Note that the SmartDock is not listed for purchase without the Surface Pro. Prices on the Unified Communications site for pre-ordering range from $1,999 for the SmartDock with the Surface Pro to $3,399 for the complete package with multiple mics, a wall camera, and the extender box, as you can see below. This is Logitech's solution to the problem of locating all the intelligence and processing on the tabletop. In addition, it offers a remote "extender" box and 16-foot cable for use from the tabletop SmartDock to wall-mounted cameras and monitors. But it also offers other packages, including a version with the Logitech ConferenceCam Connect tabletop camera and speaker and one with a pan, tilt, zoom camera, and tabletop speaker device (Logitech Group), as well as a larger room system with expansion microphones. When installed in the base, the Surface Pro sits at about a 40-degree angle from vertical, facilitating ease of use.Īt the entry level, Logitech provides the dock and Surface Pro with Skype Room Systems software preinstalled. The base, which can swivel, has several ports: two HDMI outs, one HDMI in, USB, power, and gigabit Ethernet. Calling it a dock is a bit of a misnomer, as the Surface Pro is screwed into and encased in the base and cannot be removed (not unexpected, since the device isn't serving as a general-purpose laptop in this instance, but as a dedicated room system). Logitech SmartDock is the embodiment of the Skype Room Systems concept. What would the experience be like? Now, with the first Skype for Business rooms emerging, I took the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at Logitech to check out its recently introduced Skype Room System. This would be the Microsoft preferred small-to-medium room video solution for Skype for Business.Īt the time, I wondered about issues like cabling and managing all the components of a room video system on the table. The concept, initially called Project Rigel and now known as Skype Room Systems, was to take a Surface Pro 4 outfitted with a dedicated app for controlling and managing the video room experience, install it into a base/dock on the table, and use that as the core of a room system. At Enterprise Connect 2016, Microsoft talked to its concept for the Skype for Business room system beyond the very expensive Surface Hub.
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