Small Meeting
Gather the team together in an everyday workspace and bring in remote participants.
Products in this room
Webex Room 55 Dual
Bring a greater level of sophistication and freedom for medium sized rooms. Includes dual 55" 4K display, camera, codec, speakers and microphones – all within a beautifully designed frame and with flexible installation options
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Room Experience
At Cisco we want to make the whole meeting experience as great as possible.
Setting up the room
Sound and Acoustics
The wall on the left consists of cork acoustic panelling and the suspended ceiling features acoustic panels. Heavy curtain strips are hung at a distance of 10 cm before the back window. The carpet helps attenuate the sound of footsteps and moving of chairs etc.
Lighting
Light sources
To make video meeting participants have the best appearance, they should be lit with light coming from both the front (fill), top (key) and back. The top light is the main illumination of the subject. The front light is added to avoid dark shadows over participants eyes and improves eye contact. Back light makes the subjects stand out from the background and gives depth to the scene. To achieve this, use a glare-free luminary with a beam angle of 90° or wider, as it will serve as both key light, as well as fill and back light, when distributed evenly throughout the room.
Tips
The recommended light intensity for faces is 400‑500 lux, measured vertically. We recommend 700‑900 lux on horizontal work surfaces. The lighting in the room should be even, with little variance between light and dark areas. A light color temperature of 4000 K often works well, but there are different user preferences around the globe. Avoid blending light sources with different color temperatures. In order to render skin tones and room interior with correct colors, it is important to have a color rendering index (CRI) of 85 or better.
Interior
Background
A busy background can be disturbing when using video and makes it harder to focus. Back to back seating may allow video participants to see the screens of colleagues and this might introduce som privacy issues. A thin privacy screen may be placed or hanged between rows to maintain a calmer background.
Furniture
Good furniture can be essential in a good meeting experience. We recommend using a slightly slanted table when there are three or more participants seated on the long side of a table. It should be wider on the end closest to the system so that everyone can see the screen and be seen on camera. For seating, we recommend fabric finishes on chairs to enhance sound and acoustic quality.