Any Immersive/Telepresence system with existing traditional video conferencing proprietary hardware can be modified into a Zoom Room. By reusing the displays, enclosure and furniture, along with many other existing components, the experience can be converted directly into a 3-screen Zoom Room system.
Equipment List
Equipment to be re-used
- All furniture & display enclosures for three displays
- 3x Displays
- Power Amplifier(s)
- Speaker System
- Network Switches (If Existing)
- PDUs & Power Accessories
- Lighting
- Audio DSP and Mics (Polycom Soundstructure)(See h.323/SIP Room Conversion)
- Wired Laptop Content Connectivity with HDMI output
Equipment to be removed
- Proprietary Codec/Compute devices
- Proprietary Camera(s)
- Proprietary Microphones/DSP
- Note: Some DSPs may be re-used and hard wired via analog connections in & out of Zoom Rooms (See Below). Consult manufacturer/installer for reset & reprogram
New Zoom Rooms Equipment
Camera Components
- Panacast 2 or Huddly IQ Ultra wide FOV camera
- USB-C to USB-A 3.0 Cable - 10ft
Optional Wired HDMI for Content Sharing
- Magewell HDMI to USB adapter
- Existing connectivity
Computer
- Mac Mini Option
- 2018 MacMini 3.2GHz Six-Core Intel Core i7 16GB 128GB SSD
- Logitech Wireless Keyboard w/ touchpad
- USB-C to HDMI Cable 6ft (2)
- HDMI Cable - 10 ft
- Tryten Mac Mini Mount
- Dell Optiplex Option
Audio (Existing DSP)
- Existing DSP with available analog input/output
- Existing Microphones
- Existing Amplifier(s)
- Existing Speakers
- Mac Mini Audio
- RDL TX-J2 - Balanced to Unbalanced Converter
- 3.5mm to Stereo RCA - 3ft
- USB 2.0 USB-C to USB-B 3ft
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 XLR to USB Input Interface
- Dell Optiplex Audio
Audio (New DSP)
- QSC Core 110F
- USB 2.0 Cable A/B - 6.6ft (Dell Optiplex)
- USB 2.0 USB-C to USB-B 3ft (Mac Mini)
- Shure MXA910 Ceiling Mic Array (2)
- Hanging Hardware (Aircraft Cable) if ceiling grid cannot be used.
- 8-Port Switch - 130W PoE Budget (If Not Existing)
- Existing Amplifier(s)
- Existing Speakers