November 1, 2012
By: tbf@duke.edu
If you have an existing HD videoconferencing room or a Telepresence System, you very likely have the ability to use it as a production facility and connect to places like CNN, CBS and ESPN to participate in interviews or deliver your message....
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October 16, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Pretty cool new wi-fi webcam from Logitech. Techspot.com has a nice write-up on it. There are a lot potential use cases for something like this. At this time it works on the Mac OS and iOS only and Logitech claims...
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September 26, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
OIT-ITS purchased the Epson MG-850HD projector a few months ago with the hopes of using it paired with an Apple iOS device (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) to do video conferencing. The projector features a charging dock connector that supports...
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August 23, 2012
By: Scott Wells
Microsoft's Skype is the best known among the services that offer free one-to-one video calls on computers and mobile devices but group video chatting services are rare. Now, there's a new independent service called Zoom.us. WSJ's Walt Mossberg reviews zoom.us...
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August 21, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
ITS recently received a demo unit of Cisco's new video conferencing system, the SX20. The SX20 was released early this year and offers a smaller footprint than the c20 but is very comparable otherwise with a few feature differences. The...
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August 20, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Here are some nice examples of sharing content using a Cisco EX series video conferencing system. Note that the EX60 only has one video input and the EX90 (featured in the video) has two. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_nwIU9iNyM
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April 16, 2012
By: Michael Faber
Here's a very cool Kickstarter project for a very affordable pan and tilt accessory for iOS devices. I think the real interesting part of this is the different ways you can control it, and the possibilities for extension. You can...
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February 23, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
A few of us in OIT recently visited Cisco in RTP to check out one of their Active Collaboration Rooms (ACR). For the demo we visited one of Cisco's ACRs which was 24'x24'. This room contained the default ACR functionality: SmartBoard,...
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February 22, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
We recently received two computer monitors from Dell to demo for potential use in the new MPS lab: the UltraSharp LED U2412M and the UltraSharp U2410. We were looking for something somewhat comparable to the NEC PA241W-BK but a little...
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