Training Room

When deploying the solution, consider the position of the Quad Camera bar, screen(s), and the space between people and the device. To get the best viewing angle and support eye contact between the remote presenter and the in-room audience, we recommend placing the video bar above the live video/remote presenter display, but not too high to avoid a top-down effect. When installing it under the screen, make sure the screen isn’t mounted too high so that proper ergonomics can be maintained for in-room participants.

In order to help the local presenter get better visibility of the remote audience and maintain eye contact, we recommend augmenting the deployment with a Cisco PTZ 4K Camera and a remote audience screen in a bundled installation on the sidewall or on the wall opposite to the front-of-room setup.

Enhance your audio experience with an acoustically absorbing suspended ceiling panel along with acoustical wall panels on adjoining walls. For rooms with parallel glass walls, use heavy curtains or special transparent acoustic panels. Decorative elements like the wooden batten pattern can be effectively used as wall absorbers. To dampen the sound of footsteps and moving chairs, we recommend carpeting on the floor.

When deploying the Room Kit EQ, adding external table or ceiling microphones is crucial for optimum speech pickup. For adaptive acoustic coverage and an unobtrusive form factor, we recommend adding multiple Cisco Ceiling Microphone Pro devices. With a 3.5-meter pickup radius, the AI adaptive ceiling microphones capture one or multiple presenters’ voices in parallel as they move around, and also pick up speakers from the audience in fixed and adaptive room layouts.

This room layout provides you with a flexible and modular approach to equipping your large training room with video collaboration devices that work with external screens of any sizes, third-party AV furniture and specialist mounting. Alternatively, you can opt for the Room Kit EQX integrated solution featuring a main AV module that conceals all conferencing components with multiple integrated deployment options for the floor or wall. The setup also works with AV credenzas from Cisco partners.

High-quality furniture is essential for a successful training experience. The room layout can follow a traditional classroom-style configuration or, alternatively, can be arranged using a U-shaped, horseshoe-style blueprint to better support in-room discussions. For low video bar placement, consider applying modesty panels on the table(s).

To ensure meeting participants look their best, they should be lit from the front (fill light), top (key light), and back (backlight). For optimal visibility, eye contact, subject highlighting, and scene depth, use glare-free luminaries with a beam angle of 90°or wider to evenly distribute light throughout the room.

We recommend using a light intensity of 400-500 lux, measured vertically, to clearly capture facial features, and 700-900 lux for optimal brightness on horizontal work surfaces. Room lighting should be even, and a light color temperature of 4000 K is generally suitable for most scenarios. For accurate color representation of skin tones and interiors, use a color rendering index (CRI) of 85 or better.