HUAWEI IdeaHub: Advancing the collaboration experience

The Covid-19 crisis reinforced the importance of having the right digital collaboration tools to help workers maintain contact with their colleagues when working remotely.

The most obvious drawback is the reduction of face-to-face contact amongst team members. In-person meetings allow participants to convey and receive much more information than just what is exchanged verbally thanks to the cues of body language and other subtleties of human interaction. In-person human interaction is rarely impeded by technology failures. These issues have led to a tendency for people to believe face-to-face meetings are easier.

To meet the new reality of greater dependence on digital interaction, leaders need to invest in systems that provide experiences that are as close as possible to what people expect from face-to-face interactions, and where the technology does not impede the desired outcome.

This means investing in new generation technology that can enhance the collaboration experience. The use of low latency connections and high-speed processors can also go a long way towards eliminating the lag often seen in presentations, particularly when sharing interactive content. And the process of creating and attending sessions should also be as simple as possible. And with modern systems, it is also possible to capabilities that go beyond what is possible in normal interactions.

These ideas are brought together in the HUAWEI IdeaHub, which integrates a variety of capabilities. Sporting a modern look designed around user needs, the IdeaHub maximises visual interaction through the use of 4K video running at 30 frames per second, coupled with Huawei proprietary Video Motion Enhancement. The viewing experience is further enhanced by features.

Audio quality has been designed to match, with a built-in microphone array that features an 8 meter sound pickup zone, and which can be extended through an external array. Acoustic baffle technology allows users to define the sound pickup scope to eliminate the impact pact of ambient noise, making the IdeaHub suitable for use in shared spaces.

The IdeaHub features active echo cancellation, automated noise suppression and automatic gain control, with additional audio enhancement technology that ensures the clearest audio experience for attendees.

Whiteboard collaboration enables interaction between local and remote users, and numerous apps come pre-installed with the IdeaHub. And when not being used for collaboration purposes it can also function as a digital advertising or bulletin board solution.

The HUAWEI IdeaHub provides the perfect solution for organisations that wish to maximise staff productivity and collaboration without the expense and inconvenience of constantly bringing people together.