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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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CARY, N.C. (Business Wire EON) August 20, 2008 -- The exclusive Cisco Unified Communications Manager v6.1 training course combines five days of concentrated hands-on classroom activity with pre- and post-course activities to quickly and thoroughly prepare students for success on the 642-446 CIPT1 v6.0 and 642-456 CIPT2 v6.0 certification exams. In the classroom, intensive instructor-led training and 50 hands-on labs ensure that students learn to build, manage, and troubleshoot campus and multisite WAN IP telephony solutions. After class, students may continue studying with the CIPT1 v6.0 and CIPT2 v6.0 Self-Paced e-Learning CDs included in the course.

Part of the Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) certification track, this Cisco Unified Communications training course is designed for networking professionals who configure and maintain voice and data networks that include Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Incoming students should have completed Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2 (ICND2) and Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) courses. Knowledge of the Windows 2000 operating system is helpful, as is completion of Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) v3.0.

Students will learn about:

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Single-site on-net and off-net calling Implementing media resources, features, and applications Multisite deployments Centralized call processing redundancy Bandwidth management and call admission control IP telephony security This course is available in our classrooms or as a private, on-site course that can be tailored to the needs of your organization. Learn more about our Cisco Unified Communications Manager Boot Camp v6.1 and access white papers, web seminars, and podcasts at www.globalknowledge.com.

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To learn more about Telepresence, the revolutionary new style of immersive video conferencing; visit these websites:

Telepresence - "Ride on the Next Plane of Existence" - Telepresence
Telepresence Web Portal - Telepresence Internet web portal
Telepresence Report - 24/7 breaking Telepresence related news and information
Via Telepresence - Video conferencing via Telepresence
Telepresence Forum - Free user discussion forum for everything Telepresence related
Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news
Telepresence Resource Directory - Telepresence web resource directory
Telepresence Tube - Telepresence videos, pictures and more