360 degree camera (Teams certified)

johnbrands · 2025-03-19T14:23:23.573Z

I am looking at potentially getting 360 degree cameras used singularly or 2 daisy-chained together for larger rooms. We plan on potential replacing our current huddly IQ and Aver cam520 cameras in the rooms. Also have one or two to use mobile/offsite with a laptop.
Currently I am looking at the owl labs meeting owl 3/4+ and Logitech sight ones. Can anyone recommend either of these or potentially others?
We mainly use Teams and would be using them with our Creston Teams room systems (Flex and Flex advance).
Thanks in advance

AdmiralKirk · 2025-03-19T15:40:19.295Z

At a previous role we had an Owl in a meeting space, the room was about 10x10 meters and we regularly rearranged the tables for various purposes. Usually we had a horseshoe arrangement so everyone could see each other, and the Owl was on a small rolling cart in the middle. This particular model connected to the meeting organizer’s laptop via USB, and was 100% seamless with Teams. I don’t know the exact model, and that was a few years ago.

cory-b · 2025-03-19T15:43:28.610Z

We had a Meeting Owl 2, which was having some issue where it would randomly reboot. We contacted their support and they worked with us and got us a free replacement even though we were outside of our warranty window since they felt the issue was software related on their end. So, on customer service, they get an A!

They replaced it with a Meeting Owl 3. It has been pretty decent, but we do have some audio issues. It seems like it is related to noise cancellation. Typically, the audio will drop way down and come back up. I believe someone is likely making a thud sound (like putting their phone on the table too hard) which causes the mic to tamp down a little too hard on all sound. People like how the owl switches to who is talking, but if you have a screen located at the front of the room, it feels a little awkward to talk to your Owl that is in middle of the table verses looking at the screen and talking toward the screen. On the Owl 3, I don’t particularly care for the camera’s image quality, but that is me being a bit of a video quality snob there. For a typical business meeting, it is fine.

I do see the 4 has 4K video, so I believe that would help out on my video quality snobbishness… but I don’t know if that justifies the extra $950. That said, if Owl were to decide to drop support for 3 in a couple years, I would be aggravated that I hadn’t chosen the 4.

They have had some security issues in the past, but it looks like they have cleared those up. Meeting Owl security vulnerabilities report raises concerns

michaelface · 2025-03-19T15:58:45.297Z

We have some older Owls (v.2 I think). They work very well and are easy to setup/customize. My only complaint was the video quality. Sounds like the new 4k option would take care of that issue. Would recommend.

ajason · 2025-03-19T16:47:17.697Z

I have not had any experience with the 360 cameras, I did some basic research on them and then management declined the purchase.

During my research, I had noticed the Meeting Owl and was also very interested in the KanDao Meeting Pro which looks like a main competitor to the Meeting Owl. Online reviews seemed positive for both brands of cameras.

Kandao Meeting Pro | 360 Conferencing Camera | Best Camera for Conference.

kchamburglar · 2025-03-19T19:01:36.834Z

we have the 4k owl we can setup in a couple rooms its just power and usb which is easy and works really well with teams/zoom for us

ajason · 2025-03-19T19:11:00.836Z

You also may want to look at some of the suggestions from this thread, especially if you have a medium to large conference room.

Medium Conference Room for 2025 Best Practices & General IT

So instead of resurrecting an old thread, I’ve been requested to add it here. We have a small to Medium Conference room that can hold about 30 to 33 people (long table with chairs). Currently there are a few solutions in there to cover all the options. A old Cisco SX20, a Meeting Owl (because it was inexpensive), and a PC. This setup is complete with two 75 inch TV on the wall, External Speakers (when the audio doesn’t sound great, and enough cabling to anger even the most patient of us. The Ow…

Rui-Meleiro · 2025-03-20T00:07:06.725Z

Another upvote for Owl. It works seemingly with Teams. It replaced an old Logitech Group, which served us in multiple branch offices for six years (albeit more clunky to install and only 180º)

patti8216 · 2025-03-20T21:14:03.238Z

Owls here. People either love or hate, the quality isn’t stellar but they work. Our biggest issue is with group meetings; the owl can’t focus when everyone is yelling to be heard in the conference room and the people remote just watch.

Cty111111 · 2025-04-01T08:11:08.946Z

owls good, higher quality-price ratio.

johnbrands · 2025-04-08T14:08:46.255Z

Thanks all, thinking we might go for a owl bar coupled with a owl 4+ in our 2 larger rooms and in our multiuse rooms, use 2 owl 4+, but not having them fitted/fixed in place only bringing them out when needed.