Video conferencing is a crucial means of communication that offers assistance to end users and organizations ensuring coordination of various business activities. Video conferencing technology offers live video and audio connections between two or more end users at different locations. Connecting these end users would otherwise be difficult because of the large distance between their locations and the office.
In this session we are going to discuss about the type of video conferencing technology.
Desktop Video Conferencing
Engineered to accommodate the requirements of the industry for video conferencing, desktop video conferencing offers H.2323 voice, application and video sharing. Desktop video conferencing comes with bulky hardware, add-in boards and easy installation features. The technology has appreciable flexibility as people who do not have a desktop can hold the videoconference in their laptops.
Integrated Video Conferencing
The relatively new video conferencing technology is used in conference rooms or classrooms that have a large number of participants. The technology comprises of routed processors, centralized location wiring, main camera, and other peripheral sources of video. Multiple video conferencing features is characteristic of all these configurations.
Data Sharing
When you have to give presentations during video conferences, data sharing video conferencing technology is ideal as it comes with high interaction capabilities. The technology allows :
- Uploading of videos during the video conference
- Sharing of spreadsheets, documents and live session recordings
- Scaling of video clips to the ideal size before sharing
Using data sharing video conferencing technology, people can communicate from remote locations and share important data and information as per the requirements.
Telepresence Video Conferencing
Telepresence video conferencing makes the users feel as if they are physically talking to each other making the video conference the closest representation of a person to person meeting.
Codec
Codec uses camera, an external display and a microphone. The option is suitable for people who like to walk around during the video conference because Codec grants the users this freedom. For the technology to work, Codec must be at the source as well as the destination, and before the conference begins, the participants have to negotiate their Codec connection. Common Codec video conferencing applications include H.26, H.264, H.263+ etc.
Video conferencing system benefits organizations and individuals equally by paving way for efficient meetings that overcome the limitations of remote locations that the users are in.