Category: VideoConferencing

  • Cisco Cius

    UPDATE August 17, 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson in videoconferencing / Personal Telepresence (which is the term and concept I developed way back in the dark ages). A friend works at WebEx (now Cisco) and put a link for this video up on Facebook today. Now that videoconferencing is real (thanks Steve Jobs) does…

  • Vidyo’s 1440p Videoconferencing Capability

    Vidyo’s 1440p Videoconferencing Capability

    Update July 2023: A History lesson in videoconferencing. Enjoy! 🙂 Say good-bye to 1080p videoconferencing (gee, we hardly knew you). Welcome the new resolution champ: 1440p.  Yup, 1440p which gives you up to 2560 x 1440 pixels instead of the measly 1080p which is only (how funny….I said only) 1920 x 1080 pixels. And you…

  • Apple iPhone 4 and Videoconferencing

    I wrote a blog entry on this blog a few years ago when the first iPhone came out.   I thought it would change the direction of cell phone technology…it pretty much has. 🙂 Everyone was anxious today to see the latest announcement. With regards to the videoconferencing capability.  Maybe I have been around videoconferencing too long,…

  • Anybots Robotic Videoconferencing

    I wrote a blog entry a couple of years ago on a robot that could do videoconferencing.  See this link.  I never heard anything more… Here is newer product (Anybots) that is, I believe, getting close to release. Just thought you might like it…..I still think the idea is cool. Imagine a child sick at…

  • Logitech and Lifesize

    Logitech and Lifesize

    I was breezing thru some news and saw that Logitech plans to acquire Lifesize.  Well the world of videoconferencing just gets interestinger and interestinger.  The mergers continue…who will be next? What do I think?  Lemme ponder this…….Logitech makes some great products, Lifesize is a leader in HD videoconferencing and is leading the SIP charge into…

  • Vidyo Router Awarded Patent

    As you know, I rarely post press releases, but, when it comes to applications / products / or companies that break with tradition and move the technology forward….I will post news worthy information. Vidyo is one such company.  Not afraid to break the mold, they hit a home run with their video quality a couple…

  • Cisco to Buy Tandberg

    Saw an email this morning on the Megaconference list and then visited this Blog entry by Stefan. Please leave comments below and let us know what you think, but, first, here is my opinion: 1. Cisco, in my humble opinion, is very innovative but has not been fully in tune with the existing videoconferencing technology…

  • Lifesize Desktop Review

    Lifesize Desktop Review

    June 2023: Enjoy this History Lesson on Videoconferencing! 🙂 Rating:  4 WaterTowers  (for leading the SIP only charge) UPDATE August 24, 2011: Read all about the latest LifeSize products, services, here. If only everything I have tried in the past 20 years were this easy, I’d be a millionaire several times over!  🙂 Lifesize has entered…

  • Ruminations on Desktop Videoconferencing

  • Applause Videoconferencing

    Applause Videoconferencing

    UPDATE August 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson in videoconferencing. Enjoy! Rating: 4 WaterTowers (high quality video w multipoint for everyone) As you are aware from previous blog entries, the latest round of desktop videoconferencing applications, while very good, are aimed at the corporate infrastructure and user.  If you are a small business standing out…