1. ICT Solutions for Meetings
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Ghodrat Moghadampour
Victor Abedi-Lartey
Michael Aro
VAMK, University of Applied Sciences
Vaasa, Finland
2. Agenda
Conferencing concepts, including situations
where conferencing solutions may be used
Identify the conferencing equipment
Overview of Virtual worlds
Uses and Benefits
Demonstration
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4. Videoconferencing
“Video conferencing is a live connection
between people in separate locations for the
purpose of communication, usually involving
audio and often text as well as video.”
http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.co
m/definition/videoconference
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5. Telepresence
“A virtual meeting experience unlike any
other, telepresence creates the illusion that
remote participants are in the same room
together.”
http://www.ivci.com/telepresence-
index.html
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6. Audio conferencing
“Audio conferencing is an audio
communications session among three or
more people who are geographically
dispersed.”
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0
,2542,t=audioconferencing&i=38177,00.asp
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7. Conferencing Components
Cameras (to capture and send video from
your local endpoint)
Video displays (to display video received
from remote endpoints)
Microphones (to capture and send audio
from your local endpoint)
Speakers (to play audio received from
remote endpoints)
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8. In Addition, Two Additional Requirements:
Codec - "compressor/de-compressor“ -
makes the audio/video data "small enough"
to be practical for sending over expensive
network connections. A codec takes analog
signals, compresses and digitizes them, and
transmits the signals over digital phone
lines.
The Supporting System and the Network
Connection
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9. H.323
Standard for interoperability in audio, video
and data transmissions as well as Internet
phone and voice-over-IP (VoIP)
Originally defined for multimedia
communications and perfectly fits the
videoconferencing application
It has mechanisms for audio and video call
setup as well as capability exchange setup
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10. SIP
Similar in many ways to H.323. It can be
used to setup audio and video calls.
A generic protocol that can setup any kind of
session, not just audio and video, for
example, SIP can be used for instant
messaging, data transfer and so on.
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14. Polycom
Polycom is one of the market leaders in
endpoint voice and video communications.
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15. Polycom Videoconferencing Units
Large conference room units:
• Polycom VSX 8000 Series
Medium conference room units:
• Polycom VSX 7000s System
Personal units:
• Polycom® VVX™ 1500 Series
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16. Polycom Audio conferencing Units
Large conference room units:
• Polycom SoundStation IP 7000
Medium conference room units:
• Polycom SoundStation IP 6000
Small conference units:
• Polycom VoiceStation 500
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17. Show Me The Money
Medium / Large Room Systems
• Polycom VSX 8000 - $8,000 –$10,000
Small Room Systems
• Polycom VSX 7000s - $4,000 - $6,000
Desktop Systems
• Polycom® VVX™ 1500 - $600 - $1,000
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18. Show Me The Money
Large Room Systems
• SoundStation IP 7000 - $900 –$1,200
Medium Room Systems
• SoundStation IP 6000 - $400 - $900
Small Meeting Spaces
• VoiceStation 500 - $200 - $300
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19. Cisco
Cisco is one of the market leaders in unified
communications.
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20. Cisco Telepresence Units
Large Team Meetings:
• Cisco Telepresence System 3000
Small Team Meetings:
• Cisco Telepresence System 1000
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21. Show Me The Money
Large Team Meetings
• Cisco Telepresence System 3000
$300,000
Small Team Meetings
• Cisco Telepresence System 1000
$80,000
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23. Multipoint Conferences
Point-to-multipoint – A conference solution
that connects to more than two sites
through the use of a multi-point control
unit, or MCU.
Participants at all sites can hear one another
at all times and see the site that is currently
speaking.
• Voice activated switching
Multi-point conferencing can be effective
although the scheduling, technical, and
logistical dimensions of MCU conferences
can be imposing.
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24. Web Conferencing
Hosting meetings on a web browser
Dimdim (below is a video demo about dimdim)
http://www.dimdim.com/products/dimdim_feature
s.html
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25. Examples
Dimdim (below is a video demo about dimdim)
http://www.dimdim.com/
Google Wave, Open meeting
Bigbluebutton, MEETECHO
Commercial Products but offer free versions with limited participants
Cisco WebEx, Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro
GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining
Glance (Fastest way to show or share your screen)
http://www.glance.net/
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27. Virtual World Conferencing
“Virtual world is a 3D immersive virtual
meeting platform where colleagues meet,
collaborate, share and present
information.”
http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2010/03/venuegen-launches-browser-based-3d-
business-meeting-platform/
• Second Life
• OpenSimulator
• VenueGen
• Blue Mars
• 3D Explorer
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32. More Mixed Reality Events
Multi-platform events
Audio/video streaming
Many ways to participate
•Weekly webinar broadcasts
into Second Life
•Streaming Monthly Online
Community MeetUps
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33. OpenSimulator
“OpenSimulator, often referred to as OpenSim
is an open source server platform for hosting
virtual worlds.”
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
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34. VenueGen
“VenueGen is a browser-based 3D business
meeting platform.”
http://www.venuegen.com
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35. Blue Mars
“Blue Mars is a 3D world and gaming
platform.”
http://www.bluemars.com
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36. 3D Explorer
“3D Explorer is a Web3D platform that allows
users to browse virtual spaces and interact
with people right from within their Web
browser.”
http://www.3dxplorer.com
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37. Various Uses:
Presentations
Virtual meetings
Videoconference-based learning
JIT (just in time) events
Recruitment/search committees
General meetings
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39. Benefits of conferencing
Can improve work quality
Increase productivity
Reduce costs
Improves communication
Groups can meet more frequently
Critical meetings can be convened in less
time
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