Stock Based Compensation - Options Outstanding (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Number of Options
Outstanding Number of Options, Beginning (in shares)	215,345	118,003
Outstanding Number of Options, Exchanged for Oblong Industries stock options (in shares)		107,845
Outstanding Number of Options, Exercised (in shares)		0
Outstanding Number of Options, Expired (in shares)		(440)
Outstanding Number of Options, Forfeited (in shares)		(10,063)
Outstanding and Exercisable Number of Options, Ending (in shares)	215,345	215,345
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price, Beginning (in dollars per share)	$ 12.27	$ 19.90
Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exchanged for Oblong Industries stock options (in dollars per share)		4.92
Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised (in dollars per share)		0.00
Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price, Expired (in dollars per share)		16.48
Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price, Forfeited (in dollars per share)		23.20
Outstanding and Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price, Ending (in dollars per share)	$ 12.27	$ 12.27
Exercisable
Exercisable Number of Options, Beginning (in shares)	215,345	118,003
Exercisable Number of Options, Ending (in shares)	215,345	215,345
Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price, Beginning (in dollars per share)	$ 12.27	$ 19.90
Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price, Ending (in dollars per share)	$ 12.27	$ 12.27