Pixavi has announced its Xcaster, a wireless high-definition communication camera capable of collaboration and video conferencing, designed to help organizations and companies reduce their travel cost, decrease their carbon footprint and substancially increase their efficiency. It is built with high quality Norwegian aluminum and is compact, waterproof, impact-proof and drop-proof up to 2 meters and offers HD video and CD quality video. The Xcaster wireless 802.11n and Bluetooth can be connected to any place using any standard internet connection or a satellite link. The Xcaster ST5000 will be available in May 2009 for $7,950 only. More after the break.

The Xcaster is combining state of the art hardware and peripheral technologies with the Linux operating system running Pixavi’s latest video conferencing signaling, QoS, collaboration and streaming software and firewall traversal technology. With the addition of state of the art wireless networking technology like 802.11a, 802.11g and the brand new 802.11n, the Xcaster is simply as close as you can come to the ultimate video conferencing device.

Through a long range of connectivity options, the Xcaster can be connected to external video devices, audio devices, power sources, networking gear, peripherals, storage devices antennas and displays.

The Xcaster brings the ability to take your telepresence conference out in the field, with the support for high definition 720p video and high quality audio. The added function of real time transfer of 5 megapixel images makes this a very unique tool for advanced communication and collaboration.

The Xcaster is based on licence free networking protocols like 802.11 Wifi, Bluetooth, 802.16 Wimax and Ethernet. There is no need for a network subscription. Just connect a Wifi access point to the Internet and you can start dialing any party connected to the internet, being a PC, video conferencing system or a mobile phone. No fixed fee, no running fee. That’s IP telephony

[via New Launches]