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Has anyone found a truly workable remote alternative to everyone standing around a whiteboard for shared, interactive sketching?

Let me stipulate that I'd pay a sizable sum ($5K per location wouldn't be out of the question at all) if I could find something that gave me very similar dynamics to 5 people standing around a whiteboard and taking turns drawing, talking, correcting, improving a shared diagram. (So, this doesn't have to be "cheap", but does have to be "awesome".)



https://business.smarttech.com/en

I've only used these in an academic setting and I don't know how much they cost but I think it's exactly what you're asking for.


I've used a couple generations of them and have an older one in my basement. IMO, they're better than nothing but still a very great gap between these and a shared single-location whiteboard.

It's hard to capture the dynamics between people. (Reading the room for understanding, quickly collaborating on a drawing, etc.) Smartboards always felt like taking turns playing some laggy VR game.


Whiteboard VR? Probably a little off from this being a (virtual) reality, but could be interesting.




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