Help finding a bluetooth webcam please!

[8-P]

Hi All

As good as I am at Googling and Amazoning I've drawn a bit of a blank on this one.

I'm looking for a bluetooth webcam that would allow me, for example to be on a Teams call in my office on my laptop, but half way through the call, pick up the webcam and wonder downstairs(its actually for work to go from a desk downstairs to a product demonstration room).

I'm sure this should be possible!

Any ideas welcome

thanks

[drdino]

BT doesn't have the bandwidth to support this.

Edited by drdino on Thursday 27th November 10:55

[8-P]

Ah! That would explain it.

Any other options around wifi?

[SpamDisco]

8-P said:

Hi All

As good as I am at Googling and Amazoning I've drawn a bit of a blank on this one.

I'm looking for a bluetooth webcam that would allow me, for example to be on a Teams call in my office on my laptop, but half way through the call, pick up the webcam and wonder downstairs(its actually for work to go from a desk downstairs to a product demonstration room).

I'm sure this should be possible!

Any ideas welcome

thanks

I've not looked for bluetooth webcams, but I don't think bluetooth has the bandwidth to support decent video.

[Griffith4ever]

Take the laptop... its what its made for :-)

[drdino]

8-P said:

Ah! That would explain it.

Any other options around wifi?

Perhaps something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TOALLIN-Noise-Canceling-M...

Not sure of the range though through walls etc, it needs to be paired to the laptop you are calling from.

Dial in from your phone when you need to move?

[eltawater]

Use the teams client on your smart phone and join as an additional device to the meeting.

Use the camera on your smart phone during the call when you need to wander off to another room.

[8-P]

drdino said:

8-P said:

Ah! That would explain it.

Any other options around wifi?

Perhaps something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TOALLIN-Noise-Canceling-M...

Not sure of the range though through walls etc, it needs to be paired to the laptop you are calling from.

Dial in from your phone when you need to move?

It's a long story but its actually a bespoke video calling platform(rather than Teams or Zoom etc)

We recently found that it wasn't built for mobile devices(great) but on laptops it is reliable.

[Mont Blanc]

Griffith4ever said:

Take the laptop... its what its made for :-)

This...

Why can't you use the webcam in the laptop, and then carry the laptop to a different room when you need to?

[8-P]

Mont Blanc said:

This...

Why can't you use the webcam in the laptop, and then carry the laptop to a different room when you need to?

Turning the laptop round to show someone something is clunky and then the mic is facing the wrong way(BT headset would solve that)

This might work https://business.currys.co.uk/catalogue/computing/...

[AB]

eltawater said:

Use the teams client on your smart phone and join as an additional device to the meeting.

Use the camera on your smart phone during the call when you need to wander off to another room.

That’s what I do when the need arises.

[Mont Blanc]

8-P said:

Mont Blanc said:

This...

Why can't you use the webcam in the laptop, and then carry the laptop to a different room when you need to?

Turning the laptop round to show someone something is clunky and then the mic is facing the wrong way(BT headset would solve that)

This might work https://business.currys.co.uk/catalogue/computing/...

Easiest way I can think of is to use a £20 external USB webcam for your laptop.

It'll be probably be a better camera and mic than your laptop has already, and when you get to the product room, just turn the webcam round to show the products, or hold it for whatever angle you want.

[.:ian:.]

Mont Blanc said:

8-P said:

Mont Blanc said:

This...

Why can't you use the webcam in the laptop, and then carry the laptop to a different room when you need to?

Turning the laptop round to show someone something is clunky and then the mic is facing the wrong way(BT headset would solve that)

This might work https://business.currys.co.uk/catalogue/computing/...

Easiest way I can think of is to use a £20 external USB webcam for your laptop.

It'll be probably be a better camera and mic than your laptop has already, and when you get to the product room, just turn the webcam round to show the products, or hold it for whatever angle you want.

Good god man, this is Pistonheads. £20!!
One of these should do the trick - object tracking gimbal and also has wifi support - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DY1J2NFV?ref=emc_p_m...

[8-P]

Bargain

[RizzoTheRat]

If you have an Android phone take a look at DroidCam. It uses your mobile phone as webcam and microphone over wifi. I'd be surprised if there's not an Apple equivalent too.

[SO27]

Couldn't you have a permanent IP camera in your demo room and connect to when you need to?