We are Hootin' in Boonton

A Meeting Owl is a 360-degree video conferencing device that acts as a camera, microphone, and speaker, designed to make hybrid meetings more engaging and immersive for both in-room and remote participants. It captures the entire room, intelligently focuses on the speaker, and provides clear audio to all attendees. Here's a more detailed look at what a Meeting Owl is:

360° Camera, Microphone, and Speaker

The Meeting Owl is an all-in-one device that captures the entire room's view, and also acts as a microphone to pick up audio from all directions and speakers to project sound to those attending. 

Intelligent Focus

It uses AI to automatically zoom in on the person who is speaking, making it feel more natural and engaging for remote participants. 

Immersive Experience

The 360° view and intelligent focus create a more immersive experience for both in-room and remote participants, making hybrid meetings feel less like a video conference and more like a real meeting. 

Works with Popular Platforms

The Meeting Owl is designed to be plug-and-play with most major video conferencing platforms, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype for Business. 

Flexibility

You can also connect multiple Meeting Owls or pair them with other Owl Labs products like the Owl Bar or expansion mics to enhance coverage in larger rooms. 

Privacy and Security

The Meeting Owl does not record or transmit any video or audio data, it only streams it to your computer. 

Evolution of the Meeting Owl

Owl Labs has continued to develop and improve the Meeting Owl, with newer models like the Meeting Owl 3 and Meeting Owl 4+ offering even more advanced features like 4K video and improved AI. 

In essence, the Meeting Owl aims to bridge the gap between in-person and remote collaboration, making hybrid meetings feel more natural and engaging for everyone involved. 

BOONTON USA is located around 30 miles West of New York City. Boonton has been home to abolitionists, a stop on the Underground Railroad and home of the world famous Boontonware. Trolley cars, vaudeville theaters and hotels thrived on Boonton Main Street at the turn of the century. The settlement was originally called "Boone-Towne" in 1761 in honor of the Colonial Governor Thomas Boone.

Boonton Iron Works ~ 1900 

Main Street BOONTON USA became home to BoontonWorks.com - a business foundry. In the spirit of the old Boonton Iron Works, the cloud technology of the day allowed for anyone (from anywhere) to launch and run a business from good ol' BOONTON USA. For some time, the old Boonton Opera House was converted into office space / coworking space in the spirit of WeWork or Regus or Convene. 

AND SO.... located in the heart of Morris County, New Jersey - just 30 miles West of Times Square NYC - BOONTON USA (there is only ONE Boonton in the entire USA) has found a new purpose via BoontonWorks.com. Companies like Shopify and BigCommerce and WooCommerce and Adobe and many others can run their entire enterprise from laptops with high-speed Internet from anywhere up and down Main Street Boonton. Work from the Boonton Opera House - work from Boonton Coffee Co. - work from one of the dozens of restaurants and eateries of BOONTON USA. Or work from home and come to BOONTON USA for your meetings. Or coffee. Did I mention the dozen coffee shops on Main Street BOONTON USA? 

Boonton has a train station and bus service that runs up and down Main Street all day long. You can be on BOONTON MAIN STREET at 8:00 AM and be physically in a LIVE meeting at 11 Times Square (Microsoft) in less than an hour via the Lakeland Bus Line. I have personally made that round-trip over a hundred times and counting. 

OR.... you can STAY in good ol' BOONTON USA and have your meeting via the Meeting Owl with anyone living anywhere in the world. You can live, learn, work, play, teach, train, coach, mentor anyone from anywhere. You can take a course - teach a course - create a course from BOONTON USA. 

Yeah, now that's something to hoot about. 

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Boonton Opera House ~ then and now.

The evolution of the Meeting Owl

The Meeting Owl was created in 2014 when Mark Schnittman, a former iRobot engineer, experienced firsthand the challenges of remote meetings. He found that traditional video conferencing setups were often awkward, noisy, and ineffective. Inspired to find a solution, Schnittman partnered with his former iRobot colleague, Max Makeev, to create a video conferencing device that would make remote collaboration more natural and engaging.

After many months of development, the first Meeting Owl was launched in 2016. The device quickly gained popularity for its innovative features, including a 360-degree panoramic camera that automatically focuses on the speaker, a built-in microphone array that captures sound from all directions, and a noise-canceling speaker that ensures clear audio.

The Meeting Owl has evolved over the years with the release of the Meeting Owl Pro in 2019, followed by the Meeting Owl 3 in 2022. The current flagship model, the Meeting Owl 4+, was released in 2024 and features a high-resolution camera with 4K ultra HD video capability, improved audio quality, support for artificial intelligence (AI) features that further enhance the meeting experience, and the ability to enhance your audio pickup by attaching an Expansion Mic.