I work for an international manufacturer. We're deploying Surface Hubs to all locations that have a good enough internet connection. I've only used it a couple times as a glorified whiteboard and had a good experience.
Apparently it has some very good microphones and software running. Regardless of where a person is in the room, it will adjust the microphone level so you can hear them clearly. The people training mentioned their location has had a couple instances where a little side conversation was broadcast to the other side. They made sure to mention that in every training session.
> a little side conversation was broadcast to the other side.
That's awesome actually. I work with a lot of remote team members and very often people remote miss these little side conversations.
When everyone is in a meeting room, the side conversations are fine and attendees can selective tune out if it's not relevant to them. However when team members are remote these digressions are often missed and they lose the opportunity to participate.
Apparently it has some very good microphones and software running. Regardless of where a person is in the room, it will adjust the microphone level so you can hear them clearly. The people training mentioned their location has had a couple instances where a little side conversation was broadcast to the other side. They made sure to mention that in every training session.