Affinity Acquisition (Details) (USD $)		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2012 employee	Oct. 02, 2012 Affinity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Affinity [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Affinity [Member] BHP [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Affinity [Member] Common Stock [Member] BHP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percent of voting interest acquired		100.00%
Business acquisition, purchase price		$ 15,901,000
Cash paid for Affinity merger		8,000,000
Note paid for Affinity merger		2,330,000
Value of common stock issued in Affinity merger		5,512,000
Entity Number of Employees	130
Number of shares for Affinity merger (in shares)		2,650,000
Period to register shares following acquisition		90 days
Escrow held to the benefit of Glowpoint		360,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services					100,000
Payments for Merger Related Costs				250,000
Employee retention bonus expense			$ 857,000