Study shows visual collaboration can help generate return on investment

John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, has been selling his company’s room collaboration and communications system, Mezzanine, for a few years. But now he finally has some hard data on how much of a return on investment the visualization platform can generate for just about any business.

Forrester Consulting said in a report that Mezzanine can pay for itself in 7.6 months and generate a 226 percent return on investment. Oblong paid for the report, but Forrest conducted its research independently.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.