Video/Web Conferencing and TelePresence

[mjcondon]

Can you all elaborate on the concrete distinctions between Video/Web Conferencing and TelePresence? So far, to me, it seems to be a Marketing distinction, but not quite yet a real differentiation between two different species of animals. It more seems that Telepresence is "enhanced and feature added" Video/Web Conferencing.

[JFCOMEngineer]

I'd say that for now your current impressions are correct. Telepresence seems to mean what ever the system that salesman is trying to sell can do. It doesn't even necessarily mean enhanced or feature added, in many instances it means repackaged into a box that has the wore telepresence on it.I recently had a proposal from a "solutions provider" that sugggested that a laptop with PVX and a Logitech 9000 web cam was an ideal mobile telepresence solution.

regards,

Wes

[GTC]

Interesting topic, actually you start asking "what is telepresence"?
Interesting to see that nearly all manufacturers are now stating that any HD solution is now telepresence. Just see the change is Polycom video solutions, apparently now ALL HDX systems are now telepresence systems..................and VSX are videoconference systems.
Really, thats news to me !!

Telepresence definition is actually true eye contact, real life size image, same background even though being remote. This said whom really has a true telepresence system on the market??
- Not Polycom, not Tandberg, not lifesize, not Aethra..............:ermm:

[JFCOMEngineer]

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Telepresence definition is actually true eye contact, real life size image, same background even though being remote. This said whom really has a true telepresence system on the market??
- Not Polycom, not Tandberg, not lifesize, not Aethra..............:ermm:

Not trying to be cute, or pick a fight here, but I'm curious where you got your definition of Telepresence. It seems to me that there isn't a definition for the term, and that it is nothing but a marketing buzz word. I have used the Tandberg Experia product, and it seems to meet your requirements. I haven't used the other products, so I cannot comment on them. If you don't believe the Tandberg Experia meets your requirements for being a telepresence system can you explain why it does not?

Wes

[Snowbum]

"Telepresence" is a bunch of marketing fluff. Someone coined the term (Cisco) and everyone copied.

At the end of the day, what will brand X or Y do and how does it perform is what really matters. The end result is what is important, not a paraphrased word copied by everyone into their marketing and sales pitch.

Telepresence II is just around the corner. It will be better than Telepresence.