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| P2P Magazine | Spring 2016
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screen sizes has gone hand in hand with demand for higher resolutions.
“For a lot of corporate customers, Full HD is not enough any more.
They are starting to ask for UHD resolution. Especially with interactive
screen devices, where the user stands close to the display, higher screen
resolution becomes important.”
She adds that for businesses that truly believe bigger is better there
is always the option to utilise a whole wall. “Interactivity no longer
stops at one single interactive display or projector. Some corporates
are looking into edge-blended projectors or even touch video walls to
create one big interactive surface. Companies with a focus on creative
work love the idea of a space which becomes their ‘pulsing hub’
fostering all their creative talent.”
At the same time, the emergence of smaller spaces for meetings, so
called ‘huddle rooms’, has created demand for smaller screens, like the
40-inch DigiEasel interactive display launched last year by InFocus.
Commenting at the time of its release, Robert Detwiler, product
marketing manager at InFocus, said: “We’ve all used big paper easels
or dirty, old whiteboards in corners of the office or little huddle rooms
when we’ve needed to spend a few minutes strategising, brainstorming
or confirming plans. DigiEasel’s digital whiteboard lets you skip the
search for a marker and instead lets you save your written notes to
reference later and do so much more – just try surfing theWeb on a
giant pad of paper.”
Versatile technology
In addition, manufacturers are seeing unique applications for IWBs/
IFPDs outside the office or classroom. Medical students at Queen’s
University Belfast (see page 29) have transformed the dissection room
of the Medical Biology Centre with Panasonic LFB70 series LCD displays
that enable students to watch live demonstrations on screen.
Chris Parker of Sharp Business Systems tells of a recent request
from a building company for an interactive whiteboard or interactive
flat panel display for one of its building sites. “The purpose was for
architects and contractors to examine drawings and plans and work
together more collaboratively to confirm building-site decisions. This
was to be housed in a Portakabin, which is quite unusual!”
Steljes, the leading distributor of interactive technology, sees many
different applications across all industry sectors. Group marketing
director Natalie Harris-Briggs draws attention to the benefits of visual
collaboration in the AEC sector, particularly for building and product
design.
She said: “Introducing the latest interactive technology significantly
reduces the different steps in the building design process. Designers
can access the BIM software and bring the drawing up on an interactive
screen in high resolution, and make any mark-ups with digital ink.
One of the obvious benefits, aside from the quality of the visuals, is
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Natalie Harris-Briggs,
Group marketing director,
Steljes
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