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Logitech MeetUp

Most cameras aren’t ideal for today’s popular small-group, huddle-style meetings, says Joan Vandermate, Logitech Video Collaboration’s head of marketing. However, that’s not the case with Logitech Meetup, which with its 120-degree field of view, “is made specifically for those huddle rooms,” Vandermate tells CI, because it makes every seat at the table clearly visible during a meeting.

“Huddle rooms are optimized for four to six people,” she points out. The small layout of the rooms and often impromptu nature of the meetings “leads to people typically sitting very close to the screen and relatively far out to the side from a field of view perspective. Classic conference room cameras are optimized for a long skinny board room table and are exactly the oppose of what you need.”

Meanwhile, MeetUp is designed to work with virtually any video conferencing software application and cloud service, including Skype for Business, Cisco collaboration applications, and all Logitech Collaboration Program partners such as BlueJeans, BroadSoft, Vidyo and Zoom. It captures a 120-degree field of view with the option to pan an additional 25 degrees to the left and right; a Logitech-engineered, low-distortion lens, UltraHD 4K optics, and three camera presets; integrated audio optimized for huddle room spaces; three sound-isolating mics and a voice-optimized speaker; it’s Microsoft Cortana certified for voice commands with any Windows 10 system.