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Do we design neck strain into Teams Rooms and hybrid teaching and workspaces?

Have you noticed how high some twin monitor displays are mounted on the wall?

Do we design neck strain into Teams Rooms and hybrid teaching and workspaces?

As part of a series of short articles, Visual Displays' Director Greg Jeffreys discusses all things AV…


When you want to have a conversation with someone, do you say ‘hang on a minute, would you mind sitting on top of this stepladder first? Then, hold up this little tiny reflective sheet of glass so I can look at you like you’re in a fishtank on a balcony. Wait, now let me shine this searchlight on you. Perfect. Right, let’s talk’. Apparently many of us are effectively doing that.

To misappropriate the drama term, it’s all about breaking the fourth wall. How much can we make the remote participants seem like they’re there in the room with us?

Measure twice, cut once, says the old carpenter. There are things we can do to plan a space that don’t cost a penny and help us get the most bangs from the bucks we do spend.

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[Image accessed 8/12/21 Microsoft site “Bringing Microsoft to your meeting rooms”]


Posted: 7th January 2022


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