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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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CARY, N.C. (Business Wire EON) June 24, 2008 -- "The new certifications will take IT professionals beyond CCNA Certification and help them meet the growing market demand for special skills in security, voice, and wireless technologies as well as create efficient transition paths to Cisco's professional level certifications," said Eric Strause, Cisco Product Director at Global Knowledge.

As the worldwide leader in Authorized Cisco training, Global Knowledge has delivered CCNA Boot Camp training longer than any other Cisco training partner and offers a guarantee for passing the exams.

"We provide a unique, blended learning approach for our CCNA-related curriculum by offering students e-Learning content and access to remote labs that supplement and reinforce their instructor-led training," said Strause. "Our students leverage these additional resources to sharpen their skills and practice and prepare for their certification exams."

Prior to achieving any of the new CCNA certifications, an individual must hold an active CCNA Certification. "We recommend that individuals complete our CCNA Boot Camp v2.0 or ICND1 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 and ICND2 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2 courses before taking the concentration courses and associated exams," said Strause.

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