
Given the work ahead for Opal’s team, early buyers should know that they’re essentially investing in beta hardware, though Chugh and Sohlstrom don’t shy away from that designation. “Everyone would love to have a DSLR setup, but it’s cost prohibitive, it’s time prohibitive, it’s enormously complex to do, and so what we’re trying to offer people is the ability to get really close to that at a fraction of the cost,” Chugh says. The same goes on the audio side, where they want to mimic the kind of rich vocal effects that a podcaster might add in post production. By loading the Opal with an AI chip and developing their own software, they hope to produce the kind of software-driven camera effects that you now find on modern smartphones. Still, Chugh and Sohlstrom felt like they could combine hardware and software to close the gap with high-end DSLR and mirrorless cameras, which can often double as webcams and have come into vogue for that purpose during the pandemic. External cameras, such as Logitech’s $70 C920, are better, and both Logitech and Razer have moved upmarket with their $200 Brio and Kiyo Pro cameras, respectively.
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