What is Audio Visual Integration?
The term “audio visual integration” is used quite a bit by organizations (including IVCi) to describe the work that they do. The term is well known within the industry and customers may even use it to describe a potential project, but what does it really mean?
When thinking about the term, one has to look at the application of the technology within a particular business or organization. What are you attempting to accomplish within the room? It might be as simple as wanting to have a display that you can hook up your laptop to and present slides. Or maybe it’s a bit more involved where video conferencing, presentations, cable TV, Blu-ray players, and overall lighting and shading control are desired. With that level of complexity, it’s time to think integration.
The truth of the matter is that there is not one company that makes all of these different technologies. If there was, it might be as simple as connecting all of them together and creating the final room. But, since different vendors are providing the technology, the challenge comes down to a couple of areas:
- How to get all of these technologies to work together
- How to enable seamless control of all devices from a single interface
The answer to both is audio visual integration! The process of integration involves creating the connections between these devices (usually through a series of switchers or matrix devices) and then programming software that connects the devices and enables that seamless switching.
The Audio Visual Integration Solutions Your Business Requires
Beyond the technology, it’s important to understand what these types of environments truly do. They provide a specific set of technologies, with exact customizations, to meet unique customer and business needs. It’s about creating an environment conducive for collaboration and addressing the particular requirements of that organization.
So, when you want to find the right integrator for your project, consider two things:
- Do they have the technological expertise to meet the needs of the project?
- Do they take the time to really understand the application of the room and how it will impact users and the business?
If the answer to both is yes, then that integrator is poised to give you exactly what you need.
And, when the room is complete, a few buttons can trigger complex interactions between video conferencing systems, laptop computers, shade control and much more. To the end-user, the experience is seamless; but to the integrator, the process to get there was quite involved.
What do you want your audio visual integration solution to do for your business? IVCi provides customized conferencing systems that seamlessly connect every device your team utilizes to deliver effective collaboration. To learn more, we invite you to contact us at (866) 980-3785.
