Smart Kapp IQ
Smart has another video-enabled whiteboard in its portfolio. It's entirely different from Smart Room System, so let's look at it separately here.
Whereas Smart Room System has integrated A/V gear and is optimized for a specific UC platform (Skype for Business), Smart Kapp IQ doesn't. (I'm actually supposed to write this one out as SMART kapp iQ. I've tried, but -- I'm sorry -- I just can't do quirky caps. If i COUld, wherE woULd iT EnD?) Instead, you add your own webcam and speakers, and connect it to most any video service. Alternately, you connect it to external video conferencing systems, like Cisco SX-10 and SX-20 devices, already in the conference room. Or you don't, and you let it just be a whiteboard.
Smart Kapp IQ has proximity detection, so it turns on and off depending on whether people are around. Users -- up to 250 (!) of them -- can view and contribute to whiteboard sessions remotely. It recognizes different types of gestures, so I can write on it with my finger, you can be using two fingers to zoom in on something, and a third person can be using her palm to erase something all at the same time.
The Pro version adds the ability to write over various business, design, and engineering apps, including Acrobat, PowerPoint, Autodesk, and Solidworks. Pro also integrates directly with Office 365, works with Smart's server-based video conferencing platform Bridgit, and networks with up to 16 other Pro devices.
