BrightCom to Present Telepresence and Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0

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, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2007 -- BrightCom, a leading enterprise telepresence and web conferencing solution provider, will be pushing the boundaries of Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0, The Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-20 in Boston, MA.

BrightCom will demonstrate its latest version of ClearView Session Manager 1.4.6 with enhanced 16 person multiway video conferencing solution with no multipoint control unit necessary. BrightCom will also be displaying its high end web conferencing solution Visual Collaboration System (VCS) as well as its telepresence suite solutions. ClearView Conferencing and VCS are fully integrated video, audio and web conferencing systems allowing enterprise business to move beyond out-dated e-mail file sharing of today.

According to Steve Wylie, General Manager of Enterprise 2.0, "Enterprise 2.0 tools offer a chance to break our e-mail addiction and our reliance on other Enterprise 1.0 applications. These tools unlock new value in the form of transparent, contextual communication; ease of access to information; and more effective use of data trapped inside applications, on desktops, or embedded in e-mail attachments. They allow us to capture the knowledge and opinions trapped in the minds of our knowledge workers through simple participation."

BrightCom allows this simple participation with VCS and ClearView conferencing solutions. As team members and co-workers not only experience each other through telepresence, or high quality video and audio communication, they can also share documents, images, video clip content, live computer screens, and a whole host of other data in real time meeting conditions. Full integration of high quality video and audio broadcasting gives users the chance to share in the meeting experience, allowing them to make eye contact and show human emotion. Real life telepresence coupled with information sharing capabilities takes businesses beyond the often misleading sentiment of e-mail collaboration.

"The ability to connect with others through multiple levels of communication is something many businesses come to us with as a challenge," said Ed Taton, of Prevail Performance, a National Certified Integrated Partner for BrightCom. "With BrightCom's leading telepresence solutions and their added value of document and application sharing, our customers can truly reach out to their partners, customers and associates adding a personal presence in remote locations."

Another feature that BrightCom' VCS and ClearView Conferencing offers is the ability to transcend conference room walls, permitting organizations to connect and collaborate whether they are using conference room technology, desktop PCs or mobile lap top clients. This allows participants in have real time meetings, any time and any where.

Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom will also be presenting in several sessions at Enterprise 2.0 on such topics as the emerging high definition and telepresence video platforms and the future of telepresence in virtual immersive environments as well as video conferencing.

BrightCom will be exhibiting and presenting VCS and ClearView Conferencing solutions along with other vendors such as Cisco, IBM, SAP, Polycom, Life Size and others at Enterprise 2.0, the Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-21 in Boston, MA. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference provides thought leadership and instruction for forward-thinking IT and business professionals on the new Web 2.0 tools for the enterprise, the infrastructure required to support them and the cultural changes that must accompany them. Visit BrightCom at booth #16.

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

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Telepresence Report - 24/7 breaking Telepresence related news and information
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Telepresence Forum - Free user discussion forum for everything Telepresence related
Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news
Telepresence Resource Directory - Telepresence web resource directory
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