Today it's my privilege to announce a new initiative codenamed project Rigel
which will get the Skype meeting experience inspired by Microsoft Surface hub
To every meeting room with just standard displays or projectors
This is an example of what some of the first project Rigel devices will look like
this Center of room control touchscreen system is actually standard surface pro
for hardware in a meeting room specific
smart dock from logitech.
This system can not only connect to any kind of flat
panel such as this one behind me
but it can also scale to a wide variety of meeting room sizes by connecting to AV systems
from our partners such as this Logitech conferencecam connect.
The really great thing about these kinds of center of room control experiences with
Rigel devices is how dramatically they will simplify the meeting joint control
experience just by walking up to this kind of device I can start an ad hoc
meeting make a call or in our case join
an existing meeting with just one push
of a button now because I'm joining a
meeting that's already in progress we're
gonna get rich audio rich video and
content in our case a PowerPoint
presentation already in progress but I
can also control that whole experience
right within arm's reach so I can take
over the presentation I can see my
complete roster of attendees I can
change layout to go to full screen video
all with just simple clicks combination
of project Rigel and the scale and
expertise of our partners will not only
deliver a complete range of meeting
solutions but really set a new standard
for meeting room experiences all based
on the Skype meeting experience it's
gonna be a great year for meetings
thank you
