Last summer, Microsoft announced plans to improve hybrid meetings with new enhancements to Teams. 1er February, the management of the American giant launched the deployment of one of the main updates of its collaborative work platform, known as “Front Row”. This function, available in Teams Rooms, aims to make interactions between participants in virtual meetings and those taking place in the room more natural.
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With this front view, Microsoft moves the video gallery to the bottom of the screen, so remote participants are actually face-to-face with people in the room. Microsoft has also made sure that everyone in a Teams room, whether virtual or in person, can see and react to chat comments during a meeting.
Good news for many organizations: the Front Row feature doesn’t require special peripherals like widescreens or curved desks, but it can work with both.
Any further additions to come?
Microsoft is currently working on other related features for its Front Row feature. These should include a segmented video view, which will place all remote participants in a single shared background, similar to Together mode, to make it look like everyone is in the same room.
The Loop app, which is expected to be released soon, will allow Teams Rooms participants to replace the freehand panel with note-taking and live action. Microsoft is also working on adding positional audio, so audio will come out of the speaker closest to where a real or virtual participant is.
The front view is now available for all Teams rooms running on Windows, with single and dual view modes. The enhanced features described above will roll out later this year.
Beyond that feature alone, Microsoft launched a new device trade-in program for Teams last week in conjunction with device trade-in specialists Network-Value. Through this program, businesses can get a financial rebate by selling their video conferencing hardware, desk phones, and other unified communications devices as part of their move to Teams.
Source: ZDNet.com