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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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Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) March 26, 2008 -- HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video encoders, and Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, have cooperated to integrate HaiVision's MAKO-HD "zero latency" high definition H.264 encoder with the award-winning Wowza Media Server? Pro platform to deliver the world's fastest live Flash® HD H.264 content delivery.

HaiVision's MAKO-HD encoding platform delivers industry standard H.264 high-definition video with an astonishing 70 milliseconds of latency. The MAKO-HD supports 720p, 1080i, and 1080p at bit rates from 256 kbps to 10 Mbps. Wowza Media Server Pro, with is exclusive capability to support RTP-based encoders, redistributes the high-definition video stream into the RTMP-based Flash environment with minimal additional latency. End-to-end latency using this infrastructure can be as low as 400 milliseconds.

"The development is dramatic in that it shows the ubiquity of H.264-based video. HaiVision's low latency systems are used extensively for interactive broadcast and telepresence systems," explains Peter Maag, HaiVision's VP of Marketing. "Now our clients can seamlessly incorporate large scale Flash distribution without the pain of re-encoding. Broadcasters can take advantage low latency live content delivery for time-critical live events such as sports, news, and election coverage."

"In supporting H.264 video, Wowza Pro takes full advantage of standards-based, performance-oriented encoder appliances such as HaiVision's MAKO-HD," said David Stubenvoll, CEO & Co-Founder, Wowza Media Systems. "The development completely opens up the content delivery market to easy integration of live event streaming."

HaiVision's H.264 codecs (including the hai1000 with MAKO-HD technology and the standard definition TASMAN) are compatible with low-cost set top boxes, video conferencing endpoints, soft players including HaiVision's haiPLAY and Apple's QuickTime, and now the ubiquitous Flash media environment.

Plan to see the Fastest Flash using MAKO-HD and Wowza Media Server at NAB: HaiVision booth SU11626 and Wowza booth C552.

For complete information on the MAKO-HD and hai1000 products, please visit HaiVision's download center at http://www.haivision.com/account/downloads/.

About HaiVision Systems Inc.

HaiVision is the world's leading developer of performance video encoders and codec systems. HaiVision produces the lowest latency and highest quality standard definition and high definition video H.264 compression systems available. HaiVision's multi-stream systems are widely deployed as integrated within telepresence systems available from leading global vendors. HaiVision's systems are used in the most critical medical installations for video communications and transmission within hospital campuses and across countries. The most progressive educational institutions also use HaiVision technology for distance education - continuous presence network video systems linking specialized teachers with students throughout K-12 and higher education systems.

About Wowza Media Systems

Wowza Media Systems, a software company headquartered in San Jose, CA, is a developer of interactive streaming media server software. Its flagship product, Wowza Media Server Pro, features an innovative server architecture that delivers unmatched performance, functionality, and scalability. Wowza Media Server Pro enables customers like Macy's, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cengage (formerly Thomson Learning), Interoute, and Julius Blum GmbH to deliver interactive and entertaining Flash applications and content, including video on demand, live video distribution, video recording, and chat. Wowza Media Server Pro is deployed by over 6,000 global licensees in a broad range of industries, including entertainment, social media, advertising, enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce. For more information, visit Wowza Media Systems at www.wowzamedia.com.

For further information, please contact:

Peter Maag                

HaiVision Systems Inc.    

Tel: (514) 334-5445            

Email: pmaag (at) haivision.com

Web: www.haivision.com

Bill Lessard

Wowza Media Systems Inc.

Tel: (914) 476-6089

Email: wlessard (at) prwithbrains.com

Web: www.wowzamedia.com

Flash is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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