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Video Conferencing IT Roundtable January 21 st , 2009

Video Conferencing IT Roundtable January 21 st , 2009. Today’s Topics. Introduction Basics / Requires Product walkthrough free / non-free Camera types Software demo Q & A. Introduction. Text Chat Audio Chat Screen Sharing Video Conference Telepresence. Basics & Requirements.

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Video Conferencing IT Roundtable January 21 st , 2009

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  1. Video Conferencing IT Roundtable January 21st, 2009

  2. Today’s Topics • Introduction • Basics / Requires • Product walkthrough free / non-free • Camera types • Software demo • Q & A

  3. Introduction • Text Chat • Audio Chat • Screen Sharing • Video Conference • Telepresence

  4. Basics & Requirements • Dedicated hardware • Computer • Microphone • Webcamera • Software - ?? • Broadband – 384k+

  5. Software • Office Communicator • Skype • Gtalk (gmail) • ooVoo • Yahoo

  6. Office Communicator • Supports text / audio / video chat • Integrates with windows network • Inter-network traffic • ~25meg installed size • Requires communicator server • $$!! • @700 for server CAL • @ 30 for user CAL • Two people per “call”

  7. Yahoo • Supports text / audio / video chat • Supports multiple viewers ( * ) • Free (ad supported) • Video quality not the greatest • Multiple people per “call”

  8. Google / Gmail / Gchat • Supports text / audio / video chat • Free (integrated into gmail) • ~ 5meg plug-in to web browser • Good sound / video • Two people per “call”

  9. ooVoo • Supports text / audio / video chat • Supports multiple people per “call” • Supports ‘High Quality’ calls • Ability to record calls • Free – Ad Supported • Advanced cam options • ~ 18meg installed

  10. Skype • Supports text / audio / video chat • Free – Premium version support • ~ 30meg installed • Large user base • Good video quality

  11. Memory Usage

  12. Web Cams • Big brands: • Microsoft / Logitech / Toshiba / Labtec • Quality: • .3 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 2.0 • Built into laptops • ‘Special Features’

  13. Possible issues“Videoconferencing in the Field: A Heuristic Processing Model” • This research uses dual-process cognitive theory to describehow people process information differently when it is deliveredvia videoconference rather than when it is delivered face-to-face.According to this theory, relative to face-to-face communication,people in videoconferences tend to be more influenced by heuristiccues—such as how likeable they perceive the speaker tobe—than by the quality of the arguments presented by thespeaker. This is due to the higher cognitive demands that videoconferencingplaces on participants. We report on a field study of medicalprofessionals in which we found differences in information processingas predicted: participants attending a seminar via videoconferencewere more influenced by the likeability of the speaker thanby the quality of the arguments presented, whereas the oppositepattern was true for participants attending in-person. We alsofound that differences in cognitive load explain these effects.The discussion on the theoretical model and associated findingsexplains why prior videoconference studies have not consistentlyfound main effects for media. The findings also show that videoconferencingis not like face-to-face communication, despite apparent similarities.

  14. DEMO

  15. Questions?

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