This is basically a Surface Hub, except it's later to market. Whatever, it's not like my remote team will ever buy either of them.
Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
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Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#12We've been researching solutions in this space for quite a while.
We have 6x 80" smartboards and have tried everything from Lync to Realtimeboard.
While some solutions work better than others, no one has solved a fundamental problem... When you try to collaborate in real time with a remote person - all the human communication cues are lost.
Collaboration is a dynamic and fluid process. We subconsciously read each other to gauge the reaction to a proposal, we interject and riff off of others. We try to pull introverts into the conversation and tame the extroverts.
All of this is practically impossible when a colleague is elsewhere on the network.
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#13If my old employer, SMART, hadn't been acquired by Foxconn, I imagine its stock would have plummeted on this news.
Man, I use these SMART boards at work (teacher) and is it just me or the software sucks (especially the usb dongle with the software in it)
the software sucks, hasn't been updated in years. Take a look at https://realtimeboard.com/
I don't know your workflow or requirements but it might suite. I'm not associated with them.
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#14Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXwV5SlKLAE
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#15We've been researching solutions in this space for quite a while. We have 6x 80" smartboards and have tried everything from Lync to Realtimeboard. While some solutions work better than others, no one has solved a fundamental problem... When you try to collaborate in real time with a remote person - all the human communication cues are lost. Collaboration is a dynamic and fluid process. We subconsciously read each oth…
Have you looked at The Surface Hub?
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#16One of the similar products I've recently seen demonstrated recently is Bluescape from Haworth. It isn't really mobile, but it can also be up to 210": https://www.bluescape.com/ or http://haworth.com/products/technology/teamwork/bluescape
Also of course, the Microsoft Surface Hub: http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-surface-hub/en-us/product...
If you're looking for a great portable markerboard, Watson's Etch is great: http://www.watsonfurniture.com/products/etch-markerboards
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#17A 40-50" (diagonal) "whiteboard" is still very small. I have a 4'x10' whiteboard right behind me, and a 6'x4' to my immediate right, and I'm always running out of room.
Being zoomable wouldn't help?
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#18We've been researching solutions in this space for quite a while. We have 6x 80" smartboards and have tried everything from Lync to Realtimeboard. While some solutions work better than others, no one has solved a fundamental problem... When you try to collaborate in real time with a remote person - all the human communication cues are lost. Collaboration is a dynamic and fluid process. We subconsciously read each oth…
Have you looked at The Surface Hub?
Other than tighter integration with skype for business, how does it solve some of the issues I laid out above?
I don't think our IT team got these specific devices in to test. The 20K for the 80" is a dealbreaker compared to the smartboards. Curious if there's something special about them compared to a smartboard on a win10 box?
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#19A 40-50" (diagonal) "whiteboard" is still very small. I have a 4'x10' whiteboard right behind me, and a 6'x4' to my immediate right, and I'm always running out of room.
I'd imagine you can be more precise digitally. And hopefully can swipe around a larger canvas to make more room or something.
Re: Jamboard – The whiteboard reimagined for collaboration in the cloud
#20If my old employer, SMART, hadn't been acquired by Foxconn, I imagine its stock would have plummeted on this news.
Man, I use these SMART boards at work (teacher) and is it just me or the software sucks (especially the usb dongle with the software in it)
As someone who worked at SMART, I totally agree. I am pretty sure some of it was written in the mid 2000s and never updated.
The company never cared about end-user experience until it was too late. They raked in the money when education budgets were high and every classroom could afford a SMART board and sat on their hands after they IPO'd.
The people there are fantastic, but it just wasn't possible to steer the ship fast enough to kill the old culture.