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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Orange County (PRWEB) June 2, 2007 -- BrightCom, the world's leader in integrated video, audio and web conferencing, announces it latest version of ClearView at Telepresence World, in San Diego, California, June 3rd through the 6th. With real world telepresence capabilities, BrightCom's ClearView video and audio conferencing solutions give users the chance to experience remote team members and co-workers as if they were in the same room. BrightCom is also launching ClearView Session Manager Version 1.4.6. ClearView Session Manager is BrightCom's central call manager server for multiple video conferencing endpoints. This new version features enhanced multiway conferencing allowing up to 16 participants to interact and communicate through flawless video and audio broadcasts.

Enhanced multiway video and audio conferencing provides more participants instant interaction and collaboration. One of the features ClearView Session Manager includes is the management and coordination of meetings, allowing multiple conference room systems to be added with no additional physical set up necessary. In addition, ClearView does not require a multipoint control unit (MCU) as other vender's solutions require. This provides the flexibility for deployment, network configuration and allows for easier access through various firewalls. Other features that add to the real life meeting experience include high quality video broadcasting and audio echo cancellation.

"Travel costs are constantly increasing and less people are able to meet effectively," said Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom, Inc. "By providing more people the ability to convene with each other in a way in which they are able to experience a conference as if everyone in the room is 'physically' present improves the quality of collaboration and drives its future to new levels of interconnection between participants."

ClearView Conferencing can also be integrated to BrightCom's Visual Collaboration System (VCS) for web conferencing, combining crystal clear telepresence with online web conferencing. VCS' capability of connecting conference room technology, desktop PCs and mobile laptop clients is limitless allowing full time conferencing access from any where in the world.

ClearView 1.4.6 along with VCS will be on display at Telepresence World 2007 a high-level conference and trade exhibition, held on June 3rd through the 6th at the University of San Diego, California. The conference will include top leaders in telepresence, presence and unified collaboration and will showcase BrightCom's fully integrated video, audio and on-line conferencing solutions.

About BrightCom
BrightCom specializes in creating advanced collaboration and communication products and solutions for business customers. Our products remove the barriers of conference room technology connecting remote corporate users, suppliers, and customers together with easy to use, simple to deploy, cost effective solutions. We empower businesses to leverage the power of telepresence and collaboration across the enterprise.

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