Introduction
The webcam market seems to be on hold at the moment, we do not see to many webcameras out there. Creative recently released their new webcam though, and we got our hands on a sample of it. The Live! Motion webcam seems to have some cool features such as panorama pictures, face tracking, etc… Tonight we will take a closer look on all these features and see what type of conclusion we can come to about this new webcamera from Creative.
About Creative:
Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF) is the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer and the Internet. Creative was founded in Singapore in 1981 with the vision that multimedia would revolutionize the way people interact with their PCs. Famous for its Sound Blaster sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed Zen and MuVo lines of digital audio players. The company’s innovative hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet, enabling consumers to experience high-quality digital entertainment – anytime, anywhere.
Check out the Creative website for more info.
Specifications:
200� pan and 105� tilt view with ultra wide-angle lens
76� ultra wide-angle lens
Ultra smooth mechanical motor for pan and tilt functions
640 x 480 CCD sensor
640 x 480 video at 30 frames per second
1.3 Megapixels photos (software enhanced)
Certified high-speed USB 2.0 (fully compatible with USB 1.1)
Creative Smart Face-Tracking with 4X digital zoom
Hands-free headset for clear VoIP
Includes Yahoo!� Messenger and works with MSN� Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, and other instant messaging services
Includes SightSpeed� for high quality video calls1
Includes Orb2 for remote home monitoring1 (works with Windows XP only)
The product:
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This product was packed in a plastic cover that you need a knife to open up, I wish they had some type of clip system instead so you don’t have to break the cover to get it open. You can see the camera though and on the back you can read about the features this camera holds.
New features on this card are a smart face tracking, motor for camera movement, and usb2. We will look closer into these features and test them out to see if it’s worth putting your money on this specific webcamera.
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Inside I found a manual, cd with software, headset, and the camera itself. The headset is very interesting. Basically it does not fit in your ear, it’s to big for your ear! We have tried it with a couple of people and we are unable to get this to fit or stay on anyones ear so they could use it. I don’t know if they have made a design mistake or what but we can’t get this to work out even after a few people have tried to figure it out.
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This new design on the Creative cameras is a mixture of the new Live cameras and the older webcameras on the market, what do I mean with this then? Well it has a small ball on the top that moves and the foot/stand part is from the new Live cameras as you can mount it on top the screen. The USB cable is about 1.5 meters and the usb connector is gold coated.On the left picture you see the camera standing normal and by adjusting the leg as on the right picture you can mount/hook it on to a TFT monitor.
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