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Google Duo Supports Multipoint Conferencing
I’ve used Google Duo to connect one-on- one in the recent past and it worked great. I saw a news article today that said Google Duo now supports up to 12 people on a videoconference. Not sure if that is accurate (FYI….in the past the statement 12 people on a videoconferencing could mean 2 with…
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“Temi: The Personal Robot”
Did a search for robotic videoconferencing this morning and TechyMike.com popped up! Ignoring that guy, I moved on and found a link to the “Temi Personal Robot”.
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Desktop Videoconferencing: History and Future
UPDATE Sept 29, 2023: Consider this a history lesson on videoconferencing. 🙂 UPDATE April 12, 2020: The stay at home orders during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic prove the worth of videoconferencing for staying connected with loved ones and for telecommuting. I gave my last presentation on videoconferencing in 2009. Here are the slides. I remember…
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Vidyo and Stampede Introduce Drone Based Video Conferencing
OK, this video is COOL! I was the Chief Technical Office for the TeleCon conference many years ago….these videos gave me MAJOR nostalgia. Makes me want to get back in there and do it! 🙂 —- — Here is the Press Release: Stampede and Vidyo Introduce Drone Based Video Conferencing Solution at InfoComm 2015…
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The Woz and Stan Lee Use Video Conferencing to Plan Comic Con 2016
How far has videoconferencing technology come in the past 25 years? Pretty far, but, it sure has taken a long time. The culture has finally caught up with the technology. Watch the YouTube video below as Stan Lee and Steve Wozniak decide to have Comic Con 2016 in the San Jose Convention Center, March 19…
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Beam: Robotic Video Conferencing
I started seeing robotic video conferencing devices appear around 2010. I wrote a few blogs on the HeadThere Giraffe, AnyBots, and VGo (see my blog entries here) and even watched an episode of “The Big Bang Theory” which featured Sheldon using a “nice virtual presence device” to meet the Woz. Despite the fast early start for…
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“The Next Communication Revolution” circa 1996
Way back in the Dark Ages (1996) I wrote about the path I thought video conferencing needed to go to become ubiquitous: Videoconferencing technology needed to be “easy-to-use”….by anyone. This is 2015, err 2021, has my vision come true? You can download the whole, very short, article here (the next revolution) but, I will…
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Cool Pet Technology
Is your pet a GEEK? If so (or if not), check out these cool technology items for your pets….and you. —– PetChatz (http://www.petchatz.com/) True to TechyMike’s technical expertise, I just had to lead off with this pet technology gadget. Video conference with your pet…and give them a treat! And you can do that all from…
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The Pope Uses Google Hangouts
Back in the day, I knew videoconferencing would reach the highest level of attention. Little did I know how high this technology would reach. Apparently, almost all the way to the top. VERY cool !!! Gotta love video conferencing. On Feb 5, 2015 Pope Francis held his second (see below for the video of…
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Polycom Video Conferencing Report and InfoGraphic
In the old days, we (ESnet, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) used to visit Polycom HQ (when they were in Pleasanton, CA) to either: Get an update on the latest and greatest videoconferencing technology, or, prod them for one reason or another. History Lesson: We (ESnet, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) were pioneering cloud-based “ad-hoc” videoconferencing between 1999…
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