FEED Issue 23

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WELCOME TO “WORK EVERYWHERE”

If you’re a company director who really only everwanted to be a TV star, then your quest is over. This issue we look at the booming enterprise video sector, where production and broadcast tools that normally reserved for producing consumer content are aimed inward to be used for engaging employees and colleagues. The CEO’s

EDITORIAL EDITOR Neal Romanek +44 (0) 1223 492246 nealromanek@bright-publishing.com

annual Christmas address can now be turned into a major multimedia production, streamable to any device, anywhere. Company huddles can now take place in an interactive space, combining video conferencing, data sharing, polls and Q&A. Employing easy-to-use and widely available streaming tools also offers the chance of revolutionising how we do conferences and trade shows. Rather than flying to a foreign location, paying for a hotel and sitting red-eyed through the handful of panel sessions you’ve highlighted, there’s no reason you can’t view conferences virtually. This can be from the comfort of your own office, or bedroom, or bathroom for that matter, and using a suite of digital tools to interact in real time. But what about the future? Will VR and AR mean we can all beam in and out of each other’s work spaces at will like some transporter-happy Star Trek crew? And will haptic technologies, combined with immersive, binaural audio, enable us to experience a real sense of the presence and atmosphere shared with colleagues on the other side of the globe? We’re all now very comfortable with the world of Video Everywhere. Get ready for the world of Work Everywhere.

STAFF WRITER Chelsea Fearnley

CHIEF SUB EDITOR Beth Fletcher

SENIOR SUB EDITOR Siobhan Godwood

SUB EDITOR Felicity Evans JUNIOR SUB EDITOR Elisha Young

CONTRIBUTORS Ann-Marie Corvin, Michael Burns, Adrian Pennington

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