Discover the meeting room of the future

The challenge: there is a gap between how meetings should be and how they actually are

Your organisation has invested in modern meeting facilities. Your teams work flexibly, hybrid, across locations. But the meeting experience? It falls short of expectations.

Remote participants feel left out. In-person attendees miss non-verbal communication from their remote colleagues. The technology works against it, instead of with it. The result: 43% of remote employees don’t feel engaged, and more than 60% experience that they can’t fully see or interact with colleagues. These are hard figures from studies by Microsoft and Crestron.

As a facility or IT manager, you immediately recognise this problem. In-person participants struggle between looking at their physical colleagues and the remote participants on the screen. Remote employees are looking at backs and miss crucial non-verbal communication.

Hybrid working is no longer a temporary phase, it is the new reality. Organisations that are now investing in meeting technology that embraces this reality are positioning themselves as innovation leaders and employers that top talent chooses.

TOP THREE OBSTACLES

*source: Crestron Modern Work Research Report

What makes an ideal hybrid meeting room?

The ideal hybrid meeting rooms share a few crucial characteristics:

• Intelligent voice-activated cameras that automatically track the right speaker, so remote participants can naturally follow the conversation.
• Multiple in-room displays on every wall that ensure that both remote colleagues and presented content remain visible from any position.
• AI-driven technology that understands who is speaking and responds automatically, without manual operation.
• And an intuitive interface that unites all technology – one touch to bring all technology to live. From AV to lighting.

The result? Every participant, whether they are remote or in-person, feels fully engaged and can effectively contribute to the conversation.

Invitation:
Want to experience the meeting room of the future yourself?

AVEX and Crestron invite you to a personal tour of the new Crestron Experience Centre in Mechelen.

WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE:

• the Crestron Sightline experience live in a fully equipped boardroom
• Hands-on demonstrations of speaker tracking and conversation mode
• The full ecosystem with Visual AI, DM NVX, Crestron Control and Room Scheduling
• Personal advice from Crestron experts and AVEX specialists for your specific situation

The Crestron Sightline Experience brings it all together

Equal participation

Sightline combines Visual AI technology, multi-camera speaker tracking, and multiple in-room displays to give every participant an equal seat at the table. It is broadcast quality for every meeting.

• Visual AI that empowers everyone
  De Crestron Automate VX technology forms the heart of Sightline. With 1 Beyond Visual AI cameras offering up to 20x optical zoom, every participant is captured with crystal clarity. What happens in practice?

Speaker Tracking: Just like a movie, the system switches smoothly between speakers. Voice-activated technology uses data from microphones throughout the room to automatically point the right camera at the active speaker.

Conversation Mode: When two people are on a call, Sightline shows both sides of the conversion. You see not only who is speaking, but also the listener’s reactions – essential for nuance and understanding. With multiple cameras and an immersive experience, you won’t miss a detail.

Automatic framing: When people enter or leave the room, the system automatically adjusts the camera view. Up to 12 camera feeds can be switched and composed, with output to the UC platform of your choice.

Effortless participation and data-driven insights

• Full ecosystem
  Sightline integrates seamlessly with Crestron Control to manage AV, lighting, shading, and climate through a single interface. AirMedia delivers true BYOD – plug in your device and present instantly, without apps. Room Scheduling makes finding and booking any space easy. And the DM NVX technology distributes uncompressed audio and video across your entire network.

WATCH THE VIDEO

Crestron Sightline in action

Impact on three levels

IT perspective:

• Reduction in support tickets through reliable, AI-driven systems
• Central management of all meeting locations via XiO Cloud
• Platform-agnostic: Works with your existing UC infrastructure
• Future-proof thanks to Visual AI that is ready for the next generation of collaboration tools

Facility perspective:

• Equal experience for all participants
• Higher meeting room utilisation through smart scheduling
• Consistent user experience from huddle spaces to executive boardrooms
• Meets the expectations of modern workers

Organisation level:

• Strengthening employer brand and innovation reputation
• Inclusive meeting culture increases engagement and retention
• Faster decision-making through more effective communication
• Competitive advantage in customer and talent acquisition

AVEX & Crestron: 35 years of partnership, proven results

For more than three decades, we have been translating Crestron’s global innovation into local implementations that really work. With a proven track record with our customers, AVEX combines technological advantage with local expertise and personal service.

AVEX is Crestron Platinum Elite Partner. It’s the highest status in the Crestron partner program, exclusively for system integrators who consistently deliver outstanding customer service and support of the Crestron solutions. Our skillset and experience reflect the many years of commitment to Crestron.