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What will the future look like? 2001 Imagined by Stanley Kubrick in 1969
1964 World’s Fair
What went wrong? High cost Insufficient bandwidth Poor video Inferior audio A/V out of sync Complicated Incompatibile Little benefit
1980s Focus on mobility
1990s The Internet CU SeeMe Connectix QuickCam What went wrong? High Latency Low Quality Little Benefit
2000s Proprietary Hardware Business Focus High Cost Video
2007: Convergence IM Tools –AIM, MSN, Yahoo! Business Tools –WebEx, NetMeeting Proprietary Hardware –Tandberg, Polycom, Cisco Multimedia Tools –Breeze, Elluminate, HorizonWimba VOIP Tools –Skype
2007: Why now? Faster networks Faster computers Better codecs Cheaper cameras
Who’s doing it? Then: High Cost Business people News Media Politicians The Military Now: Low Cost Healthcare Providers Scientists and Researchers Educators and Students Friends and Families
Comparisons ServiceCheapEasy Multi-way video File Sharing Cross platform AIM √√√√ Yahoo! √√x√√ MSN √√x√x Google √√x!√ Skype √√x√√
IM Definitions Protocol - the language rules used to transmit and receive messages; IRC, ICQ and Jabber/XMPP are protocols. Service - the system on which the Instant Messaging account is hosted. AOL and MSN are services. Client - a software application program that runs on your computer. iChat, Windows Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Google Talk and Trillian are clients. Some clients support multiple protocols.
IM Active Users
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Multi-way Mac demo Larry:
AIM Two-way cross-platform demo Larry: (on a Matt: (on a AIM NotesAIM
Skype Two-way cross-platform demo Larry: larry.macphee (on a Mac)larry.macphee Matt: matt.minister (on a PC)matt.minister
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