Telepresence is a video conferencing technology that brings all the participants of a video conference to life in the same room even though they may be miles apart. This involves the use of network connectivity through LCD high density screens, wide angle video cameras and sensitive microphones. With Telepresence technology from Cisco the participants can actually make eye contact and observe body language of all the participants simultaneously. Unlike the simpler technologies such as desktop video conferencing systems where the participants must sit before a web cam in order to be seen at the other end, Telepresence ensures that no matter where in the room you are sitting or moving abut you will be seen by the other participants.
If the conference chairs are removed from across the conference table and replaced with LCD screens it will be difficult for you to notice that the people on the screen are not actually physically present there. The image is so lifelike that making eye contact and turning your head to look at the other screens makes you feel as if the opposite person on the screen is actually sitting there. The sound appears to be life like as well. Unlike the older technology where there were occasional blackouts and flickering of the screen, teleconference is the real live video conference facility brought to the business world by Cisco.
The globalization of business increases the need for frequent interaction between colleagues, partners and associates. These people may be located in different demographic locations and need to meet in one single location simultaneously. This will be possible with Cisco's Telepresence. Telepresence provides a very significant boost in productivity by saving time and effort that can be utilized in more productive engagements. In the past people had to resort to the use of a television-set type unit and employees had to use remote control keypads to set up meetings. Even when these systems were set up correctly there were technical snags and there was no guarantee that the conference will go smoothly. When the system did breakdown the conference had to be inevitably called off. Not anymore, that is if you are using Telepresence from Cisco. Now you do not have to pay that much attention to the technology, such as panning the cameras and focusing in on certain documents that need to be displayed on the conferencing system. Cisco Telepresence does all that for you while you concentrate on the conference and business discussions at hand.
Telepresence from Cisco deliver a very unique "in-person" experience over the network. The advanced visual, audio, and collaboration technologies new with "Telepresence" applications deliver real-time, face-to-face interactions between people and places in their work and personal lives. In some cases, these products use a room-within-a-room environment along with life-size images, and high-definition resolution with spatial and discrete audio to create a live, face-to-face meeting around a single "virtual" table. This is definitely the future of what video conferencing was expected to be a few years ago.
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