Zoos Broadcast Animal Habitats to Schools Via Video Conferencing

January 27th, 2009 by Video Conferencing Expert

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has installed videoconferencing solutions into the animal habitats and conducts live video conferencing sessions with different schools, allowing children to see the animals, “close-up” in their natural habitat.
Cleveland Zoo Animal Manager, Tad Schoffner:
You can’t always guarantee [the animals] are going to do what you want, but when it works, it works [...]


Hyundai Motor Comapny Selects Lifesize Video Conferencing

January 20th, 2009 by Video Conferencing Expert

Korean, Hyundai Motor Company, the fifth largest auto manufacturer has selected Lifesize Communications to host and provide its video conferencing and telepresence solutions. The selection process involved many different companies and after months of selection, selected Lifesize, in part for their high definition video services. The technology will be used throughout the company, from high [...]


Videoconferencing: An Effective and Efficient Communication Tool

January 10th, 2009 by Video Conferencing Expert

In a new book, published by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company, “Being in Two Places at Once: Telepresence vs. Videoconferencing in the Enterprise,” the authors take a comprehensive look at videoconferencing and telepresence services, based on the data of over 180 corporations that use the technology. The book illustrates how the best companies are reducing startup [...]


Minoru 3D Webcam Now Available

January 3rd, 2009 by Video Conferencing Expert

The Minoru 3D webcam finally launched at CES this week after months of teasing us with the technology. The camera is a single unit that has two cameras spaced about the same distance as human eyes to capture the stereoscopic effect of 3D. The fact that the camera has two eyes makes it seem a [...]