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to find that it’s broken, missing or not
compatible with their laptop.With a
PicoPix pocket projector, presenters,
trainers, sales executives, directors
and HR managers can truly become
self-sufficient, at least in the projector
sense.”
He added: “One of the ways Philips
PicoPix immediately makes life simpler
is our products are easy to have with
you and ready to present at all times.
Our largest, heaviest model measures
only 11.5 by 11.5cm and weighs a very
handy 351g.”
The Philips PicoPix PPX4935
has an internal memory for storing
presentations and an integrated battery,
so you don’t even need to connect a
laptop, smartphone or other device. Nor
do you need to worry about there being
a power socket within easy reach.
Another way in which manufacturers
are addressing customer’s frustrations
is to make their devices more reliable
so that office workers have one less
thing to worry about when going into a
presentation.
“Presenters need to know the
equipment is going to work,” explained
Optoma’s Price. “The dust-sealed design
of Optoma’s DLP projectors prevents
dust and dirt from affecting the
system, ensuring optimal image quality
with ultimate reliability and minimal
maintenance.”
Complex controls
Lieven Bertier, head of product
management for ClickShare at Barco,
raises another pet hate – complicated
instructions. “Meeting room technology
has to be intuitive and easy to use
because there is no time available to
familiarise yourself with the ins and
outs of the tech before the meeting,
especially if you’re a guest,” he said.
Unfortunately, presentation
Lieven Bertier,
Head of Product
Management for
ClickShare,
Barco
Lucy Meredith,
UK Product
Marketing Specialist,
Panasonic Visual
System Solutions
Sharp Big Pad
Philips PicoPix
PPX4935
technology isn’t always as easy to
use as it should be. Lucy Meredith,
UK product marketing specialist for
Panasonic Visual System Solutions,
believes that many presenters are failing
to achieve their potential due to poorly
designed and excessively difficult to use
software and hardware.
“Some display and presentation
software is overly complex to use, with
hidden menus obscuring regularly used
features, making things difficult to find,
interrupting the flow of the presentation
and leaving an audience distracted.
Displays and interactive whiteboards are
often too reliant on remotes to perform
key functions and have complex and
cumbersome menu and navigation
systems that provide a barrier to getting
things done quickly,” she said.
Panasonic has attempted to address
this issue with the BF1 series of displays,
which, according to Meredith, have
“intuitive software and an easy-access
menu bar offering one-touch input
switching and instant writing, as well as
easy access to the most commonly used
features”.
Intuitive controls are also one of
the key selling points of Sharp BIG PAD
displays. Chris Wood, visual solutions
business unit director, Sharp Business
Systems UK, said: “Simplicity is at
the heart of our BIG PAD interactive
displays, and they are designed with
an easy to use, intuitive interface that
can be easily picked by any employee
without the need for additional training,
and software which guides users step-
by-step.”
Static and boring
Presenters are not the only ones to
find fault with modern presentation
technology. Audiences are just as likely
to be dissatisfied, especially if the
person standing before them has failed
to make the most of the tools available
and delivers a static presentation, simply
clicking and reading slides.
Optoma’s Price recommends making
use of interactive technology to make
presentations more engaging. He said:
“People have higher expectations
now in terms of the interactivity of
presentations. It is no longer acceptable
to deliver ‘death by Powerpoint’.
The goal of greater collaboration in
meeting rooms is driving the growth of
interactive projectors, such as Optoma’s
super bright, interactive 320 range of
ultra short throw projectors. Available
in Full HD, these project a 100’’ image
from just 30cm away and allow ten
point finger touch for multiple people
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