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Robot avatars are here, working from home will take on new meaning

Posted February 25, 2012 - 8:33 am

Some Mondays (well, Tuesdays, in this case), you just don't want to get up, get ready and go into the office. You know that days; you didn't sleep well, the water heater broke, you're up late, or whatever. It throws your entire day off to rush around in those situations. But maybe those days are numbered, thanks to a new robot prototype from Keio University.
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Cisco's Umi still dead. As a doornail. Really, really dead

Posted January 4, 2012 - 2:26 pm

Cisco's Umi consumer TelePresence product really is dead - a fact the company had to reiterate to a disbelieving public this week even though it had telegraphed the move back in April.
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Cisco goes mobile with collaboration tool updates

Posted November 16, 2011 - 10:13 pm

In an attempt to move beyond the desktop, Cisco is updating two of its enterprise-level collaboration tools.
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Virtual staff help Paris, U.K. airports put human face on flight updates

Posted August 30, 2011 - 10:35 am

Paris' Orly Airport is the third to deploy systems that holograms of staff who make boarding or security announcements, increasing passenger face time without adding more faces.
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It's not telepresence, but…

Posted June 21, 2011 - 8:00 am

The impact of a telepresence conference is startlingly real with participant images appearing life size and apparently looking you in the eye. But the details to create this illusion is very expensive - up to $200,000 per room.
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Vidyo telepresence will let more sites join in

Posted June 8, 2011 - 3:32 pm

Videoconferencing underdog Vidyo says it will outshine and undercut its bigger rivals with VidyoPanorama, a high-definition telepresence system that eventually will be able to run on 20 screens in one location.
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Holograms will give video a 3D look

Posted November 22, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a new type of holographic telepresence technology that allows the projection of 3D moving images for more-lifelike videoconferences.
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Enterprise video moving beyond the meeting room

Posted October 21, 2010 - 11:59 am

Business video is expanding, both from dedicated meeting rooms out to small client devices and from large enterprises down to small businesses, in a movement that Cisco Systems plans to tap into for significant growth over the next several years.
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How telepresence and Internet 2 changed Boston schools

Posted October 19, 2010 - 4:49 pm

Thanks to the advent of videoconferencing set up by Internet 2 connectivity, schools are now utilizing video services that help students learn more interactively.
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Forrester: 15 technology trends to watch out for

Posted October 19, 2010 - 11:23 am

IT departments must keep their eye on 15 technology trends over the next three years, according to analysts at Forrester.
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When they try it, businesses like telepresence: survey

Posted May 17, 2010 - 12:46 pm

Telepresence -- the high-def videoconferencing that creates the illusion participants are sitting in the same room -- is still in the early stages of adoption, but businesses that try it, like it and want more, a new study says.
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PepsiCo to deploy telepresence from Cisco and BT globally

Posted February 3, 2010 - 1:19 pm

PepsiCo will deploy Cisco Telepresence systems in its major offices worldwide, joining a growing list of multinational companies relying on high-end videoconferencing to curb travel costs and boost worker collaboration.
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Telepresence cuts near $1M in travel costs for law firm

Posted October 8, 2009 - 1:39 pm

Sprawling international law firm DLA Piper has upgraded from videoconferencing to telepresence that will save the firm nearly $1 million dollars per year in reduced travel costs and lost productivity.
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Telepresence interoperability tests bode well for Cisco

Posted October 8, 2009 - 1:37 pm

Interoperability issues, one of the downsides of Cisco telepresence, could fade in the background with the company’s purchase of Tandberg based on public interoperability tests this week.
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Review

Telepresence shatters communication barriers

Posted June 10, 2009 - 2:57 pm

From high-end suites to tabletop codecs, telepresence systems create a near face-to-face experience at increasingly affordable prices.
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Cisco TelePresence for smaller companies

Posted March 31, 2009 - 8:19 pm

People like me who work at home love this sort of thing. Cisco Systems just announced an expansion of its Telepresence videoconferencing system with a lower-end model, and several enhancements to its unified communications platform.
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Cisco rolls out low-end ($89K) telepresence system

Posted March 31, 2009 - 5:01 pm

Cisco is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a lower cost telepresence system designed for deployment in existing teleconference rooms without upgrading them to accommodate top-of-the-line telepresence gear.
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TelePresence returns at Mumbai hotel

Posted January 18, 2009 - 1:49 pm

Video meeting rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in Mumbai have been reopened following November's deadly terrorist attack.
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