Surface Hub: February comes the new instrument for collaboration in the office

Microsoft is close to the market launch of Surface Hub, a touch screen advanced by 55 or 84-inch diagonal that the American company which offers a solution to increase productivity in the team.

It dates back to the January announcement by Microsoft, Surface Hub: it is a very special family of products, developed for use in office environment and capable of improving the sharing of information and overall productivity a work team.

In fact, the two models Surface Hub, characterized respectively by screens with a diagonal of 55 inches and 84 inches, are PCs built using a version of Windows 10 operating system optimized for presentation and team work. Equipped with a touch interface, a pair of nibs and a webcam, model Surface Hub aim to transform the mode of use and interaction in the boardrooms.

Originally, the American company had intended to be marketed from September, but everything is postponed to early 2016. We had the opportunity to see in operation one of the few examples of Surface Hub already present in Italy, even in the form of prototype pre-production, installed in the Microsoft House that the American company has opened in Milan for the last months of this year 2015.

Surface Hub, seen in declination by 55 inches, immediately highlights some features that candidates as a reference tool for use in conference rooms of companies. The integration of different pens, they can use up to 3 at the same time. It allows multiple people to interact simultaneously with the touch screen, as if it were a traditional blackboard. Webcam wide viewing angle allows you to configure a video call via Skype quickly, transforming their meeting room in an open environment easily accessible to external partners not present at the time.