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Cisco is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a lower cost telepresence system designed for deployment in existing teleconference rooms without upgrading them to accommodate top-of-the-line telepresence gear.
Called CTS 1300, the device consists of a 65-inch high definition screen and three high definition cameras mounted above a coder-decoder. The unit is installed against a wall and is 9 inches deep.
Cisco says the device costs less than $89,000 as compared to its top-shelf room telepresence system that costs northward of $300,000.
If three people are in the room with the CTS 1300, each person has a camera trained on them, but only the image of the current speaker is presented to the screens at other sites participating in the conference. A full-blown room telepresence system would have three screens in a room built to accommodate speakers, microphones lighting and decor to match...