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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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Does your business have employees who must meet face to face, who work at job sites all around the country or the globe? Is paying traveling expenses for your employees really starting to add up? Video conferencing allows your employees to gather together for meetings without the expenses associated with travel and time away from the job site.

When your business takes advantage of video conferencing, you save time and money while increasing employee productivity and satisfaction. Imagine having important meetings without the transportation time and travel costs, and without taking employees miles away from home. Video conferencing can make all of that possible for your business.

When employees must travel great distances to meet together, your business loses hours of employee productivity. And how many times have employees traveled miles or even oceans away from their usual job sites, only to realize all too late that some important resource or data has been left behind?

Video conferencing eliminates all these hassles, and on top of that, it saves you money. Purchasing and maintaining video conferencing equipment is an investment guaranteed to begin producing returns almost immediately.

Ten years ago, the equipment needed for video conferencing could cost as much as $50,000 per site. But with recent advances in technology, packages are available for less than half of that, and it is even possible to rent or lease video conferencing equipment for low monthly payments.

Video conferencing technology integrates video and audio signals, so that employees are able to see and talk to each other just as they could if they were meeting face to face. They can remain close to their job sites, their data, their resources, and ? even more importantly ? their families.

Taking advantage of video conferencing technology means that all the costs associated with employee travel and lost time are eliminated. Imagine being able to call an important employee meeting with only days or even a few hours notice! Video conferencing makes that possible.

Also, big decisions can be reached much more quickly when you do not have to wait for everyone to gather in one place. No more missed opportunities, waiting for employees to arrive from their different locations, all miles away. No more wasted travel hours, no more employee productivity lost to travel time.

Video conferencing allows your employees to retain the benefits of face to face, real-time communication, without any of the hassles or costs associated with actual face to face meetings. Now that video conferencing packages are available for so much cheaper than they have been in the past, isn?t it time for your business to start taking advantage of the technology of today?

Robert Michael is a writer for A Conferencing which is an excellent place to find conferencing links, resources and articles. For more information go to: http://www.aconferencing.com

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