QuickTime Video Conferencing Camera 100

The QuickTime Video Conferencing Camera 100, later referred to as the QuickTime Conferencing Camera 100, is the first webcam marketed by Apple Computer.Revisiting the forgotten history of obscure Apple accessories by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2018-03-19.
==Announcement==
The camera was announced in February 1995 as part of several media conferencing packages scheduled to ship in the summer:The Executive Computer; Is Video Conferencing Coming of Age? by Laurie Flynn, The New York Times. 1995-02-15. Archived 2015-05-26.Apple readies data-sharing, videoconferencing packages, Network World. 1995-02-13.
*Apple Media Conference Kit for Macintosh ($200) — includes camera and software only.
*Apple Media Conference Pro Kit ($1,750) — includes the above with a hardware encoder and ISDN adapter board.
*Apple Complete Media Conferencing System ($6,000) — includes the above with a Macintosh computer and external speakers.
Beta versions of the conferencing kits were observed to be able to deliver good video quality at up to 30 frames per second on a local area network. However, the kits missed their original ship date targets.
==Releases==
The actual package was named the QuickTime Conferencing Kit (M4490LL/B), which shipped on December 18, 1995 at a price of 289. Volume licensing was available through Apple's Claris subsidiary. The QuickTime Conferencing ISDN Kit (M4585LL/A) contained an ISDN NuBus card that shipped in the first quarter of 1996 at a price of $1750. A PCI version of the kit (M4616LL/A) followed in the next quarter.Apple Computer's QuickTime Conferencing Kit Now Shipping, Apple Computer. 1995-12-18.
===Supported formats===
*Video: QuickTime format (, , JPEG, Apple Video codecs)
*Photos: PICT format (542 x 492 pixels)
==References==
==See also==
*iSight, introduced by Apple in 2003.
*QuickCam, introduced by Connectix in 1994.
==External links==
*QuickTime Conferencing at Apple (archived 1996-10-22)
**Apple QuickTime Conferencing datasheet (archived 1996-10-22)
*QuickTime Video Conferencing Camera 100 at madeApple
*QuickTime Conferencing at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
Category:Discontinued Apple peripherals
Category:Webcams
Category:1995 introductions