The Astra Series was designed to further improve on the attributes that set Orbbec 3D cameras apart from existing 3D cameras on the market. Astra 3D cameras provide computer vision that enables dozens of functions such as face recognition, gesture recognition, human body tracking, three-dimensional measurement, environment perception, and three-dimensional map reconstruction.

Astra Pro Plus is a higher RGB resolution camera option among the Astra series and it is optimized for long-range use cases, which makes it great for interactive systems, entertainment, retail, and robotics. Astra was developed to be highly compatible with existing OpenNI applications making the Astra, Astra Pro Plus, and Astra S ideal cameras for pre-existing apps that were built with OpenNI.