Settin' sail from Mersive Solstice Gen 3 to Mersive Polaris.
Ye've invested in Mersive Solstice Gen 3. Chart yer course to Polaris: what carries forward with ye, which model fits each room, and how Rip and Replace can lend a hand with the upgrade.
What Mersive Polaris adds atop Mersive Solstice.
Polaris be the next generation o' Mersive Solstice. Gen 3 and Polaris sail side by side in the same fleet, so ye upgrade room by room as the doubloons allow instead o' replacin' a whole fleet at once. Here be what a room gains when it moves, feature by feature.
| Capability | Mersive Solstice Gen 3 | Mersive Polaris |
|---|---|---|
| Sharin' | Desktop client, browser, or the mobile app, provided the device be on the same VLAN as the pod | All three o' those still work, and none o' them require ye to be in the room. Ye can share to the display from the guest network, from another VLAN, or from another city across the water. Sharin' from a browser at app.mersive.com installs nothin' at all, so guests can share too. |
| The workspace | Multi-source on the room display(s), aye | Multi-source on the room displays, and the crew who could not make it open that same workspace in a browser. They see exactly what the room sees. |
| Cross-network sharin' | Same network only, matey | Guest Wi-Fi, another VLAN, another buildin', or anywhere else with an internet connection. There be no VPN to set up, and it works on every tier. |
| Hybrid meetin's | BYOD sharin' | Polaris Pro comes equipped with Polaris Link included. Straight out o' the box, Pro be BYOM capable. Add Polaris Host and the room runs the meetin' without requirin' a laptop aboard at all. HOST SETS SAIL Q4 2026 |
| Polaris Cloud | Managed in Mersive Solstice Cloud, linked straight from Polaris Cloud: one startin' point alongside yer Polaris fleet | Everythin' Solstice Cloud does today, plus deployment templates, security policy ye set once fer the whole fleet, and a rebuilt admin experience. |
| Hardware | Qualcomm MSM8996 aboard an Inforce MER-6641 carrier, Android 7; two HDMI outputs an' one HDMI input; one wired Ethernet port with PoE+; eMMC storage | New-generation silicon, with real-time encode fer wireless BYOM and an NPU aboard the device itself. Pro drives two displays at 4K (3840 × 2160) 60 Hz each, and sits on yer wired and wireless networks at the same time. |
| Fit fer every room | One pod, one shape: every room gets the same hardware whether it needs it or no | Three devices, so ye buy what the room actually needs: |
| Security | TLS 1.2 on the pod's own HTTPS interface, with TLS 1.0 and 1.1 refused at the gangway. 802.1X with EAP-TLS, PEAP, TTLS or EAP-PWD, on wired Ethernet and on Wi-Fi. Upload yer own CA bundle, yer own 802.1X certificates and yer own certificate fer the pod's web interface, or generate a signin' request on the pod. HSTS be set on the pod's HTTPS responses. | Hardened by design. Secure boot be mandatory on production firmware, and the pod runs no HTTPS listener at all: signallin' and fleet management go outbound over HTTPS to Polaris Cloud. Scan the pod from the network and there be nothin' there to negotiate against, where Gen 3 served its own web interface over TLS. Ye set security policy once in Polaris Cloud and it lands on every room, instead o' configurin' each one by hand. |
| Gettin' it onto the network | Same-VLAN discovery; segmented networks meant network engineerin' | The cloud introduces the two ends to each other across VLANs and guest networks, then they connect directly. No VPN, and no inbound firewall rules to argue over with yer network crew. Native AirPlay and Google Cast discovery still needs multicast on the room network, but joinin' from the web does not. |
| Lifecycle | Set sail 2019 · supported through 2029 | Mersive commits to a 10-year manufacturin' lifecycle fer Polaris hardware. Yer subscription carries warranty and updates. |
Yer Mersive Solstice Gen 3 fleet stays visible in Polaris Cloud through the whole passage. Nothin' goes dark while ye move. Curious how the platform got here? The fifteen-year tale →
Three startin' points, three charted courses.
“I've got 10 rooms.”
Start with a trial kit in one room, then chart the rollout with yer integrator. Polaris Pro offers a one-fer-one upgrade from Mersive Solstice Gen 3; Essentials fits rooms that only need wireless presentation. Schedule each room's installation and testin' separately to keep disruption contained.
Start with a trial, matey →“I captain a campus.”
Choose Polaris Essentials fer presentation-focused classrooms and Polaris Pro fer conferencin' rooms. Fer classrooms that need Route, plan around its scheduled Q1 2027 release. Upgrade buildin' by buildin' while Mersive Solstice Cloud continues to manage yer Gen 3 rooms, with linked access from Polaris Cloud.
Explore Polaris fer higher education →“I captain an enterprise fleet.”
Start with the security pack so yer review crew can assess the platform before rollout. Work with yer integrator to coordinate upgrades by region or business unit. Use Polaris Cloud templates to apply consistent room profiles across new devices, keepin' each phase aligned with yer organization's standards.
Explore Polaris fer enterprise →What carries forward with ye.
Yer rooms
Keep yer displays, mounts, cablin', and room AV. The upgrade swaps out the pod behind the display. Yer Mersive Solstice Gen 3 devices remain supported through their published support dates.
Yer workflows
Keep the walk-up sharin' and side-by-side content yer crew already know. Polaris builds on those familiar workflows with web join and the Dock.
Yer management
Polaris Cloud gives yer team one startin' point fer both fleets, with a direct link to Mersive Solstice Cloud to manage yer Gen 3 devices. Each platform manages its own devices as ye upgrade in stages, and Mersive Solstice documentation remains publicly available.
What ye used → where it lives now.
| How ye use Mersive Solstice Gen 3 today | Polaris tier |
|---|---|
| Wireless sharin' + the multi-source workspace: the Mersive Solstice Gen 3 baseline | Pro, the successor to Gen 3, and where the line sails on |
| Rooms that only need sharin', at a lower price point | Essentials, a brand-new secondary tier with no Gen 3 equivalent |
| Room camera & mic bridged aboard Teams/Zoom/Webex calls | Pro |
| Segmented networks: sharin' across VLANs or from guest devices | Any tier, since cross-network sharin' be on Launch, Essentials and Pro |
| Active-learnin' classrooms | Essentials or Pro + Route SETS SAIL Q1 2027 |
| Digital signage: dedicated screens an' idle displays | Any tier at all: managed in Polaris Cloud |
| Hosted by the room itself (BY): no user device at all | Pro or Essentials + Host SETS SAIL Q4 2026 |
Pro be the successor to Mersive Solstice Gen 3 and carries that line onward; Essentials be a new secondary tier fer rooms that only share. Not sure, matey? Four questions →
A credit toward Polaris Pro or Polaris Essentials, matey.
Rip and Replace gives ye credit toward Polaris Pro or Polaris Essentials when ye replace yer existing collaboration system. That includes systems from other vendors and Mersive Solstice.
Mersive sales determines the credit fer each project. Yer integrator can help ye choose the right model and chart the replacement.
See it in yer own rooms
Hardware trials set sail fer every product, straight from Mersive. When the rooms prove it, we introduce yer regional partner fer the rollout.
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