Meeting Rooms are increasingly being set up with NATIVE Teams, Zoom, Google Meet or Webex Room systems. In this case it is the ROOM that is invited to the conference and the first person in there simply presses the JOIN button to connect.
Individuals on the other hand have their personal devices running a DESKTOP version of Teams, Zoom, Google M or Webex and it is the PERSON that is invited to the conference. Usually working from home, but also from coffee shops and shared workspaces, they JOIN in the way they are already very familiar with, ie by keyboard/mouse or via a mobile app.
But what about the HYBRID worker who is returning to the office maybe a couple of days a week? He or she is more spontaneous, happy to occupy any meeting room as long as the booking system indicates that it is free but wants to take advantage of the superior camera, echo-cancelling microphones, loudspeakers and other collaborative tools already pre-installed in that room. This is where BYOD (Bring your own device) or BYOM (Bring your own meeting) comes in.
BYOD Meeting Rooms (as well as Native Room solutions) need to be designed with consideration of:-
- Room Length – this determines whether an optical or digital camera is needed to maintain focus
- Room Width – this determines whether a wide angled video bar is better than a PTZ camera or capturing those at the front of the room
- Room Height – this often determines the microphone type (ceiling, wired tabletop, wireless tabletop, wearable etc) & their positioning
- Room Acoustics – many modern offices are designed around aesthetics rather than acoustical performance and so hybrid offices will have been redesigned with resonance, soft furnishings and careful microphone positioning in mind
- Floor structure – underfloor cable routing is common in many meeting rooms but those with solid floors need wireless technologies for presentation and for BYOD camera/audio connectivity through to the user’s personal device
So, VideoCentric’s BYOD solutions are numerous; over 50 in total and all selected and tested with Microsoft and Zoom certification in mind. Webcams can arguable be classed as BYOD devices and although we have hundreds of these, we are excluding them from this article as we continue to focus on complete BYOD solutions for Huddle, Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large Meeting Rooms, Boardrooms, Classrooms and Training Facilities.
The way we will sub-divide them for supply, installation, support or hire is:-
BYOD Digital Video Bars – for short/wide or square rooms
BYOD Optical PTZ Bundles – for long/narrow or high rooms
BYOD Wired Extenders – for rooms with floor voids
BYOD Wireless Transceivers – for rooms with solid floors or wire-free approach
Now let’s examine each one in turn.
BYOD Digital Video Bars
Yealink SmartVision 40 (SV40)
BYOD Optical PTZ Bundles
Logitech Rally Bundle (1 Table Mic + 1 Speaker Bar)
Logitech Rally Plus Bundle (2 Table Mics + 2 Speaker Bars)
Yealink UVC84 Bundle D1 (1 Table Speakerphone)
Yealink UVC84 Bundles D2-D4 (1-3 Wired Table Mics + 1-2 Soundbars)
Yealink UVC84 Bundles D10-D14) (1-2 Ceiling Mics + 1-4 Ceiling Speakers)
Yealink UVC84 Bundles D20-D25) (1-4 Wireless Table Mics + 1-2 Soundbars)
Yealink UVC86 Bundle E1 (1 speakerphone)
Yealink UVC86 Bundles E2-E4 (1-3 Wired Table Mics + 1-2 Soundbars)
Yealink UVC86 Bundles E10-E14) (1-2 Ceiling Mics + 1-4 Ceiling Speakers)
Yealink UVC86 Bundles E20-E25) (1-4 Wireless Table Mics + 1-2 Soundbars)
BYOD Wired Modules & Extenders – for rooms with floor voids
Icron Acroname Hub & Cable Kit for BYOD over Cat6 into HP Poly MTR
Yealink BYOD Extender for Windows based MTRs & ZRs
Yealink BYOD Module for Android Bars & Meeting Boards
Cable Kits for Neat.Bar.1 BYOD Bar
Cable Kits for HP Poly Studio X30, X32, X50, X52, X70, X72 Series Android systems
Cable Kits for DTEN Bar & D7X systems
BYOD Wireless Transceivers – for rooms with solid floors or wire-free approach
Barco Clickshare CX50 Gen.1
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