Obsbot has announced a $99 webcam with a two-axis motorized mount capable of tracking subjects and dynamically reframing. The Tiny SE is Now available At $99, making it one of the cheapest ways to add a tracking camera to your streaming setup.
To hit that price tag for a two-axis gimbal-mounted webcam with tracking capabilities, the Tiny SE comes with one significant limitation: it tops out at 1080p. For comparison, $199 Insta360 Link 2 Can do 4K at up to 30fps, while Obsbot still offers it 4K-capable Tiny 2 Lite For $179.
Image quality will be lower than more expensive options, but the Tiny SE should still outperform many laptops’ built-in webcams. It can stream at 1080p at up to 100fps (or downscale the resolution to 720p at 120fps) and supports. Stunning HDR Recording up to 60fps.
A webcam can reframe and tighten a shot so that it better focuses on a person and who they’re interacting with, and it can also crop lower body parts or hands, or body parts to hide their face. May be limited to tracking specific segments. But without optical zoom capabilities — only 4x digital zoom — image quality will be further degraded. Using the ObsBot Center app, available for Windows and macOS, you can also adjust the composition of a shot, so tracked targets don’t always appear in the middle of the frame.
Other features include the ability to use hand gestures to manually adjust the framing of shots on camera, a built-in microphone with three levels of noise reduction, background blur for increased privacy, and a standard tripod. Mount below for more flexibility on where it can be used.
