A platform that creates an extension of physical space for inter-office and remote teams
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We believe deeply in the human connection. Video Window’s purpose is to create an extension of physical space to help employees feel more connected with each other as if they were in the same office. Ultimately our goal is always to help teams achieve their highest level of success possible. Transforming how teams collaborate, communicate and the relationships they form.
Video Window is different, it’s designed specifically for common areas, not meeting rooms. Designed to remove physical boundaries and feel as though you are looking through to the other locations…. hence “Window”
For remote workers too, they often feel isolated and alone. Using their standard computer Video Window gives the remote worker the opportunity to feel present and connected with the office and their remote coworkers throughout the day.
With patent-pending technology, Video Window has been developed to remain permanently connected for the hours of the day the administrator sets.
Simplicity is essential. No scheduling, No URL’s, No app downloads, No user logins, No addresses to type. Just walk up and press the big button to join the audio. This is instant communication
In 2012 Google conducted a research project to find out what made the perfect team. They researched 180 teams over 12 months.The outcome of this was that the highest performing teams were not made up of who was best qualified on paper, but that understanding and influencing “group norms” were key to improving a teams performance.For us, we see this is familiarity and why we created Video Window to help teams feel closer together and more productive, every day.
You may be unmuted, but what if the other site isn't? How do you get their attention? We thought about this problem in a very human way. So we built a feature that allows you to select any site, then simply tap on the screen and it’ll make a tapping noise through to the other side to get their attention.
Collaborative whiteboarding is a must for any touchscreen device, but we wanted to think a bit differently. One thing that irritated us with other solutions is that once you start whiteboard it makes the video feed tiny. We wanted to keep this experience immersive, so like a real window we made our whiteboard transparent so you can still see your colleagues in full-screen goodness.
And sure, you can draw a silly face on someone too if you want!
You can set Video Window to 24 hours a day 7 days a week if you wish.
But also we like to think responsibly and think about power and bandwidth savings when the device is not visible. So we created a overnight sleep mode that can be configured by the administrator so it’ll automatically turn itself on and off at set times.
Don't worry though if a person needs to use the device during an off time, they simply touch the screen and it’ll come back to life instantly and reconnect ready to use.
Video Window works in both Landscape mode and also Portrait mode. If you want to set up Portrait mode it's a simple case of installing the display on its side, adjust your display settings to portrait and the Video Window software will automatically adapt the layout. Yeah, just like magic.
So we’ve built an external video dialer into Video Window that will allow you to leave window mode and make an external call to an external video conferencing service.
The first integration available today is external calling to Zoom meetings. We have plans for Microsoft Teams meetings, Webex meetings and SIP video too in the near future, so watch this space.
Video Window in office to office is fantastic! But the office alone doesn't solve all the communication challenges that organizations are facing with many teams having a mix of people in the office and people Working From Home or WFH
Working remotely is a great privilege, however often remote employees feel isolated and alone.
Video Window is here to change this.
Using their standard computer Video Window gives the remote worker the opportunity to feel present and connected with the office and their remote co workers throughout the day.
Simply download and install the Video Window app for PC, Mac or Linux, login, define your working hours and you are good to go!
Also we get it. Everyone has a personal life and this is new territory for most global companies. We want you to feel connected, and ‘at the office;’ without exposing yourself and your loved ones to ‘always-on’ video at home. So for remote workers we’ve changed the way video behaves, you start the day with your video feed off, camera feed off and audio off, but you instantly feel connected with your team as you see a live status of the other people and devices in your assigned group.
Then when you are ready to jump on video, it's a simple video toggle switch, which you can turn on and off as you wish throughout the day. Even when you toggle video on, the audio is still off by default so you aren't distracted unnecessarily by other team members' conversations. Giving you the privacy control you need with the ability to “drop in” as suits you.
Yes, we are very serious about this. We get it, you may be worried that this device is always-on and pointing to a common area.
Heres some important privacy and security measures we’ve enforced….
Even though the video is on by default, the audio off at each location for both microphone and speaker, meaning the only time a site can hear and be heard is when someone is physically standing at the device and have pressed the join audio button.
Also we know, people will unmute, have their conversation and forget to hang up the audio. Don't worry, we’ve got you covered. We have a timer that will automatically disconnect the audio after the set time.
Video Window will only allow other Video Window’s within its group to see each other and all Video Windows are always seen on-screen, no one else can view the video feeds, and yes that even excludes the account administrators.
If you are using the common area for another event and don't want that to be visible to the other Video Window locations you can manually set a privacy timer that will turn off all video/audio in both directions on the device for a set time. Once the time is up, it’ll automatically reconnect (audio muted of course).
Video Window for the office can be used on commodity hardware. Here’s what’s recommended that you’ll need...
Touch display. 65” or 75” is best to feel life sized. But any touch screen is good, some customers like to put Video Window on all in one 27" computer on the wall. Also if you have no touch screens, you can use a low cost touch overlay frame to turn any non-touch screen, into a touch screen, wow. Contact us for recommendations
i7 (or i5) PC with Microsoft Windows 10 or 8. Or Mac and Linux work too, Chromebox soon. The better the processor and memory, the better the HD glory
Logitech MeetUp is a favorite of ours due to the 4k camera, mic array and speaker bar. Important for great quality video and audio. But any USB or default webcam, mic and speaker peripherals are OK too
Two or more great common areas you want to connect.
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