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ClickShare is a meeting room technology solution that creates a wireless connection between a laptop and the large meeting room screen, developed by professional visualization company Barco. It was conceived to make this connection faster and easier, without interfering with the laptop’s resolution or screen setup. ClickShare also allows up to four meeting participants to simultaneously display content on the meeting room screen.

Set-up and use
ClickShare was officially launched in April 2012. A standard ClickShare set-up consists of four USB-powered devices (called the ‘ClickShare Buttons’), a storage basket to store the Buttons when they’re not used (the ‘ClickShare Tray’) and a Base Unit. The Base Unit has a fixed connection to the meeting room’s visualization system, and takes care of all processing. Users who want to get their presentation on the large meeting room screen, connect a Button to their PC or MAC, start the application, and click the ClickShare Button, upon which their desktop is wirelessly transferred to the large visualization system. Other meeting participants can also use a ClickShare Button. In this case, the meeting room screen is split in two, each half showing the content of one laptop screen. Using this method, up to four participants can display their content simultaneously. The resolution of the laptop screen remains unaltered, meaning its native resolution also appears on the meeting room screen.

Wireless technology
ClickShare uses IEEE802.11n wireless technology on both 2.4 GHz and 5GHz, with WPA2 encryption. The maximum output resolution of ClickShare is WUXGA (1920x1200 pixels), but lower resolutions are possible as well. ClickShare also uses its own WLAN network, so no interference with the building’s existing wireless network is needed.

Awards
ClickShare was lauded with the rAVe best of infoComm 2012 award, in the category “Best New Wireless Technology”.