I fail to see the pure play business value in these room systems. Remember, in order to achive the designed experience there has two be at least (2) remote, virtual rooms. These are not designed for crosscorporate communications. Prim designed for intacorporate com - makes it a huge expense to justify. Pers is the way to go..this is overblown marketing BS to keep $ flowing to the core..greater capacity, throughput..etc. Nice illusion but it still ain't splitting atoms.
j20gu3(Thursday 11th of December 2008 08:22:04 AM)
We set one of these up for a demo today...weird as shit.
Just looks like someone sitting at the other side of the table.
jkeelsnc(Wednesday 15th of October 2008 07:01:33 PM)
For all you republican/anti government subsidizing national broadband people out there, things like THIS for companies and the increase in efficiency and productivity of business that comes with it IS the reason why we need to get our national broadband act on with faster and more affordable broadband everywhere. Not everyone needs this.. but eventually it will be everywhere IF the network technology is available for it.
jkeelsnc(Wednesday 15th of October 2008 06:59:17 PM)
This would be a reason to have a very high quality internet connection I think. :) Very high speed on the order of 100mpbs and extremely low latency. :)
jkeelsnc(Wednesday 15th of October 2008 06:57:19 PM)
Telepresence also includes more than the video streams. It also has a presentation system with a projector under the table and projects information from computers on either side. That way you can project a presentation, numbers or what not onto a small screen that is below the 3 big HD screens.
jkeelsnc(Wednesday 15th of October 2008 06:54:52 PM)
One interesting thing I considered about this technology is that they have 3 2 way 1080P video streams for a total of six 1080 HD streams. Talk about massive bandwidth usage. Yet while I was experiencing it there was never once a stutter or a lost frame or anything it was amazing. I imagine that the streams are transmitted using H.264/MPEG4 which means about 20mpbs X 3 each way. So you would have to have at least 60mpbs upstream and 60 mpbs downstream for it to work!
jkeelsnc(Wednesday 15th of October 2008 06:51:55 PM)
People do not really seem to realize how incredible Cisco's telepresence system is. This commercial does not even do it justice. You have to experience it to understand what I am talking about. A regular videoconference system is NOTHING like this.
I visited the Cisco office in Charlotte not long ago and experienced a telepresence connection to their office in Research Triangle Park. It really is ALMOST like being there at the table with the other people on the other side. Its that GOOD!
MrUnderpants(Monday 8th of September 2008 01:56:40 PM)
I don't think that it's not available to the public, just the average person cant afford the 100 000 dollar price tag on top of the 50 k a year to run it :)
I saw something much better at the MIT Media Labs way back in 1999. It was called "Magic Mirror" and used a blue ball to manipulate any artifact you had access to through an internet connection. If you spoke, your image became opaque. If you were not speaking, your image became more transparent over time. It takes a large multi-national like Cisco to ruin good ideas by seeking realism as the ultimate goal.
booyaka3(Wednesday 26th of March 2008 01:50:57 PM)
my brother works for cisco too, hes tried it out and says it rocks!
