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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Global warming has been a subject that most of us have grown up hearing about, it has been a concern for some for many years but it appears to have been thrust into the limelight in recent years. Many of the world?s politically sensitive governments and prominent scientists have all started to take notice of the extreme weather conditions that are starting to plague our planet, they are talking more seriously about solutions and action that needs to be taken NOW to ensure our world?s health.

CO2 production is at record levels; there is a large amount of resources that are wasted on a daily basis and now is the time to take action. It is very simple to think to ourselves that we, as individuals, cannot do anything about the collective polluting and the wasting of resources but of course we all know change is a gradual process brought about by individuals changing their behaviour. You and I make the difference, if we all started to think about how we effect the planet with our actions, global warming can be slowed and may even be reversed. If we assume that all is lost no-one will try to change, we have to take responsibility both in our business lives as well as our private lives. Eyenetwork offers a solution to the huge amount of unnecessary business miles that add to the huge CO2 output we generate. Every year thousands of air miles are spent attending business meetings abroad that could be more easily carried out using the high quality video conferencing technology that is available from Eyenetwork.

Sophisticated equipment is available to enable anyone anywhere to organise and hold a business meeting, seminar or training session without leaving the office. Video conferencing and audio conferencing can be used for many different purposes: ? Giving evidence to Magistrates or Crown Court ? Casting for television production ? In house business presentations ? Global environmentally friendly conferencing ? Product training for employees and clients ? Sales representations and product launches ? Design and creative assessment, project liaison ? Business to business consultancy services ? Recruitment interviews ? Even linking families on special occasions Eyenetwork technology offers great facilities to help people, within the business world, get closer and communicate more effectively, these include: ? Video Conferencing ? Audio Conferencing ? Multipoint Bridging

While business travel if often necessary it is also often unnecessary. A meeting via videoconferencing can achieve the same results as a meeting in person. The distinct advantage of videoconferencing is the lack of travel time, often substantially lower cost and almost zero environmental impact.

Gina Bray is a freelance author. For more information on Video Conferencing,Audio Conferencing,Multipoint Bridging she recommends you to visit http://www.eyenetwork.com

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