The small, easy to manage form factor of the ThinkSmart Bar 180 features a 180-degree field of view achieved through an innovative three camera system, unique among front of room solutions. The camera provides full room coverage in panoramic 4K resolution through seamless real-time video stitching, creating a more natural visual experience for remote meeting participants. The wide visual field, combined with superior audio capabilities and onboard intelligence, create three configurable video modes — Intelligent Zoom, Virtual Director, and Dynamic Composition.
With Intelligent Zoom, meeting participants are always presented with an optimal view, as the smart camera frames all of the people present within that 180-degree field of view and dynamically adjusts as people enter, leave, and move about the room. Virtual Director provides a different perspective, focusing on the active speaker and changing the focus from person to person as the conversation flows naturally. And with Dynamic Composition meeting participants have better context for what is happening in the room both audibly and visually as people in the room are automatically detected and prioritization is given to recent speakers.
The smart collaboration system also features intelligent microphones with signal processing that identifies the voices of up to ten meeting participants in a room for applications such as live transcription. And dual-stream whiteboard makes collaboration easier, displaying both whiteboard content and in-room participants simultaneously without the need for a dedicated content camera.
The ThinkSmart Bar 180 intelligent videobar — basically the same as the Jabra PanaCast 50 system — integrates seamlessly with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and Controller (pictured below) developed for small and medium meeting spaces and engineered for teamwork. The ThinkSmart Core features 11th generation Intel Core vPro processors and runs on Windows 10 IOT Enterprise, it is designed for performance as well as a long lifecycle and offers hardware-based security features through Lenovo ThinkShield.
The ThinkSmart Bar 180 is also available as a standalone device for a smart, flexible bring-your-own-meeting (BYOM) solution. Certified for both Microsoft Teams Rooms, Skype, and Zoom Rooms, the ThinkSmart Bar 180 is ready to use with the customer's platform of choice, so teams can connect, share, and collaborate easily and securely.
"The meeting and collaboration experience of today’s corporate world needs constant evolution," says Yves Dupuis, SVP of Global Sales operations at Jabra. "We are thrilled to further unite Jabra's unique capabilities with Lenovo's innovative solutions to equip offices with solutions to foster inclusive and interactive meetings for everyone."
Lenovo’s ThinkSmart portfolio of collaboration devices are also now supported with Windows Autopilot, a collection of Microsoft technologies that help accelerate set up and pre-configure new devices. Using cloud-based services, Windows Autopilot reduces the time IT teams spends on deploying, managing, and retiring devices, as well as the infrastructure required to maintain the devices.
As with all Lenovo ThinkSmart meeting room products, the ThinkSmart Bar 180 comes standard with three years of Lenovo’s Premier Support, providing access to advanced technicians 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. The ThinkSmart Bar 180 will be available in select markets worldwide from the first quarter of 2024, starting from US$1,605 for the standalone device, and starting from $4,099 for a full room kit.
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