June 12, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Microsoft visited the Technology Engagement Center (TEC) on Duke's campus to showcase their Microsoft Surface line of touch devices. From its humble beginnings in 2012, the touch-focused Surface line of portable computers from Microsoft has matured and expanded to include five...
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May 25, 2017
By: Stephen Toback
Andrew Schretter from Duke's Math Department was in the market for an interactive projection system and has shared his thoughts on the Epson Brightlink 696Ui which was supplied to us for testing courtesy of Erik Benson of Kontek. As far...
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March 20, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
A number of products are reaching into and helping redefine what we might think of as the lecture capture appliance space. One sub-category of these includes appliances that, while they could be part of fixed installations in classrooms and other venues, also have...
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February 22, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Earlier this month, Vaddio (now a division of Milestone AV Technologies as of April 2016) visited the TEC to provide an in-depth technical overview of their new RoboTRAK camera tracking system. The system, used in combination with many existing Vaddio cameras, functions...
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February 8, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
When creating the scope of work for your next AV project, it's OK to let go of the analog Video Graphics Array (VGA) connection. No really, it's OK. It has been a long run for the VGA connector, 30 years in fact,...
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January 19, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
We'll be looking at a number of new capture and streaming appliances here in the coming months, as there has been a lot of interesting activity in this product space. To start with, we wanted to highlight a significant update to...
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November 30, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
Congratulations are in order for Panopto, the classroom and mobile recording system that has been the flagship for DukeCapture since 2010. Gartner, one of the most respected American research firms that provides market analysis in the IT space, has just selected Panopto as a "Leader"...
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October 20, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
The Solstice POD is finding increased use here at Duke since it allows Windows, Android, MacOS and iOS devices to wirelessly share and collaborate. The community has been unable to find a mount for this unit since it is a...
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August 23, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
Oh Kickstarter... how you love to torment us. Most AV technicians know that the world of software based video conferencing is rapidly expanding. Every tech company seems to have some form of home-grown video conferencing. Google has Hangouts and Duo, Microsoft...
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August 22, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
This past spring, Biamp Systems announced a new collaboration tool for huddle rooms and small meeting spaces called Devio. The system, ideal for "bring your own device" (BYOD) spaces, integrates Biamp's high quality microphones and acoustic eco cancelation (AEC) technologies with...
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