Jabra Panacast – a boon for next-gen virtual meetings

Jabra is a leader in engineering communications and sound solutions. Jabra engineering, with a legacy of 150 years of pioneering work, has been actively creating integrated audio headsets and communications tools that focus on professional productivity. With 1400 employees across the globe, Jabra is part of the 6000 employee strong GN Group, established in 1869. The group has operations in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Jabra PanaCast is a unique and ground breaking offering for video conferencing. It is equipped with world’s first smart Panoramic-4K Plug-and-Play video solution Certified for Microsoft Teams. It is a real-time immersive intelligent vision system offers 180-degree panoramic vision which ensures everyone in the room is seen. It has 13 MP cameras, working together as one via core embedded in the built-in Jabra PanaCast Vision Processor. The multi-camera array solution offers a full 180-degree panoramic field of view delivering a naturally immersive experience – a key element in building trust, driving higher engagement and ultimately achieving better business outcomes faster. The panoramic video gives everyone in the room equal participation, fostering healthy discussion and true collaboration – despite not being in the same room.

Jabra PanaCast’s fourth-generation stitching technology and Intelligent Vision software work as one to ensure optimal performance. Now any room can be used to video conference with wall-to-wall coverage in Panoramic-4K video. Jabra PanaCast enables companies to make use of their full meeting spaces, eliminating the approximately 40 per cent room wastage seen with conventional camera solutions.

The integrated advanced AI utilizes a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to count the number of people in the field of view (up to 12m away) and provide numeric data. The technology will be available through the Jabra PanaCast API built for the Windows operating system and can be used for large areas like classrooms, auditoriums and general gatherings.

Key features and specs  

  • Simple plug-and-play operation with no software required via a single USB cable
  • 180-degree panoramic view seamlessly integrates video from three cameras with real-time dynamic stitching embedded in the on-board Jabra PanaCast Vision Processor
  • Certified for Microsoft Teams
  • Naturally inclusive and immersive experience gives everyone equal participation
  • Crystal clear sound that picks up every voice in the room, Jabra Speak series
  • 0% wasted space with industry-first multi-camera array system
  • Intelligent Vision (AI) products sense, anticipate and adjust automatically so people can focus on their meeting and discussion
  • Industry-first Intelligent Zoom autonomously and continuously optimizes the field of view to include everyone in the conversation
  • Jabra PanaCast Vivid 2.0 automatically adjusts the video properties to optimize the video experience under varying light conditions
  • The upcoming open and standards-based API provides data for companies and ecosystem partners to build value added services that can help optimize workflows, automate room/calendar management, enable green energy initiatives like automatically turning off unused equipment
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