Video Conferencing

Redirect From Video Conferencing to Videoconferencing

[Fact 1]: This added convenience and quality comes at the expense of some increased network bandwidth, because every station must transmit to every other station directly.Some observersJim Van Meggelen 2005, The problem with video conferencing. argue that two outstanding issues are preventing videoconferencing from becoming a standard form of communication, despite the ubiquity of videoconferencing-capable systems.

[Fact 2]: Brooks, "Talks On 'See-Phone': Television Applied to German Telephones Enables Speakers to See Each Other...", The New York Times, September 18, 1938During the first manned space flights, NASA used two radiofrequency -based videoconferencing.

[Fact 3]: Successful systems are backed by support teams who can pro-actively support and provide fast assistance when required.

Perceived lack of interoperability: not all systems can readily interconnect, for example ISDN and IP systems require a gateway.

[Fact 4]: http://blogs.technet.com/brettjo/archive/2010/05/19/unified-communications-interoperability-forum-ucif.aspxCollaboration Vendors Join for InteroperabilityITU V.80: videoconferencing is generally compatibilized with H.324 standard point-to-point video telephony over regular phone lines.High speed Internet connectivity has become more widely available at a reasonable cost and the cost of video capture and display technology has decreased.

[Fact 5]: Some systems use different standards, features and qualities which can require additional configuration when connecting to dis-similar systems.

Bandwidth and quality of service: In some countries it is difficult or expensive to get a high quality connection that is fast enough for good-quality video conferencing.

[Fact 6]: This can be as simple as a conversation between two people in private offices The Evening Independent, St.

[Fact 7]: In hardware systems an unplugged cord or a flat battery in a remote control is seen as failure, contributing to perceived unreliability which drives users back to traditional meetings.

[Fact 8]: A or is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.

[Fact 9]: Microsoft's GazeMaster system.
Bell Communications Research owns a patent for eye-to-eye video conferencing using rear projection screens with a camera behind it.