Video conferences allow parties who are in different locations, e.g. rooms, buildings, cities and even countries, to communicate with each other by exchanging video image and sound data over a video conferencing call. Some exemplary systems, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention will now be described.
The system also includes a microphone and loudspeaker unit 6 (or an array of multiple such units) on the table 5 (or other suitable location). The microphone and loudspeaker unit 6 is arranged to capture sound data of the users of the video conferencing system and to output the sound captured from the users at the other end of the video conferencing call.