The only thing so far we found truly cross-platform compatible are some of the wireless HDMI transmitters/extenders. They’ve come a long way if you don’t mind the dongle. You could also throw a Netgear Push2TV as an android option in a room though. Some of the installations have put an “airplay” input for the Apple TV on their crestron/extron switchers.
I didn’t find Miracast performance the best either. I must say airplay works really nice and is quick/easy to connect. We are bit more focused on ease of use and discoverability, even if it’s limited to iPads, iPhones, and OS X. We may do a Windows version then using AirParrot. I’m really interested to see how it is used in classes though, now that we are over the bonjour hurdle. > On Jun 13, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Mike Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks. Mirrors (no pun intended) our testing here. We would like to have > someone produce a device that we can connect to a room projector and have any > mobile device do screen mirroring to the projector. iOS, Android, Windows > mobile, laptops, anything with built in wifi. So far no such thing exists. We > are also watching AirTame closely > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Heffner > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 10:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] apple tv wired/wireless > > Mike, > > That’s tricky. Android uses Miracast for screen mirroring. There is > chromecast that has some very limited support for mirroring so far. I’ve also > seen some android apps that do airplay mirroring but you need a certain > android version and rooted device. > > You can share content with certain android apps to an AppleTV but we are > primarily interested in Mirroring. It opens up many more possibilities using > the device and several companies have already tackled content sharing across > devices like crestron, epson, panasonic, and a lot of other vendor specific > hardware/apps. > > I’m also watching the AirTame project closely. > > Jason > > > On Jun 13, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Mike Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jason, to you happen to be working on anything for the non iOS world of > tablets? > > Mike Cunningham > Pennsylvania College of Technology > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Heffner > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 10:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] apple tv wired/wireless > > We built an iOS app for discovery with appletvs at Penn State > (http://mirror.psu.edu/) that works well. The appletvs used wired connections > and a list is presented to the user they can select from. We’ve recently also > added Reflector and AirServer support in an upcoming 1.2 release and finished > a working OS X version this week. It works off a backend server that holds > all the manual registrations for devices. > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mirror-by-penn-state/id811297100?mt=8 > > We are going to be testing it out this Fall with a few faculty/classes. The > nice thing is it allows connections across our campuses and on networks where > bonjour is disabled. We are keeping an eye on the bluetooth discovery and > iOS8 adhoc wireless feature. In testing we found that bluetooth discovery > wasn’t the most reliable. > > Jason > > > On Jun 13, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Hurt,Trenton W. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For the folks that have apple tvs on campus. How are they connecting to the > network? Wired/wireless > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found > athttp://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found > athttp://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
