The meeting room of the future will be fully digital in 2014, according to a Barco survey

The Belgian manufacturer of visualization and projection systems Barco has released the results of the survey on what the meeting room of the future will look like, in which more than three hundred business managers from the EMEA region have participated.

In the survey carried out jointly by ship and InAVate and PFM media, issues such as collaboration are questioned, the exchange of knowledge between teams and the means used to carry them out. the 59% ensures that the meeting room of the future will be fully digital in 2014; the 25% he predicts that it will be in 2016 and only a 9% he estimates that we will have to wait until 2020.

Another aspect addressed in this research has been the way in which organizations are currently facing changes in their work environment, to the new business culture, much more mobile and distributed, and how it affects the needs for appropriate technology in meeting rooms.

In this sense, one 91% of the sample has stated that they work with their colleagues remotely on a regular basis, with a 27% who indicates to do it daily at a distance, Outside the company. Most point to the future being mobile (the 82% has one or more devices to work with) So what, therefore, Meeting spaces need to be more flexible and compatible with the widest range of video conferencing technologies and devices.

Although meetings are mostly conducted through conventional presentations – a 92% Cites the value of software in presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint type) as a priority to carry them out-, Growing demand for additional digital media. one 59% of the sample indicates the use of images and video to improve the performance and effectiveness of corporate meetings.

Investment in advanced meeting room equipment was another of the topics analysed in the survey, whose common denominator has been frustration with the time needed to organize it and technical issues derived from it due to lack of appropriate technology.

The main objectives of the investment in new audiovisual equipment for respondents are to improve the dynamics of meetings (47%); Reduce setup times (41%), and improving the reliability of the technology (40%), with three technology priorities: Visual Presentation Tools, Remote Video Conferencing Technology, and audio playback systems.

According to the sample, the IT manager (47%), Chief Information Officer (30%) and the facilities manager (28%) are primarily responsible for making the decision to invest in AV equipment, and the average budget for meeting room technology is 10.000 Euros.

The meeting room of the future is already technologically possible and we are committed to it, as pointed out by those responsible for Barco: "We have a full range of visualization and collaboration technology to meet the challenges of today's changing work culture and improve efficiency and productivity in meeting rooms, training rooms and auditoriums".

Regarding meeting room systems, Barco features high-quality one- and three-chip DLP projectors that display multiple participants on screen simultaneously, and that they can also present content"; as well as the ClickShare wireless presentation system, "that improves the dynamics of meetings, Facilitates collaboration and reduces set-up times; in addition to being compatible with mobile devices".

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