Video Conferencing in business is an up and coming vital piece of technology. It is a way for people in two separate locations to have a way to talk and see each other during a call. It is a very important piece of technology in business during meetings such a conference calls. This technology uses two televisions to have the video portion of the conference and they also use an audio output to have the sound.
The first real use for the video conferencing was when NASA used this technology for the spaceship. Although, it took a long time to perfect this technology. For a while, it was very unclear picture quality and failed service. In the 1980’s Videoconferencing became a bigger trend and was more widely used. More and more networks, such as ISDN, began using this Video Conferencing. In the 1990’s this type of technology became easier to come across, and definitely more cost effective. Computer programs such as NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, Skype & Yahoo Messenger are now available to the public, and act as small ways of video conferencing. Mac also offers a program called, iChat, where you can make an account and add friends so you can use your web cam and talk into your computer, much like a telephone call except you can see the person you are talking to.
There are also convenient parts of Video Conferencing, such as the capability of having three or more persons in a conference, by using this tool called, Multipoint Control Unit. In using this, you can either use an embedded system, or you would have to use extra tools to have this feature.
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