USBNews.net has posted some news of the first USB 2.0 Web Cam

USB 1.1 web cams are very popular, but they have always had a significant drawback—throughput. The current USB 1.1 is only 12 megabits per second, and that’s a huge problem if you are trying to do 30 frames per second, or full sized pictures (640 x 480 resolution), or full color. Compression helps a little, but in the end, you sacrifice quality.

Enter the iBOT2. The world’s first USB 2.0 based web cam from Orange Micro. It has 40 times the throughput as today’s USB 1.1 web cams. The iBOT2 runs at 30 frames per second, 640 x 480 resolution, millions of colors uncompressed and all at the same time. The quality of iBOT video is a quantum leap over current USB 1.1 web cams because of a 4000% increase in bandwidth.

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