsoft by offering new smart cameras like the Poly Studio E70, which is designed specifically for today's meeting spaces, thanks to our shared vision of the future of hybrid work. And we are eager to present to you what comes next.