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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.
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Save Time And Money With Business Video Conferencing
Does your business have employees who must meet face to face, who work at job sites all around the country or the globe? Is paying traveling expenses for your employees really starting to add up? Video conferencing allows your employees to gather together for meetings without the expenses associated with travel and time away from the job site.
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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.
All You Need To Know About Video Conferencing
Video conference is either a point to point or a point to multipoint conference. This permits a number of participants to hold face to face meetings and discussions with out actually leaving the office. Data like text, graphs, pictures and even video can be exchanged between the participants. For online video conferencing to take place the video conferencing equipment needed is essentially a communication medium which can transmit high speed data. Broadband cables both copper and fiber optic are used. Even satellite communication can be adapted as a means for video conferencing. The equipment needed for video conferencing are Audio and video input and output systems (mic, speakers, video camera, Display), and ISDN lines for full duplex tran...
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HaiVision Launches MAKO-HD TelePresence Codec Version 8.1
  
 
What’s the difference between Video Conferencing and 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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Free user discussion forum for anything & everything telepresence related. Learn about this new state-of-the-art immersive technology, view new product videos, and keep up to date on relevant 24/7 breaking telepresence news on the Telepresence Forum.
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(PRWEB) June 10, 2008 -- HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video codecs, today announces version 8.1 of its MAKO-HD codec technology for telepresence. In addition to its industry leading high definition performance of 70 millisecond latency for up to 1080p resolution, HaiVision has incorporated into the MAKO-HD dual stream technology, WXGA support, HiLo streaming, and graphics overlay to satisfy the most demanding telepresence and streaming applications.
With the new dual stream feature the MAKO-HD can now support both the inputs for HD video and computer signals simultaneously. The computer streams (full H.264) at up to WXGA 1280x768 and full motion 60 frames per second can be transmitted to multiple network locations either in multicast or unicast and, optionally, can be recorded synchronously with the video in real-time.
MAKO-HD version 8.1 also supports HiLo streaming whereby a single encoder can be set to simultaneously transmit a low resolution replica of its high definition stream for session monitoring and web based media distribution. This is particularly useful when bridging high performance video sessions to internet content delivery systems such as Flash web video servers by Wowza Media.
HaiVision has also incorporated a graphics overlay feature within both the encoder and decoder sections of the MAKO-HD codec. This allows for easy identification of source and destination streams and displays as well as elegant logo insertion.
"We are very pleased with the maturity of the MAKO-HD product," states Peter Maag, HaiVision's VP of Marketing. "With the MAKO-HD 8.1 features, we further enhance our capability within telepresence and pave the way for exciting new media distribution opportunities.
See MAKO-HD - The TelePresence Codec at InfoComm (Las Vegas, June 18-20) - HaiVision booth C2443.
For more information on the MAKO-HD and HaiVision's entire line of H.264 encoder and decoder systems, please visit HaiVision's download center at http://www.haivision.com/account/downloads/.
About HaiVision Systems Inc.
Based in Montreal, Canada, HaiVision Systems Inc. is a private company and a world leader in delivering the most advanced video networking technology. HaiVision's products are deployed worldwide within the foremost telepresence suites and boardrooms, in healthcare facilities for video collaboration and training, for continuous presence distance education and remote learning, and within broadcast for remote interviews, IPTV, and content distribution.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Maag
HaiVision Systems Inc.
Tel: (514) 334-5445
Email: pmaag (at) haivision.com
Web: www.haivision.com
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