BARCELONA, SPAIN, 30 January 2024 – Optoma, the #1 4K UHD projection and DLP® brand in EMEA,* today announced its advanced Creative Touch Interactive Displays with new tools and added functionality for educators and professionals to create and connect their way to enhance learning and remote collaboration in classrooms, lecture halls, boardrooms and other professional environments.
Offering real-time collaboration from locations worldwide and with Enterprise Device Licensing Agreement (EDLA) certification, users can experience the full Google Workspace with access to Google Play library of Apps including Google Drive, Google Docs, YouTube, and more.
The education market has experienced a shift back to in-person learning with a need for innovative solutions that allow students and educators to work together seamlessly, regardless of location. With two subwoofers, eight built-in microphones, WiFi 6e, and Android 13 support for improved multitasking and compatibility, Optoma’s Interactive Displays were designed to support educators in classroom environments while offering versatility for virtual learning. Optoma’s Interactive Displays offer an optional sensor box that measures air temperature, humidity levels, and harmful particles like mould and fungi in a room. The box also includes PIR sensors to detect motion and an NFC reader for secure login using a designated pass.
Optoma Solution Suite (OSS)
The OSS platform offers innovative software solutions to enhance the user experience.
Whiteboard: Creativity unleashed. A digital whiteboard packed with annotation tools that make learning and sharing ideas engaging - whilst facilitating collaboration in real time from anywhere.
- Floating Toolbar: Offers seamless switching between tools to suit your task.
- Innovative Annotation & Highlighter Tools: Make your mark with ease. Whether it's underlining key points or annotating complex diagrams, these tools make it a breeze.
- Pressure Sensitivity: Experience the natural feel of writing which symbolises the fluidity and precision it brings to your drawings and writings.
- Handwriting Recognition: Convert your handwritten notes to text with just a few taps. This feature is perfect for keeping your ideas organised and readable.
- Magic Pen for Shape Recognition: Unleash your creativity. The Magic Pen recognises shapes and drawings, then coverts it into a clipart image making it perfect for drawing diagrams or creating structured layouts.
File Manager: Easily save files, organise or move them from local storage to networkable storage or to popular cloud services in seconds.
Display Share: Connect any device. Wirelessly broadcast, share or stream your content to the big screen. Bringing your own device has never been easier.
Customisation is front and centre with the new Interactive Displays featuring several intuitive tools that allow users to modify the display and tailor to their specific needs. The quick launch pen features a dual-tip, dual colour enabling teachers to switch between note taking and highlighting in nearly any colour – ensuring lessons flow with ease. Simply take the pen from the holder and the Whiteboard app or annotation mode will launch automatically.
Optoma and Mozaik join forces to bring you the best in education content. With every purchase of an Optoma interactive display, education institutions receive a complimentary 1-year mozaBook subscription upon registration.** This powerful education platform provides a wealth of interactive resources, including interactive whiteboard tools, quizzes, 3D content and multimedia materials, including interactive 3D animations or laboratory tools to elevate your learning experience; https://www.optoma.co.uk/products/interactive-flat-panel-displays/mozabook
“We continue to enhance our Interactive Displays based on the needs of the education and corporate markets to give educators and business professionals even more customisation options and innovative remote tools to foster collaborative classroom, hybrid learning and working environments where lessons and ideas can come to life,” said Gordon Healis, Business Manager, IFPD and Flat Panel at Optoma.
Optoma Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Display features:
● Enterprise Device Licensing Agreement (EDLA) certification, users can experience the full Google Workspace with access to Google Play library of Apps including Google Drive, Google Docs, YouTube, and more.
● Whiteboard with improved floating toolbar, customisation tools, and infinity canvas feature for added writing space
● Built-in Android system and compatible with popular operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Chrome
● Display Share app enables simultaneous image, document and screen sharing from up to four devices on the same network
● Customisable, dual-tipped, dual colour quick launch pen provides a realistic writing experience. Automatically activates the whiteboard app or annotation mode when in use
A value-added solution, Optoma Management Suite (OMS)® Cloud is available on the 5-Series IFPDs, offering IT administrators and technicians a real time remote platform to monitor, manage, and diagnose multiple displays simultaneously that are either on the same network or connected through the cloud server. OMS enables technicians to check the status and make configurations to optimize performance and broadcast emergency messages, alerts, or announcements across displays worldwide.
Experience more. Visit Optoma in Hall 3, stand 3D500 at ISE 2024 from 30 January - 2 February at the Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via in Spain.
OMS is a registered trademark of Optoma Corporation.
DLP is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments
*No.1 DLP Brand in EMEA
Data source: PMA Research: Worldwide Projector Census, Y2022
*No.1 4K UHD Brand in EMEA
Data source: PMA Research: Worldwide Projector Census, Y2022
**The 1 year free license offer is available exclusively to educational institutions with every purchase of an Optoma 5-Series and 3-Series interactive display. Each license grants access to one device and permits unlimited usage by users on that device.
About Optoma
Optoma delivers engaging visual experiences for a connected world.
With customer needs and the user experience at the centre of everything we do, Optoma’s projection, LED and interactive flat panel display products combine superior image processing technologies with exceptional engineering and innovation to deliver stunning crystal-clear images with ultimate reliability. Designed for professional AV and home entertainment, our award-winning projectors use DLP® technology, pioneered by Texas Instruments.
The Optoma Group has continental headquarters in Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific. Optoma Europe, based in London, covers Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Local services are delivered from multiple offices across this region. www.optoma.co.uk
About Optoma
Optoma is a world leading designer and manufacturer of projection and sound products for business, education, professional audio/video and home entertainment.
Optoma’s projection products combine superior image processing technologies with exceptional engineering and innovation to deliver stunning crystal clear images with ultimate reliability.
Optoma projectors use DLP® technology, pioneered by Texas Instruments. This uses millions of mirrors to produce high quality imagery which does not suffer colour degradation over time, as sometimes experienced in other projector technologies.
The Optoma NuForce sound range is designed for people that care about audio. They are built from premium quality components to deliver sleek design and exceptional sound.
The Optoma Group has continental headquarters in Europe, the USA and Asia; whilst Optoma Europe, based in London, covers Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Local services are delivered from regional offices in France, Germany, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands and sales representatives in the Czech Republic, Dubai, Italy, Poland, Russia, Romania and Saudi Arabia. www.optoma.com
