Microsoft RoundTable
Microsoft RoundTable is a videoconferencing device with a 360-degree camera that is designed to work with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 or Microsoft Office Live Meeting. RoundTable provides remote meeting participants with panoramic video of everyone sitting around the conference table. In addition, RoundTable contains active speaker detection technology that provides high-resolution video of the active speaker in a meeting, and tracks the flow of conversation in real time, switching between different meeting participants as they speak.
RoundTable is a plug-and-play USB device that also functions as a standard PSTN speakerphone.
RoundTable was invented and originally developed by Dr Ross Cutler at Microsoft Research. It runs under Windows CE.
As of April 13, 2009, Polycom, a global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions, is selling, marketing, and servicing the Polycom® CX5000 Unified Conference Station. This device has the same features as the former Microsoft RoundTable. The transition from Microsoft RoundTable to Polycom CX5000 is worldwide in all markets where Microsoft was selling the product, and a rollout to additional countries is planned for the near future. Microsoft RoundTable–branded units will continue to be serviced by Microsoft. For more information, please review the material on Polycom CX5000.
External links
- Microsoft RoundTable - Official RoundTable product page on Microsoft website
- Microsoft RoundTable product datasheet - On Microsoft website