Video conferencing has proved itself an invaluable tool in
these times of Covid-19. Lockdown and the sanctions against visiting customer
and partner premises in Austria, Switzerland and Italy meant business had to
take to online video communications platforms to have virtual face-to-face
interaction, and it worked fantastically. For me personally, webinars and
online training became a huge part of my business life and Germany was at the
forefront. I have my own studio in Mönchengladbach, fully equipped for video
recording and so presenting on camera comes naturally to me. It’ll never
replace a personal appointment, but it’s much better than a phone call for the
ability to see and interpret facial expressions and gestures of the person or
people you’re in the ‘meeting’ with. Someone can raise a virtual hand to have
their say so there’s no talking over each other. When it comes to audio, this
is arguably more important than video quality. We can handle a fuzzy image but
if we can’t hear what someone’s saying clearly and uninterrupted then we
naturally become frustrated. That's why it’s important to choose the right
microphone for online meetings and events. For a webinar, for example, in my
opinion, it makes sense to use a Lavalier microphone (body clip mic), because
the speech transmission is clear, omnidirectional and broadcast-quality. In a
video conference call from the home office it’s usually sufficient to use a
headset. If a video conference is held from a conference room with multiple
participants, it’s essential to ensure that the video conference system is
designed to capture and follow the voices of all participants visually and
audio perfectly. For this reason, now businesses are gradually bringing staff
back into offices, we’ve seen an increased demand for our floor-to-wall video
conferencing solution, the VCM580, which fits perfectly into the environment of
a conference room and has all the hardware compatibility and accessory options
that a fully coordinated video conferencing solution requires.
Written by Stefan Krüger, Director of Sales, Austria,Switzerland and Italy
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