How does VideoHandshakes technology compare to, say, Skypes or an off-the-shelf webcam?
For videoconferences involving more than one participant at either site there is no comparison. Just a few points to consider: First, our studio camera can capture roughly 130+ degrees of the studio occupants with almost-as-good-as being there resolution and clarity. With the layout of our studio (a wedge or trapezoid shape) up to ten people at time can see and be seen from remote sites. With off-the-shelf webcams or Skype, you’re lucky to get more than about one-and-a-half “heads” in a view. Second, Skype and personal webcams can’t do effective “combined data collaboration” which allows a participant to be seen and also to use a document camera or to broadcast a Power Point slide show. Third, our multipoint abilities allow us to bring in up to four different locations into a single videoconference. That’s very grown-up technology. Finally, such technology as our VTX-1000 can create an audio experience that feels like “Sensurround” in the movies. The quality of the voice transmission u
