The smart web cameras and AI-backed audio of companies like Logitech and Poly have enhanced the use of popular conferencing platforms such as Cisco WebEx, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting and FaceTime. “I started thinking about it and saying, ‘How can I apply this to what I do?’” Wharton says of the exchange with his son. That’s true, Wharton acknowledges, but in many ways, teleconferencing can improve on an in-person encounter.
Wharton, general manager and vice president of Logitech Video Collaboration, remembers this every time he hears someone say that videoconferencing for professional meetings and social interactions will never match the experience of connecting with colleagues, friends and family in the same room. He can see multiple views of the court, much closer than he would from affordable seats in the arena, and hear the broadcast announcers’ play-by-play banter.
He can record the action and pause when he wants a bathroom break or a snack. When Scott Wharton offered to take his son to a Golden State Warriors game four years ago, the teenager told his dad that he’d rather watch their favorite basketball team on TV than in person.Īt home, he pointed out, he can enjoy the event from the comfort of his couch.
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