Mobotix Q22 security camera offers 360-degrees of vision

It looks like Mobotix has a solution for those wishing their security cameras were a bit more all-seeing, with its new Q22 model promising to deliver a full 360-degrees of vision. That's done with the use of a hemispheric lens, which eliminates the need for any moving parts and lets the Big Brother in question digitally flatten, pan, tilt or zoom any image. As if that wasn't enough, the Q22 can also be run entirely over Power over Ethernet (or PoE), and it boasts a built-in speaker and microphone to allow for some two-way communication. Otherwise, you can expect a decent enough 3.1-megapixel resolution, along with SIP support, accommodations for various CCTV management platforms, and Mobotix's own MxControlCenter video management software. As you might expect, however, all that doesn't exactly come cheap, with the basic model running you €498 (or $776), and the premium version demanding €648 (or just over $1,000).

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[John H. @ Jul 29th 2008 3:31PM]

great, now our robot overlords can view our destruction from all 360 degrees

[neofolklore @ Jul 30th 2008 7:58AM]

awesome, 3.1mp is greater than high def resolution! (just keep that in mind for all your buying digital cameras for their MP just so you can put pictures on facebook)

[computer.dude.28 @ Jul 29th 2008 3:39PM]

You're not first. Stop trying.

[Lane @ Jul 29th 2008 3:46PM]

How about we not play the game to get "first". I propose that we try and get the LAST post on a thread.

[phanbouy @ Jul 29th 2008 3:49PM]

well it is _your_ first post. hopefully your last too.

[From My Cube @ Jul 29th 2008 3:49PM]

is that thing a bowl or a dome?!?!?!??



MY EYES

[barry99705 @ Jul 29th 2008 4:21PM]

A dome. Pretty slick system too.
http://www.mobotix.com/eng_US/products/hemispheric_q22

[bo sneb @ Jul 29th 2008 3:52PM]

ooh i like that last post idea. time to dig thru the archives LOL

[computer.dude.28 @ Jul 29th 2008 3:52PM]

I propose that we comment on the article itself and stop screwing around with who's comment got to be where. Example:

You won't be able to tell who the camera's watching as there's no physical movement. I guess they'll be able to watch everybody at once! No crime is safe..

[Dan @ Jul 29th 2008 4:21PM]

Probably going to be the next big thing in store security since they do not take up huge amounts of space and are basically hidden, as long as they can zoom down quite well, security will become less noticeable.

[Chad @ Jul 29th 2008 6:39PM]

I can see this as having a great application in a K through 12 classroom setting. Have one in each classroom, tie them all into a "panic" system. Alert goes out from a classroom, administration watches and listens to see if there is a threatening situation in the classroom.

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 29th 2008 4:26PM]

God your 'example' comment was horrible --^^

[Twilight Elk @ Jul 29th 2008 4:30PM]

It kinda looks like an Apple product, lol.

[computer.dude.28 @ Jul 29th 2008 4:32PM]

Yeah, I really had nothin.

[Hoffy @ Jul 29th 2008 4:37PM]

I wonder if this thing was made in Germany... if only there was a way they could engrave the country it was made in at least 6 times on the cover so that everyone could know the superiority of German-made 360 degree security cameras.

[Hoffy @ Jul 29th 2008 4:39PM]

@ Hoffy - woops I guess I should look closer before posting. They engraved the company website in 3 of the slots....

[required @ Jul 29th 2008 4:58PM]

As Twilight Elk said above, except Apple's would read designed in Cupertino made in China at least a couple times, maybe not as many but...

[LiqrSicc @ Jul 29th 2008 6:20PM]

Mobotix is based in NY but everything is built in Europe I believe. I used to work for the CCTV industry and Mobotix has the worst service ever. Their not the 1st with 360 video either... Sentry360 and IOImage beat them to it by over a year.

[Jason @ Jul 29th 2008 10:43PM]

Umm....Hoffy, did you just @ yourself??

[TRAFFICBLOWS @ Jul 29th 2008 4:43PM]

it doesn't even look like a smoke detector.

it looks like a bathroom ceiling fan!

[Jim @ Jul 29th 2008 4:46PM]

Just what I need for the house. Two semi-hidden camera spots instead of the 4 camera plan. As long as it has software to actively capture video when it detects motion (IE: Records 5-10 seconds before it detects motion and then keep recording until it does not detect motion for 5-10 seconds).

[EricR @ Jul 29th 2008 5:02PM]

If you wanted your camera to record before motion was detected it would actually be recording all the time. Wouldn't it?

[Jason @ Jul 29th 2008 10:45PM]

Eric, it's actually a pretty standard feature now. I was confused at first, too.

[raptor87 @ Jul 30th 2008 7:26AM]

Yeah there is a cache and when it detects motion it retrieves a few seconds of video from the cache from before the motion was detected. Not sure if this has that feature or not. Same way many DVR's can record something that happened before you hit the record button.

[Beddoes @ Jul 29th 2008 5:46PM]

Does anybody remember those giant 360 degree spinning cameras from the 80s? Like a dome hanging out of the ceiling with 6 cameras in pointing out at all angles? Some had little flashing lights!

[dantaylor08 @ Jul 29th 2008 6:03PM]

sweet, I'd like to rip out those cameras, and turn them into a 360 degree view helmet

[z @ Jul 29th 2008 7:44PM]

Cameras like this have been out for a couple of years now... eg: "Axis 212 PTZ"

[rowancorbett @ Jul 29th 2008 10:50PM]

Look! He's a Cylon and he left this device in CIC!