Creative's Live! Cam Voice sports a mic for video chat
By Evan Blass 
posted May 23rd 2006 7:25PM
posted May 23rd 2006 7:25PM
Video instant messaging seems to be taking off in a big way, at least if all those new video features being added by the major IM services are any indication, so Creative has just released a microphone-sporting webcam to let you get in on all the fun. Besides a 1.3 megapixel webcam (which claims to take 5 megapixel stills, but we suspect some interpolation is going on there), the Live! Cam Voice also features a directional microphone which supposedly enhances your chat experience in crowded areas, and even does double-duty as a remotely-viewable motion-activated security cam. When you're doing the chat thing, you can select a smart-face tracking option that uses digital zooms, pans, and tilts to keep you in the picture, but also seems to throttle down the resolution to only 640 x 480. Available immediately under the model number VF1070, this model is being given a suggested MSRP of $99 by Creative, but we already saw it on Amazon for just $84.
Wow a webcam with a micrphone thats genius.........ohh wait THATS NOTHING NEW!
Yay 2nd post
iSight has a mic...
50usd cheaper though...which is a good thing
and it has more added condiments than the isight...so technically it's good for the price.
"this model is being given a suggested MSRP of $99 by Creative" Hmm a suggested MSRP. A bit redundant?
wait, what? I have and ANCIENT (and CRAPY) logitec webcam and it has a mic. Do other cams not have mics?
Face tracking sounds pretty cool. I'm wondering how well it actually works, though.
I find it surprising that they'd focus on the microphone as the selling feature, though.
who gives a Sht if it has a mic? every webcam since 1941 has had a freakin mic. and it's def not the first or even close to first cam to have face tracking.
to whoever writes press releases for Creative: BLOW ME
#8....The face tracking feature is alright, i have a Logitech Quickcam MP and it does the same. Though the tracking isn't fluid movement so jolts from side to side as opposed to track...
This is pretty cool. The mic picks up your voice but not someone sitting at the computer next to you (sounds are louder and crisper within a set angle). Good stuff. Pretty...not those ugly round webcams.
basically if you have had experience with any of Creative previous webcam products, you find that they don't really work *as well* as they claimed
Seriously... mics in webcams are hardly a new feature. I haven't seen a webcam WITHOUT a mic in quite some time.
Whawoooo..... a microphone, I hope they patent this magnificant device. They should be charging thousands to cover their research costs.
Yes, this webcam has a mic. But this one's BETTER!!