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Helping the World Zoomify Improving the Way People Work and Play in Their Living Rooms, Home Offices, Classrooms, and Conference Rooms By Henry Clifford
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Residential Tech Today | Aug-Oct 2020
As 2020 rolls along, it’s becoming more apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic may be changing the way we gather and communicate permanently. Any scenario where each of us sits in front of a computer or other device will probably continue along much the same way, with cloud providers like Zoom, Google, Microsoft, and others making incremental changes to their software platforms to further simplify the way we interact with each other. What about scenarios where groups of people need to gather together around the same camera? Anyone who’s tried to huddle around a laptop knows the pain of trying to take a one-to-one technology design and adapt it to a group (many-toone) setting. We’ve decided to focus on this “Zoomification” phenomenon at my
integration business, Livewire, by helping people work and play better in their living rooms, home offices, classrooms, and conference rooms. We’ve divided up our focus into three key areas where we see immediate needs: Remote Learning, Take Me to Church, the Family Zoom Call. Remote Learning Most schools are providing either fully virtual or a hybrid of virtual and inperson education this fall, which means that parents and teachers alike are grappling with how to best facilitate online learning. For parents, it’s all about making sure the home network is solid with no dead spots and that their children have a decent device, whether it’s a laptop or tablet.
