VidTel, Vaddio Launch Cloud-Based Videoconferencing System

  • By Tim Sohn
  • 03/28/12

VidTel and Vaddio have partnered to provide a cloud-based videoconferencing platform and equipment that allows the user to participate from a variety of systems and devices. VidTel's MeetMe uses Vaddio's EasyUSB tools.

MeetMe allows users to participate in videoconferences via Internet-connected PC or Mac computer, smartphone, tablet, and desktop video systems, as well as standard SIP endpoints. It works with many conferencing systems and allows users to dial in from different systems, including Google Talk, Skype, Cisco Jabber, Polycom RealPresence Mobile, Life Size, and CounterPath Bria.

MeetMe provides both standard- and high-definition videoconferencing and allows users to dial in via e-mail address or phone number to connect directly to conferences.

Features of Vaddio EasyUSB tools include:

  • Vaddio ClearView HD-USB PTZ pan/tilt/zoom camera, which has a 19x optical zoom lens and a 58.1-degree wide-angle views, with USB 2.0, H.264 for Ethernet streaming, and component HD outputs;
  • EasyUSB Mixer/Amp, which supports two EasyMic devices, and 2 x 20 Class-D amplifier with two-pin euro terminal;
  • A choice of USB omnidirectional, echo-canceling mics, including the EasyMic MicPod (black), a table microphone, or EasyMic Ceiling MicPod (black or white), which hangs from the ceiling;
  • A room control system, called Webbi, which has a control panel that manages all EasyUSB devices through the Web browser, allowing the user to change volume, mic output levels, video sources, zoom, pan, and tilt the PTZ camera and turn television monitor on or off.

Additionally, Vaddio provides the AV Bridge, which allows the user to integrate legacy systems by using USB and Ethernet connections to go from analog to digital.

No special USB drivers need to be installed with any of the equipment.

For more information, visit vidtel.com or vaddio.com.

About the Author

Tim Sohn is a 10-year veteran of the news business, having served in capacities from reporter to editor-in-chief of a variety of publications including Web sites, daily and weekly newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, and wire services. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @editortim.

Featured

  • A child surrounded by glowing, fluid virtual patterns and holographic shapes, illuminated in a dark gradient environment of blue, purple, and pink.

    ClassVR Gets Expanded VR/AR Content Library

    Avantis Education has announced a new content library for its ClassVR virtual and augmented reality platform. Dubbed Eduverse+, the library features four content suites — EduverseAI, WildWorld, STEAM3D, and CareerHub — that can be tailored to suit a variety of educational levels.

  • DreamBox Math

    Discovery Education Announces Accessibility Enhancements for DreamBox Math

    Discovery Education has updated DreamBox Math, an online math program for K–8 students to supplement core instruction, to improve accessibility for K–5 students, according to a news release. DreamBox Math provides personalized instruction by adapting to individual learners’ responses and providing an engaging, dynamic learning environment.

  • teacher

    6 Policy Recommendations for Adopting AI in the Classroom

    The Southern Regional Education Board's Commission on AI in Education has published six recommendations on adopting artificial intelligence in schools, colleges, and universities. The guidance marks the commission's first release since it was established last February, with more recommendations planned in the coming year.

  • group of elementary school students designing video games on computers in a modern classroom with a teacher, depicted in a geometric and abstract style

    Using Video Game Design to Teach Literacy Skills

    The Max Schoenfeld School, a public school in the Bronx serving one of the poorest communities in the nation, is taking an innovative approach to improving student literacy.