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Given some of the reviews here, I was *really* skeptical about this camera. Looks like my concerns were unfounded.The camera works with my AMD Ryzen 2700x just fine - I was under the impression that it would only work with Intel i-7 v6+ processors.The RealSense functionality all works, and well. The screenshot was from the RealSense SDK v2.0 viewer application.I've yet to try any of the APIs to see how development with the device will go.I installed the device and all of the drivers on Windows 10 build 1903 with no issues.The box only contains the camera and a tiny multilanguage pamphlet. You have to go back to Creative.com for the drivers. Windows recognized the device, but nothing worked until I installed them.The USB 3 cable is not proprietary - it's the same end that plugs into the newer USB 3 portable spinner drives. The cable it comes with is short, but I didn't have any problems using it with my powered USB 3 hub. I did have to cycle the power to the hub for some reason - not sure if that's an issue with the hub or USB 3 devices with large power draws in general.I could only test the background replacement feature in Zoom. I was happy with the results - but I also don't have a high backed chair. It's not perfect, but since I don't have a green screen, was fairly impressed.Windows face recognition works without a hitch and very quickly.There are some games out there that use RealSense, but they are few and far between. It makes for a very decent webcam (1080p @ 30fps), but it appears that for the RealSense functionality, you're going on an adventure to find stuff. I found a face mapper on Steam that works well.All and all, I'm not sorry I bought the camera. It's a solid device, has a fitting for a tripod, and looks quite smart on top of a monitor. I'm keen to see what can be done with it in Unity and c#!

The media could not be loaded. The video is only a demo of the quality of the "augmented reality" virtual green screen feature. The details are in the text.Sometimes there's a bit of technology that sounds like an exciting new thing. Features that you really want and would be useful. But in some cases, this new technology falls so hard and flat on its face that it really should have been cooked a lot longer before being released and is an absolute insult to buyers who were trusting enough to get it. Read on for all the gory details...===================The Praise (Good Things)===================+ Comes with free software when you register it+ Depth based "augmented reality" (Really an attempt at a green screen system)+ Full HD (1080p) at 30 FPS, HD (720p) at 60 FPS+ Integration with Windows Hello for secure face recognition+ Decent sound pick up and audio handling+ 3D scanning==================The Raze (Bad Things)==================- Video quality is very sub-par- Third party software for green-screen is subscription based, counterintuitive, and buggy- Green screen implementation is abysmal- Depth sensing capability falls off at less than half advertised distance- Very finicky about USB ports- No accurate operation in other included software- Customer Support from Creative is badly designed and handled- Screen-top mounting capability is impacted by thick USB 3.0 cable and unsuitable hardware design- Use in Windows Hello face recognition is extremely shaky- "Driver" software is not an actual driver - Default windows drivers are used- No control software for anything but the audio (Microphone)- No software included for 3D scanning- Software glitches======================The Haze (Things to Consider)======================* USB 3.0, therefore maximum cable length is one meter* May be useful for folks wanting to develop for an F200 Intel Realsense systemThe Details...============The camera has some awesome ideas and features that are described. In my case, I wanted to use the depth-based green-screen capability for video purposes, which would save me the complication and cost of setting up a green screen physically. All the other features would just be bonuses and fun. Unfortunately, this is pretty much Just Hardware without any quality software support and the hardware itself is not that great either, so it makes a lot of promises and lives up to none of them.Out of the box! Really, get... out...--------------------------------------------------Two stickers to allow it to slide out of the sleeve, but then the sleeve also has a zip strip on it to open up the sleeve. But why? Unstick the stickers and the inner box slides out. Pull the zip strip and the stickers still prevent it from opening. Turns out they decided to put the basic setup directions on the inside of the outer sleeve of the packaging, requiring you to break the packaging to get to them and then keep the cardboard instructions otherwise.Get the inner box open and there is a lovely form-fitted section inside that has fingertip cutouts to pull the camera out. Except it doesn't come out. Finally after breaking out the form-fit portion inside, it's discovered to be hollow and the back section of the camera is hooked into the form-fitted portion in such a way as to prevent it from coming out. Wiring is also in a separate section behind the formed plastic. Since the plastic was attached in, this was... bad.Just put it right here-----------------------------The camera itself has a very narrow "foot" at the bottom edge of the main camera unit to rest it flat on the top of a monitor with the back flap to snug tight against the monitor and hold it steady. Alternately, the back flap has a standard camera mount for a quarter inch bolt and can be mounted on a tripod. However the flap itself contains electronics, so the included thick USB 3.0 cable plugs into it. Combine a single-hinge backplate with the cable plugged in and the small width of the foot and the thing solidly refuses to stay stable or horizontal on the top of a monitor.Also keep in mind that this is USB 3, so the cable is one meter long. About 39 inches, less when you account for the connectors being at right angles. So you need to have a free USB 3.0 port within this range of mounting location. This is shorter than a lot of people realize. If your computer is under the desk, chances are high the cable won't reach. Laptops will have a much better success with this distance.Drivers? You don't need no steenking drivers!----------------------------------------------------------------My go to web camera has a nice set of drivers. They allow me to adjust the focus and all kinds of nifty things. This? No drivers. Just an audio utility for the microphone. All the video controls are handled by Windows natively, and any software that wants to make use of the extended features of the camera must separately install the SDK runtime for it. Sooooo... yeah. Pretty shoddy controls for this. Focus? What focus? You don't need focus either.Free software! Yay!----------------------------For each thing they say it can do, I'd like to be able to do that out of the box or at least have the description plainly tell me that extra software is required. If you are getting this camera because you have software already that says to get it, you might get lucky. Otherwise, cross your fingers. It has no software or pointers included for several features it advertises.When registered, it will currently provide you with licenses for:LaserLifeNevermindMagix FastcutMagix YoucastooVooCatchEyeThe first two are games on Steam that they will give you a Steam code for. I did not see a single positive review on Steam for the games being used with this type of camera as the controller, and the second one doesn't even make use of the Realsense technology.The last pair are free anyway and work better with a high quality normal camera.The second group of two are a video editor and the special caster program that does things like the depth-based green screen. Jackpot! That's my goal!Turns out that Youcaster is subscription software, which means that you get "Some time for free" with the purchase and then pay for it regularly afterward. Fine, it's not too expensive by comparison. As long as it does a good job on the feature I need so I can get some nice, high quality video with a high-quality depth-based virtual green screen. That's what I expect for a $200 camera.Wait... where is the cool 3D scanning? Where is the voice control?Not included. No sign of it anywhere on an internet search except on Creative's own advertisement page.Dreams shattered--------------------------A picture is worth a thousand words. The attached video shows off the situation well.Grainy, noise-filled RGB video.Some kind of creepy blob-based "virtual green screen".And note that the software even decided to do some REALLY odd stuff with the end result, as you can see in the video.As a visible-light video camera, this is completely and utterly useless for anything that requires a semblance of quality. I've gotten better results from the camera on a $50 tablet. For the "Augmented reality", it's a bad joke.And testing under studio lights (ow my eyes) ended up with just as grainy and noisy video and a complete failure of the depth sensing system.Help? Please?---------------------Right! Maybe it's defective, or the firmware is wonky, or... or... or... Hey, Creative! Help?Fill out the form that only has options for how audio is connected and be told to wait for 2-3 days for a response.But sadly, no. Even with a second camera ordered just to see, no luck. Multiple computers, trying stock firmware instead of upgrading it, everything... no luck.In the end...==========I'd consider this as a silly toy to be installed in a cheap fun house if it cost $30. As usable for anything respectable? Pure non-starter. The games don't work with it. Support is nigh onto non-existent and isn't even set up to deal with the camera they sell.If this camera will do something useful for you and the situation is worth the cost, wonderful. From my point of view, the camera will be returned in short order. I'm still waiting to hear from the wonderful folks at support to see if they have any solutions. Still waiting being the operative term. I'll update this review if anything of interest comes up.Questions? Comments? Let me know! I'm always happy to answer them when I know them and find out new things

Works very well and it recognise even faster than my surface go. It works well in all kinds of light conditions, dark, backlight, and in different angle within a reasonable distance.The video or picture quality though, is just so so. But the main use of those cam is for hello login in win10. At $99, it's a very good deal.

I was really excited when this camera was announced. It is well constructed, but the cable is too short to really be effective. Also, this camera will NOT work with Windows Hello on the Anniversary Update of Windows 10 Build 14393.0 and above. It isn't Creative's fault. Intel has not updated their Depth Camera Manager, which is still at 3.2. Supposedly 3.3 is in beta and should be released within a couple of weeks. So the 3D part of the camera is ineffective. The regular cam and mic works nice. My suggestion is to hold off until Intel releases the updated DCM. I'm returning this until it works across the board.

I only received this today but I have to say, after setting it up on a Windows 10x64 box, it's "meh".First the camera itself, low resolution (2.1MP or 1080p, and that's only at 30fps too) which is much lower than it should be here in 2020.. but this is because this camera is really from 2016, but still being sold. But as long as it does the face recognition, ok, I'm not using it as a web cam for the most part, but...Face recognition is SLOW. I also spent $20 and added a USB fingerprint reader to my desktop (connected conveniently to the USB port on the back of my keyboard) and it unlocks my machine in about 10% of the time it takes this camera. I couldn't recommend this camera for that usage for anyone who wants to use it as a primary login method. You'll also need to upgrade the firmware and install drivers for the face recognition to work, even though the straight up camera works out of the box with default windows drivers.I'm keeping the box handy because I might just end up returning this in the next few days.Edit: I did end up returning this, it was just too glitchy and slow to be worth a hundred bucks. Maybe at $20 I'd have kept it. Maybe. One of the reasons I got this was for the Windows Hello! face login, but, that stopped working after the first day. Perhaps it was the old drivers (2017), but Windows 10 decided to refuse to wake up the camera until you had logged in, so logging in with the camera was impossible anymore. Rather than debug it, I just threw it back in the box.