Sony carries its experience in hybrid learning to Exeter University

The installation of the SRG cameras of Sony, With automatic framing technology PTZ IA, It has helped increase students online participation in this English institution.

British Centers of Higher Education Centers Russel, Research referents, the Exeter University welcomes more than 27.000 students, that for years has a high level of satisfaction this institution of higher education.

To reinforce the experience of hybrid learning of the students, face -to -face and remote, Those responsible have selected the technology of Sony with the installation of More than twenty PTZ cameras In several of its buildings, Integrated by the local supplier GVAV.

Specifically, The model is used SRG-A12 For seminar rooms and camera SRG-A40 In conferences spaces, as well as for the main auditorium, with capacity to 450 personas. The university has planned this year to equip other 41 salas With this technology.

Among the most outstanding features of these Sony PTZ cameras are their functions of Intelligent monitoring, With intuitive automatic framing; Artificial intelligence analysis to offer compound images of high quality without the need for operator and an intuitive interface.

With the advanced function of PTZ AI automatic framing, The camera automatically follows the target with a soft panoramic movement, inclination and zoom, regardless of posture, The subject's movement or clothing.

He panel de control Web App, custom designed by Crestron, allows teachers to activate the function, quickly and easily, No need to spend additional time to the configuration before a session.

"Student's learning experience is our priority, And any new potential product is subjected to rigorous evidence before considering its implementation in a live learning environment - explains Aaron Delgado, AV developer of the University of Exeter-. We have been using Sony products for several years, What has given us confidence in the brand and its teams, implementing their cameras throughout the campus quickly ”.

Before installing these devices “we had problems with the use of static chamber prejections -, since if a teacher moved from the frame without changing it, it did not appear in the shot for ten or twenty minutes, which greatly affected participation levels ".

PTZ AI automatic framing technology “eliminates this problem and significantly improves quality, both of the hybrid teaching sessions and the conferences capture recordings ”, Ensures the AV developer of the University of Exeter.

The advantages experienced by students and teachers also extend to the University Development Team: "We spent hours before manually configuring the prejections and programming monitoring systems," says Delgado, ". Sony cameras have greatly reduced configuration time, Its technology is exceptional, And the ease of configuration and monitoring performance are well above other similar products that we have evaluated ".

Alexandra Parlour, European Marc & education segment de Sony Professional Display, For its part, the satisfaction of “providing the tools that the Exeter University Team needs to continue improving the hybrid learning experience, regardless of location ".

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