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It should soon be available across a range of popular retail outlets at the same price.
It’s hard to say why, but Iris has a design that we want to see in the corporate context. Smooth curved lines with a combination of black and dark gray elements provide a stylish but professional aesthetic.
This device is designed to sit at the end of a conference table or on a support table and provide a wide view of the gathering. The trust box provides iris with a wall mount and as an optional accessory, they also have a TV mounting solution.
The viewing angle of the camera is 120 degrees, which enables most of the participants in front of it to see but not directly next to it.
For this to work, its hardware must be connected to a computer via USB, and the end of a three-meter computer must include a Type-C connector and a Type-C to connect to the iris in the other.
Includes a small 24W power supply, avoiding the need for USB to power the device.
Since it can probably be a laptop connected PC and therefore battery powered, there are some understandable advantages to having a dedicated PSU.
It comes with a small remote control that can quickly adjust the viewing direction, audio and brightness levels and focus with the participant. The remote is very useful, but we would be concerned that it is a part of the iris package that could easily go wrong, making it much less convenient.
Overall, the look and construction quality of the iris is top notch.
Since Iris does not require any software installation, it works with all the meeting software we have tested, such as Zoom, Skype, Google Meetings, Microsoft Team, etc.
In all of these situations, the camera and microphone appear as available devices when the iris is connected via USB, and the meeting host can enable and disable these inputs as needed.
The automatic side of this design starts as soon as the meeting starts and the system will show a light around the camera lens to indicate that the camera is on. Mute video or audio to show this status by changing the color of the illumination and to avoid embarrassing people with distant colleagues.
By default, the full quality of the Sony sensor camera provides a 4K 60fps image of the whole scene, which should be recognized by everyone around the table.
A quick press of the remote can send the system into audio mode, where the camera will take instructions from directional microphones as to who is talking and centering them.
One feature we particularly liked is that the camera has an HDR mode. This method takes multiple images at different exposures and combines them to retrieve details from shadows and to avoid over-exposing parts of the image from blow-outs.
Many conference rooms are not evenly lit, and HDR mode works well for resolving classic errors where participants are silhouetted against a bright window or hidden in the shadows.
The camera has logic that can detect faces and move between them. But if you have something else that you want to present, such as a new product, the camera can be controlled directly from the remote and five levels of digital zoom are also available to get closer.
Optical zoom will be preferable to digital, but with a 4K sensor, the results are not overly blocked.
If you see that you constantly adjust the camera to a specific view, the remote can also store two preset views that can be recalled with a single button press when needed.
