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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Video Conferencing-The Future

By Lauren Black


Today, technology has improved manifold.Redardless of the city or countries, we now belong to a global world where virtual contact has become a necessity.VTC, i.e. video conferencing is environmentally friendly since it causes reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and makes person-to-person collaboration amongst big industry giants or firms simply easy.Not only does the use of video conferencing equipments prove to be an undisputed necessity for companies today, but it also brings down the cost-factors pertaining to travelling.

Video conferencing, also called 'visual collaboration' and is a type of groupware, wherein, by a set of telecommunication technologies one is allowed to interact on two or more locations via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously just like any other developing technology.Video conferencing has developed several innovative additions and features to the already availing accessories like high-tech cameras, video screens, microphones and more.A very popular method is SIP that stands for Session Initiation Protocol which is used to connect two or more locations via an IP network.This can be made possible either by phone, or over the Internet or on an instant message.More so, it is also environment friendly, which is a plus.

The Conferencing System comprises of numerous components, which can be divided up into various different layers.User Interfaces can be used for setup, scheduling and making a call.With the help of this, the administrator can control the other 3-system layers.Conference Control does it resource allocation, routing and management and also assists User interface to create meetings, add-on or remove parties from a conference.Session parameters and controlling of incoming and outgoing calls is done by the Control (Signaling) Plane. Lastly, The Media plane, along with RTP and UDP, detect errors during streaming and control the audio and video mixing.

One of the latest and most exciting advancements in video conferencing today is TEEVE, which stands for Tele-immersive Environments for Everybody.It has taken VTC to a new plateau.TEEVE, known as turbo version of the regular VTCs, allows you to contact your friends in isolated locations from different angles.

In the past, video conferencing equipments were a medium to exchange business ideas and conduct meetings.It was all about swapping of concepts and other datas.IVideo conferencing was considered a mutual interaction of ideologies and information for business transactions.However, in today's times, irrespective of which stream you come from, whether you are a performer, an entrepreneur or a student, there is a plethora of knowledge to accumulate and acquire via this medium.

Thus; video conferencing is the 'in-thing.Exchange of ideas is now possible even if you are on opposites poles of the Earth, that too with real-life experience.This immaculate technology enables us to reach mass audiences and is growing by every passing second, astonishing us all.Therefore, it is in your best interest to take a good look at the options available to you and make the most of it.




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