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I stopped by and ran into friends as they’re working with another on a new venture at CES 2024. The product is for seeing a person in a teleconference eye to eye, and the portable rig was even more impressive.

Since the beginning of teleconferencing, people have tried to achieve eye contact like if they were standing face to face. This is important in some teleconferencing situations, as a person (doctor, lawyer) needs to see the other as they are talking to a camera.

What is iVi?

That is where iVi comes in. iVi was created by Dr. Graham Barrett, an ophthalmologist who wanted to improve the intimacy of virtual communication.

iVi is a actually representation of two people in front of their monitors – but think of the name as “Eye -v- Eye”.

The iVi is designed to make video chats feel more like face-to-face interactions. Because nobody wants to look into that little void on your computer constantly.

The iVi desktop

iVi Specs

This appliance contains everything you need to teleconference:

* a 4K Sony sensor positioned around the center of the screen

* 1:1.8 inch sensor to send your video in many different types of lighting situations

* a 10.1 inch screen at 1080p to see the person you are talking to

* A built-in Omni-directional microphone with ?Noise to cancel out background sounds

* 7 Watt Harmon Kardon speakers with VocalFusion voice processor

* Two built-in LED strips to give you indoor vs. outdoor lighting

* A dock for your computer to connect peripherals.

* Dock includes XLR plug for external microphone, and audio jacks for external speakers or headphones.

iVi works with a PC, Mac, iPhone 15, Certain Android and iPads with USB-C.

And iVi is a Lamp!

When closed, iVi works best as a table lamp, with a bottom LED.

The CES iVi Portable Workstation

I have worked as I.T. at a hospital. I know the one thing about technology – it needs to be portable.

That is why I was also impressed with the portable iVi station.

You might think a portable virtual station doesn’t make sense, but an advantage can be to have close separation in an environment. This portable station is light-weight, and can be used on a cart so it doesn’t need to be part of a big desktop system.

The portable station included a power battery that could run the unit for several hours, a wireless router, and a height adjustable table to get up for an Eye to eye view.

Price and Availability

iVi is rolling out soon with an MSRP of $1495. You can find out more at MyiVi.com