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I’m heading off to the USA tomorrow for two weeks - so the blog will be a little quiet. I’m going to the TeleSpan Future of Conferencing Workshop - if you’re there please come & say ‘Hi’.
Then I’m heading to Texas to conduct a couple of workshops which Polycom are offering free of charge. If [...]

Polycom, Inc. offers Education Institutions the Polycom Honors Education Program. This program enables Education Institutions the solutions and tools to eliminate the barriers of time, distance, and resources, permitting educators and students worldwide to collaborate as if they were in the same room.The Polycom Education Honors Program is a comprehensive program allows Education Institutions to [...]

I’m so excited - and it’s thanks to you
To celebrate I’ve put together a little thanks on Squidnote - click here to see it and hopefully you’ll leave a message.
Here are some stats for this august (but humble) blog:
We’re now third on a Yahoo search for the word ‘videoconference’ - out of 4,870,000 [...]

Here’s some more on augmented reality (AR) - it seems to be popping up everywhere. This is a TV report about the use of AR in various parts of our lives. But it seems that children will be the first to experience it in a variety of ways that will make learning a rich experience.

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I’ve been running Effective Videoconference Teaching workshops for more years than I care to count - since 1993! Over this time I’ve honed this 2-day workshop so that you can move from someone who knows very little about videoconferencing to someone who delivers a mini-lesson via videoconference on the second day.
As there’s only one of [...]

An interesting article by Tim Greene in Network World that says adding telepresence-like features doesn’t mean ripping out videoconferencing gear. He quotes Ira Weinstein, from Wainhouse Research:
You don’t have to spend $200,000 to get good image quality. You don’t have to spend $170,000 to get a panoramic view. You can [...]

This is way beyond videoconferencing - but who knows where it will lead. A demonstration of augmented reality - putting 3D animations into the real world - as opposed to us going into the virtual world. Will we see this incorporated with videoconferencing in the future? Anything is possible…..

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This video shows how students in Texas take high school courses, college courses and virtual field trips using TANDBERG videoconferencing technology.

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Just one week to TANDBERG’S Summit - 13 & 14 March in Sydney:
The annual customer and partner TANDBERG Summit 2008 to be held in Sydney at the InterContinental Hotel on March 13-14, 2008. Following on from the success of the inaugural Summit in 2007, TANDBERG will present a new comprehensive program to help you gain [...]

The attached paper from Sonic Foundry gives an overview & comparison of:

Webcasting
Web conferencing
Video conferencing

Keep in mind that this is written by a supplier in the industry & is obviously designed to showcase their product. However, it serves as a good summary of the characteristics, applications & user experiences of the different communication solutions.
Download the paper [...]

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