By comparing sound from multiple microphones, systems can get a cleaner sound from people in different places in the room. Even all-in-one devices can use an array of internal microphones to identify where to point their camera. Do note, that some conference webcams expect you to use a separate microphone and speaker unit. Audio quality is indisputable, and comfortably in excess of the standard many experiences from laptop speakers and microphones during impromptu conferences. It’s nice to know an extra microphone can be added, but we don’t imagine it's needed often.

Depending on the kind of meeting you're planning, you need to decide how wide a field of view you want your camera to have. Something with a 180-degree perspective, such as the Panacast (number 3 on our list), is similar to placing a laptop at the end of a table. A 360-degree device like the Meeting Owl or Coolpo AI, however, can sit in the middle of a huddle, and let the remote guest feel like a part of the action. Noise suppression: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning to attenuate both stationary and non-stationary noises This means it's more likely your remote collaborators are looking you in the eye and getting to hear the discussion, which also benefits from Logitech’s proprietary noise canceling system. This webcam connects via USB and works with most platforms. What we look for in Conference room webcams It’s well worth considering where the device’s camera will be compared to the participant’s eye line. The lower the camera, the less flattering it can be, although ultimately you can always rest the device on a few books.The video, too, is well presented (we like the white edges and curved corners in the conference modes), though it has to be said we’d have preferred more detail in faces from the 360˚ mode. Sadly physics seems not to be a friend when the camera is pointing up, though the software does a decent job and the AI kept the right people on camera with a latency of only a second or so. This meeting camera has a built-in operating system based on Android, which can be very useful in simplifying the meeting process. A patent-pending suspension system decouples the speaker module within the external enclosure, virtually eliminating the vibrations that can travel through walls, stands, and tables. This improves the echo cancelling performance of Rally Mic Pods, while ensuring that video images remain clear and steady, even at high volume levels and when zoomed in. It’s possible your colleagues might find the knowledge that there is 64Gb onboard recording space a little unsettling, but the ‘stop’ button is easy to find. The machine’s eight microphones help it do a good job of identifying the active speaker for the 1080p video output. The camera crunches through 8K worth of input from both cameras, which helps people look their best, with less distortion correction than many other conference room webcams.

When you’re choosing the best conference room webcam, many seem to capture relatively high resolutions. This is because they have several cameras or unusual lenses with large image sensors, but the image is cropped to fit a standard video shape. So it's best to think of the output resolution: what people will actually see.You probably shouldn't be looking for the lightest device you can find. Because actually, if you’re going to rest something in the middle of a conferencing table, a bit of heft can be pretty helpful, especially as a counterbalance to a lens, which is usually at the top. Plus, if you’ve got colleagues who smash the table in anger or celebration, then a few extra ounces will definitely help! This all-in-one unit serves as a replacement for a traditional conference room setup involving a device, a camera, and a screen. Instead of everyone looking at a screen at one end of the meeting table and ignoring each other, the two tiltable monitors on either side of the main speaker keep everything central.