Just thought I'd post a great video I came across today illustrating the difference between optical and digital zoom in conferencing cameras. Please think about this when designing Zoom Rooms!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8oGqcu330 (please be sure to watch in 1080)

Those of you who have been in the game for more than a few years know all of this already, but this simple comparison is a great primer for IT/facilities teams that have fallen into the roles of traditional AV/UC teams to understand why the digital-zoom cameras being touted as 'revolutionary' often fall short in the image department, despite inflated-resolution specs.

While digital-zoom can be a more scalable solution, my team and I personally feel that any space larger than a small/huddle room needs a true optical-zoom camera in order to compete with the quality of a standard MacBookPro webcam. Grainy video from conference rooms is a terrible look, and it's unfortunate that products costing thousands of dollars with 'AI digital zoom' do not have the image-quality of an inexpensive PTZ camera with optical components.

Go optical, and let your hardware vendors know that conferences should look GOOD!

Happy Halloweeeeeeeen 💜

It's that time of the year when we embrace our inner witches and ghouls, and I want to see all your spooktacular Zoom backgrounds and costumes for this year's Halloween 🧙‍🧛‍🦇

Drop a spooky selfie in the replies below 👇

(If you dare 😈)

I updated my ZOOM client today and I was shocked by the fact that you are using the "Z" in your icon.

ZOOM is an American company, so potentially you have no sensitivity for what's going on with the war of Russia against Ukraine, but at least all of your European customers will be.

The "Z" is displayed on all Russian military equipment as their symbol of their war against Ukraine. It's all over the place in Russia and it's understood by all Russians in the same way - a sign of war.

I urge you to review your decision for the new logo and issue a revision asap.

Best regards - Michael

Who doesn't love themed dress-up days at school?! 👕🏫

Schools around the country have been celebrating "Zoom Day"! (Psst, drop any pictures if you have any 😎)

In line with that, The Zoom Learning Center recently refreshed its free Zoom for Education catalog 💙

Check it out today 👉 https://learning.zoom.us/learn 

“Knowledge is power. Community is strength.” 💙

You've brought the energy, the likes, the top-notch replies, and the genius solutions. The community is greater because of each of you! 👏🏽👏🏽

Hold onto your virtual seats because we’re about to drop some mind-blowing stats from the past two years:

👋🏽 275,000+ community members

✏️ 112,000+ posts 

✅ 4,500+ accepted solutions

🔍 2.6M solution views

📈 23.7M page views

Our community clearly has a lot to celebrate! Big thanks to all of you, and get ready because we're excited for another incredible year ahead! 🎉🚀

Don’t be shy, share one thing that you love about the Zoom Community in the replies below👇🏽