Voice Tracking Video Conference Camera

[snagrat]

Is anyone aware of a camera that will focus on the person speaking?

 

I am looking for one to place in the center of a table that will auto pan and focus on the current speaker.

[cwilcox]

Meeting Owl from OWLLabs has 16 megapixel camera with a fish-eye lens pointed toward the ceiling and uses its multiple microphones to digitally focus on the current speaker.

 

I'm not aware of another product that uses a camera in the center of a table. Other products like Cisco TelePresence systems put a PTZ camera by the room's display and physically move to focus on the loudest source.

[SamanthaD]

The original Surface hub had twin cameras that would change according to who was speaking, not aware of a full PTZ solution though. I'd question having it in the centre of the table though - if two people were talking opposite each other the camera would be constantly swinging 180 degrees, the viewer would get seasick!

[Domino]

Polycom do skype for business specific ones: https://www.polycom.com/products-services/products-for-microsoft/lync-optimized/cx5500-unified-conference-station.html

 

The view changes are done in software, no moving parts. We've used them and older versions for years, they're pretty great