Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location. Telepresence requires that the users' senses be provided with such stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, users may be given the ability to affect the remote location. In this case, the user's position, movements, actions, voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and duplicated in the remote location to bring about this effect. Therefore information may be traveling in both directions between the user and the remote location. A popular application is found in telepresence videoconferencing, a higher level of videotelephony which deploys greater technical sophistication and improved fidelity of both video and audio than in traditional videoconferencing. This book is your ultimate resource for Video Telepresence. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Video Telepresence right away, covering: Telepresence, 3G, 3G-324M, Adobe Connect, Aethra, American Telemedicine Association, AMSN, AOL Instant Messenger, Applied unified communications, Association of Telehealth Service Providers, Asterisk (PBX), Avaya, Avaya Application Server 5300, Camfrog, Cisco Systems, Cisco TelePresence, Common Intermediate Format, Communication Service for the Deaf, CoroWare, Creative Technology, CU-SeeMe, D-Link, Datapoint, Michael Dertouzos, Dimdim, Ekiga, Emesene, Empathy (software), Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, FaceTime, FaceVsion, Features of Skype, FedEx Office, FocusVision, Gateway (telecommunications), Glance Networks, Glowpoint, GNU Gatekeeper, Google Talk, Elisha Gray, H.225.0, H.239, H.245, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.320, H.323, H.323 Gatekeeper, H.323 Gateway, H.324, Hama Photo, Hercules (corporation), High Efficiency Video Coding, I6net, IBM Lotus Sametime, IChat, Instant messaging, Integrated Services Digital Network, InterCall, International Imaging Industry Association, IP Multimedia Subsystem, IPhone 4, Iris 3000 Videophone, ISight, Jitsi, KYE Systems Corp., Labtec, Leadtek, Lenovo, LG Prada II (KF900), LG-Ericsson, LifeCam, LifeSize, Lindbergh Operation, Linksys, List of Hewlett-Packard products, List of video telecommunication services and product brands, Magic W3, MeBeam, Mechanical television, MegaMeeting.com, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft NetMeeting, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, MIL-STD-188, Mirial s.u.r.l., Mobile phone, Motorola E770, MPEG Industry Forum, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 Part 2, Multipoint Control Unit, Nokia E66, Ontario Telemedicine Network, OoVoo, PaltalkScene, Personal im, Personal message, PEVQ, Philips, PictureTel Corp., Pocket computer phone, Polycom, Polycom VSX 7000, Press videoconferencing, QuickCam, QuteCom, Radvision, Remote surgery, RHUB Inc., Samsung Electronics, Scalable Video Coding, Session Initiation Protocol, Session Initiation Protocol (Java), SightSpeed, List of SIP software, Skype, Sony, Stickam, Tandberg, Tandberg Movi, Tatung Company, Telecollaboration, Telectroscope, Telemedicine, Telenursing, Telephone interpreting, Telephonoscope, Televideo (disambiguation), Telexistence, Telio, Teliris, TokBox, Trust (electronics company), Two-way television, U.S.-Soviet Space Bridge, Ubiquitous Communicator, Unified communications, Unified Communications Interoperability Forum, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, USB video device class, VeaMea, VenueGen...and much moreThis book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Video Telepresence. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Video Telepresence with the objectivity of experienced professionals.