World's Fastest HD H.264 Flash - HaiVision and Wowza team towards Live Content Delivery
Video Conferencing vs. Telepresence
Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.
Why Telepresence now?Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.
Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?
There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…
What are “real” savings of Telepresence?
Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.
You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!
Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!
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Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) March 26, 2008 -- HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video encoders, and Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, have cooperated to integrate HaiVision's MAKO-HD "zero latency" high definition H.264 encoder with the award-winning Wowza Media Server? Pro platform to deliver the world's fastest live Flash® HD H.264 content delivery.
HaiVision's MAKO-HD encoding platform delivers industry standard H.264 high-definition video with an astonishing 70 milliseconds of latency. The MAKO-HD supports 720p, 1080i, and 1080p at bit rates from 256 kbps to 10 Mbps. Wowza Media Server Pro, with is exclusive capability to support RTP-based encoders, redistributes the high-definition video stream into the RTMP-based Flash environment with minimal additional latency. End-to-end latency using this infrastructure can be as low as 400 milliseconds.
"The development is dramatic in that it shows the ubiquity of H.264-based video. HaiVision's low latency systems are used extensively for interactive broadcast and telepresence systems," explains Peter Maag, HaiVision's VP of Marketing. "Now our clients can seamlessly incorporate large scale Flash distribution without the pain of re-encoding. Broadcasters can take advantage low latency live content delivery for time-critical live events such as sports, news, and election coverage."
"In supporting H.264 video, Wowza Pro takes full advantage of standards-based, performance-oriented encoder appliances such as HaiVision's MAKO-HD," said David Stubenvoll, CEO & Co-Founder, Wowza Media Systems. "The development completely opens up the content delivery market to easy integration of live event streaming."
HaiVision's H.264 codecs (including the hai1000 with MAKO-HD technology and the standard definition TASMAN) are compatible with low-cost set top boxes, video conferencing endpoints, soft players including HaiVision's haiPLAY and Apple's QuickTime, and now the ubiquitous Flash media environment.
Plan to see the Fastest Flash using MAKO-HD and Wowza Media Server at NAB: HaiVision booth SU11626 and Wowza booth C552.
For complete information on the MAKO-HD and hai1000 products, please visit HaiVision's download center at http://www.haivision.com/account/downloads/.
About HaiVision Systems Inc.
HaiVision is the world's leading developer of performance video encoders and codec systems. HaiVision produces the lowest latency and highest quality standard definition and high definition video H.264 compression systems available. HaiVision's multi-stream systems are widely deployed as integrated within telepresence systems available from leading global vendors. HaiVision's systems are used in the most critical medical installations for video communications and transmission within hospital campuses and across countries. The most progressive educational institutions also use HaiVision technology for distance education - continuous presence network video systems linking specialized teachers with students throughout K-12 and higher education systems.
About Wowza Media Systems
Wowza Media Systems, a software company headquartered in San Jose, CA, is a developer of interactive streaming media server software. Its flagship product, Wowza Media Server Pro, features an innovative server architecture that delivers unmatched performance, functionality, and scalability. Wowza Media Server Pro enables customers like Macy's, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cengage (formerly Thomson Learning), Interoute, and Julius Blum GmbH to deliver interactive and entertaining Flash applications and content, including video on demand, live video distribution, video recording, and chat. Wowza Media Server Pro is deployed by over 6,000 global licensees in a broad range of industries, including entertainment, social media, advertising, enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce. For more information, visit Wowza Media Systems at www.wowzamedia.com.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Maag
HaiVision Systems Inc.
Tel: (514) 334-5445
Email: pmaag (at) haivision.com
Web: www.haivision.com
Bill Lessard
Wowza Media Systems Inc.
Tel: (914) 476-6089
Email: wlessard (at) prwithbrains.com
Web: www.wowzamedia.com
Flash is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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To learn more about this state-of-the-art immersive technology categorized as "Telepresence", visit these websites:
Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news
Telepresence Forum - Free user discussion forum
Telepresence Report - 24/7 breaking Telepresence related news and information
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