| We had a demo unit for a while and it seemed to work well. It provides a nice camera compromise when you have more than two people together in a room, and you don't have a multicodec system. It is limited in terms of range, but worked very well for us up to 15' (it can work farther than that, but less seamlessly). It works best if you have good lighting (which you should have anyway!).
I agree with Matt that in environments with multiple alternating speakers the switching could be distracting (as can the little camera chasing voices around the room, but that's just entertaining). This can be ameliorated somewhat by turning down the switching sensitivity, but for our use cases it didn't seem to be an issue.
I think it's important to note that this isn't just a rehash of the old voice tracking technology - facial recognition makes the tracking much smarter, and the intelligent switching between two cameras means the camera is never sent while it is in motion.
I'll close by saying that in my opinion technologies like this are important to help us move toward an immersive video environment. Showing a wide shot of a conference room with 15 people in it is basically worthless if each person is only a few inches tall when they're displayed on the far side. This technology offers a way to have people appear life-sized on the far end even when you don't have a camera/codec per one or two people or a camera operator.
Regards, Ben
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