High Definition Video-Conferencing

[James Fee]

http://www.gigaom.com/2005/04/18/lifesize-video-conferencing-in-hidef/

"I recently had a chance to meet with LifeSize, an Austin-base company that is a living proof of the “Insta-Company” model. Using off the shelf components, and adding some magical software sauce, these guys have worked out a way to stream HD signals over a one megabit per second connection. I think these are the types of applications which are going to push the demand for broadband. On the flipside with bandwidth more easily available, I believe that we are going to see a sharp increase in usage of apps like video conferencing that have been stuck in second gear."



I have to say I'm quite impressed. The video-conferencing that I've used has been like a really bad Quicktime video from the early 1990s. It will be interesting to see how other companies use this technology to help stream HD over broadband for other uses (movies maybe?).

[James Fee]

http://www.gigaom.com/2005/04/18/lifesize-video-conferencing-in-hidef/

"I recently had a chance to meet with LifeSize, an Austin-base company that is a living proof of the “Insta-Company” model. Using off the shelf components, and adding some magical software sauce, these guys have worked out a way to stream HD signals over a one megabit per second connection. I think these are the types of applications which are going to push the demand for broadband. On the flipside with bandwidth more easily available, I believe that we are going to see a sharp increase in usage of apps like video conferencing that have been stuck in second gear."



I have to say I'm quite impressed. The video-conferencing that I've used has been like a really bad Quicktime video from the early 1990s. It will be interesting to see how other companies use this technology to help stream HD over broadband for other uses (movies maybe?).