BrightCom CEO Bob McCandless credits Star Trek’s holodeck for first vision of telepresence in discussion of history of telepresence and video technology.
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BrightCom CEO, Bob McCandless looks to the history of human communication and video technology to analyze current and future adaption and perception of video in the home and office in new video series.
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Innovation in 3D TV and HD video conferencing will mean more than just seeing your boss in 3D projections from cell phones, TVs or laptops. BrightCom CEO, Bob McCandless explains that immersive telepresence environments will ultimately benefit from the improved 3D technology.

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BrightCom announces the new ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing solution offering onboard H.264 video encoding, 720p video quality and beating Cisco and LifeSize in price.
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BrightCom launches an undersea exploration and research vessel with integrated telepresence providing the ultimate in immersive collaboration on the open seas and enhancing underwater research and education.
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BrightCom’s Visual Collaboration System 2.6 improves Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Video Conferencing codecs for a more collaborative conferencing experience.

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By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor, TMCnet News

Telepresence is an important focus for companies trying to push productivity in a global marketplace. The challenge is that telepresence can actually have the opposite effect if it is done incorrectly.

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By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor

As the global marketplace continues to grow with the expansion of multinational organizations, the demand for streamlined communications and collaboration is emerging as a key focus. Face-to-face communications are still a vital part of communication and collaboration, but geography is a consistent obstacle.
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BrightCom  honored with one of the awards for Best Telepresence Solutions of 2009 by Telepresence and Video Conferencing Insight for its launch of the Lumina Telepresence L37 in September of 2009.
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Thanks to greater enhancements in video capabilities, videoconferencing is quickly becoming a key component of collaborative business environments. For example, H.264 Scalable Video Coding and other technologies allow the delivery of high-quality video to a number of applications, such as real-time videoconferencing, broadcasting and streaming.

As more and more companies better understand the benefits of video communications, organizations are increasingly using the latest collaboration applications, such as videoconferencing and telepresence, to trim their travel budgets and boost efficiency.

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