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Telepresence, The Future Of Vdeo Conferencing
The business world has always done its best to remain at the forefront of cutting edge technology. As such, there have been tremendous strides in simplifying the way business is done by making use of new and exciting innovations. From networking computer terminals to outsourcing, businesses have been steadily increasing their reliance on new technologies to move past previous limitations. Now, with advent and accessibility of telepresence, businesses stand ready to revolutionize the way the conduct meetings. Telepresence will drastically reduce the traveling previously required for face to face meetings, and is a simple system that any business can easily accommodate. Telepresence such as LifeSize enables facial expressions, body language and gestures to transcend geography.
So, what exactly is telepresence? In brief, telepresence is the next step in video conferencing. It goes beyond the limitations of a conference call or simple web cam video network. The goal of telepresence is to make the various participants feel as though they are in the same room as everyone else, despite being projected over the internet. Telepresence makes use of lifesize projections of people by using a fast and simple to operate networking system that is poised to become the future of video conferencing.
The main drawback with conference calls is the lack of any sort of visual. While simple meetings can be conducted easily over the phone, anything more complex suffers from the lack of face to face interaction. For example, if everyone isn't familiar with everyone else participating in the conference call, it can become confusing to remember who is speaking, meaning users frequently have to identify themselves. Furthermore, large conference calls can become clustered with people interrupting one another or trying to speak at the same time. This makes conference calling a less than ideal method of conducting business over a distance.
Video conferencing is the next logical step, as it allows participants to see one another and conduct business more smoothly, although previous systems that made use of video conferencing also left a lot to be desired. First of all, a telephone is essentially just replaced by a computer monitor or television screen, not really adding that much to the interaction. Also, the networks that these are typically connected through can give way to heavy video delay, freezing, or loss of signal. Furthermore, the small screen size of standard office televisions or computer screens still make it difficult to make use of any visuals the meeting may require.
This is where telepresence differentiates itself from standard video conferencing. The goal of telepresence is to give the impression that all the participants are in the same room. Telepresence makes us of larger, clearer screens to project meeting participants in lifesize, making the meeting feel as though they are sitting in the room. The advances telepresence makes in terms of picture and sound quality also greatly improve the interactivity of the device. Also, any meeting materials, such as charts, graphs, documents or other important tools can be sent quickly and easily through the telepresence system. The system itself is very easy to use, as connecting to another branch or office has more in common with dialing a phone than setting up a web cam.
Telepresence is fast becoming the gold standard in video conferencing and will soon all but eliminate the restrictions that long distance can have on a business.
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