IP cameras, IP networks, and lecture capture systems with text support bring lecture halls to a truly global audience. Live video can be streamed over the internet to any computer with network capabilities. Text support and video links allow these remote students to communicate and interact. Through the internet, students and other educational institutions can come together for a single lecture, and each lecture can collaborate and share information instantly. Lectures can then be recorded, stored and accessed via a server or the cloud.

Lecture halls containing audio-visual equipment should be operated by individuals with or without technical expertise. Today's lecture halls require an intuitive, integrated system where everything is controlled by a multi-functional panel. The controls are now at the instructor's fingertips, pressing a button, so intuitive that they can concentrate on completing the lecture