Logitech RightSight 2 Makes Hybrid Meetings More Equitable for Remote Participants
February 01 2022 - 3:01AM
Business Wire
AI-powered software for Rally Bar and Rally Bar
Mini uses a unique dual-camera system to create more inclusive
meetings
Today, Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ:LOGI) is creating more
equitable experiences for hybrid workers with RightSight 2 software
that now simultaneously presents both a close-up view of the
individual speaker and a view of the entire meeting room during
video calls. With RightSight 2 auto-framing technology, far-end
participants can follow the active speaker while also getting
situational context from the group, such as one person gesturing to
another or writing on a whiteboard.
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RightSight 2 simultaneously presents both
a close-up view of the individual speaker and a view of the entire
meeting room during video calls. (Photo: Business Wire)
As the workforce adapts to a long-term hybrid environment,
Logitech continues to advance its software intelligence to deliver
the immersive, inclusive experiences that remote participants would
have if they were physically in the room. RightSight 2 is
Logitech’s latest innovation in an ongoing goal to make meetings
more equitable now and in the future.
“Remote participants can often feel like second-class citizens
when they’re on video calls with in-office colleagues. They miss
important in-room interactions or may struggle to keep up with the
meeting flow,” said Scott Wharton, general manager and vice
president, Logitech Video Collaboration. “RightSight 2 is the
equalizer for remote participants so they can collaborate with
their conference room counterparts on equal footing regardless of
their location.”
RightSight 2 combines audio and video intelligence to detect
people’s placement in the room and the location of their voices.
Speaker View is a new mode that uses the two-camera system in Rally
Bar and Rally Bar Mini to render a picture-in-picture view* of the
active speaker and the whole group. The active speaker is framed
using the main camera that pans and zooms smoothly as the speaker
changes, while the wide-angle AI Viewfinder frames the room,
ensuring remote participants can see and hear all meeting exchanges
clearly. IT admins have the flexibility to toggle between Speaker
View and Group View (RightSight’s original implementation of
auto-framing) to best suit their teams.
RightSight 2’s Speaker View is compatible with all of Logitech’s
major cloud video conferencing partners, giving IT teams assurance
that their Logitech video collaboration ecosystem will adapt to the
evolving needs of their hybrid workplace. The feature will work as
picture-in-picture mode with Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android and
Windows, and seamlessly integrates into Zoom Rooms multi-stream
technology—which shows each of the speaker and room streams in
separate, individual tiles.
Pricing and Availability
RightSight 2’s Speaker View is now available globally for free
as a public beta on CollabOS 1.5 for Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini.
Users can update their video bars in Sync device management
software now, or through partner platforms like Zoom Device
Management and Teams Admin Center soon. Get started.
*Picture-in-picture view is available through CollabOS 1.5.
Display layouts vary by video conferencing service.
About Logitech
Logitech helps all people pursue their passions by designing
experiences so everyone can create, achieve, and enjoy more.
Logitech designs and creates products that bring people together
through computing, gaming, video, streaming and creating, and
music. Brands of Logitech include Logitech, Logitech G, ASTRO
Gaming, Streamlabs, Blue Microphones, Ultimate Ears and Jaybird.
Founded in 1981, and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland,
Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX
Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
(LOGI). Find Logitech and more of its video collaboration products
at www.logitech.com/vc, the company blog or @LogitechVC.
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Leila Lewis Global Communications Lead, Video Collaboration
llewis@logitech.com
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