Video Conferencing vs. Telepresence
Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.
Why Telepresence now?Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.
Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?
There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…
What are “real” savings of Telepresence?
Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.
You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!
Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!
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InstantPresenter Video Conferencing Service Adds Mac Screen Sharing, PayPal Integration and More
InstantPresenter Video Conferencing releases new features including Screen Sharing Support for Mac, which allows any Mac user to easily share their screen with their audience. In addition, PayPal Integration, Registration Services and Personalized Content Library have all been added to improve the quality of webinars and help customers monetize their content.
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Planning Your Video Conferencing Solutions
A video conference is a way for you to telecommunicate with other branches in your business. It is a two-way interaction with video and audio communications. This means you will be able to see the people you are speaking with rather than staring at a phone. You have to perform these conferences simultaneously. In other words, you are preparing to go online at the exact same time as your counterparts. Video conferencing solutions to business matters are important for you to get your work done without having to fly every time you need to speak with another coworker.
Palbee.com Launches Brave New World of Video Conferencing
Palbee.com has released a new, personalized version of its free online meeting and collaboration service. Users can create personalized meeting pages with their own schedules, recordings, and upcoming meetings.
The History of Video Conferencing – Moving Ahead at the Speed of Video
No new technology develops smoothly, and video conferencing had more than its
share of bumps along the way before becoming the widely used communications
staple it is today. The history of video conferencing in its earliest form goes
back to the 1960's, when AT&T introduced the Picturephone at the World's Fair in
New York.
How Video Conferencing Works – Multimedia, Interactive Communication Across the Miles
You may think you understand video conferencing pretty well until someone who
isn't at all familiar with it approaches you for a simple definition. When they
ask, "What exactly is video conferencing?" you could suddenly realize you're at
a loss for words.
iLinc Multi-User Video Offers Better, Cheaper Alternative to Traditional Video Conferencing Systems: Video Conferencing Using Internet is a Standar
Modern communications technology has literally changed the definition of holding a meeting. Even with all this technology some solutions providers insist companies should continue to invest in expensive, dedicated end-to-end infrastructure. iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX:ILC), a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing services, maintains you likely already have everything you need to host a successful online video conference and data collaboration meeting.
Video Conferencing Market to Reach $11.9 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Video conferencing hitherto associated with stuttering, grainy, bandwidth-eating images over slow data networks, has undergone dramatic changes. Greater affordability, accessibility and availability, has allowed the technology to break its niche status and enter the mainstream market. Driven by favorable trends, the market is projected to reach a value of US$11.9 billion by 2010.
Can video conferencing reduce the rate of climate change?
Global warming has been a subject that most of us have grown up hearing about, it has been a concern for some for many years but it appears to have been thrust into the limelight in recent years. Many of the world?s politically sensitive governments and prominent scientists have all started to take notice of the extreme weather conditions that are starting to plague our planet, they are talking more seriously about solutions and action that needs to be taken NOW to ensure our world?s health.
HaiVision's MAKO-HD Telepresence Codec Transmits First Live Stereoscopic 3D High Definition Surgical Procedure Using IP Video
HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video codecs, announces that today at the annual meeting of the Canadian Urology Association (CUA) in Edmonton, Canada, the industry leading MAKO-HD video encoder/decoder technology is being used to transmit live surgical stereoscopic 3D high definition 1080i video from Intuitive Surgical's daVinci S robotic surgical system.
HP and Marriott International Form Alliance to Open Public Access Halo Telepresence Rooms
HP today announced it has entered into an agreement with Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR) to make HP Halo telepresence solutions available for public use at select Marriott locations in major business centers around the world.
