One Touch Selects HaiVision's TASMAN for Efficient H.264 Video Over Satellite

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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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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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(PRWEB) September 28, 2007 -- HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world leader in performance video encoding technology, today announces a supply partnership with One Touch Systems, the world's leading provider of solutions for live, enterprise-wide communications and learning. One Touch now integrates HaiVision's TASMAN high performance H.264 video encoder into their satellite based communication and learning solutions.

"Our systems combine live satellite distribution of audio and video to thousands of sites, with return participant audio, and the low latency of the TASMAN is critical to achieving the highest levels of interactivity," says Dave Stewart, One Touch Chief Technology Officer. "In addition, the TASMAN provides excellent video quality and full compatibility with standard MPEG-4 AVC software codecs used within our solutions."

H.264 has achieved broad acceptance within the satellite community because it is about 60% more bandwidth efficient than MPEG-2, reducing the cost of satellite transmission dramatically. HaiVision is a leader in the development of H.264 encoding platforms, and has 4 levels of H.264 hardware solutions:

?    OSCAR - for the most cost effective QuickTime compatible streaming

?    TASMAN - for performance oriented streaming and communications

?    hai1000 - for carrier grade multi stream interactive applications such as telepresence

?    MAKO-HD - the fastest codec for interactive high definition (up to 1080p) achieving a remarkable 60 millisecond end to end latency

"One Touch delivers the premier interactive satellite solution for communication and training within governmental and corporate clients," emphasizes Peter Maag, HaiVision Vice President. "We are thrilled to contribute to their highly tuned systems."

About One Touch Systems

Since pioneering highly interactive distance learning (IDL) in 1989, One Touch Systems remains the world's leading provider of solutions for live, enterprise-wide communications and learning. The One Touch solution enables distributed learning by integrating video, voice and data over any broadband network. One Touch powers the highest levels of live, face-to-face-like interactivity with measurable and certifiable results. One Touch extends the reach of communication and learning sessions to geographically dispersed participants in networked classrooms as well as at individual PCs.

About HaiVision Systems Inc.

HaiVision Systems Inc. is a private company dedicated to improving the way people live and work through the use of advanced network video technology. HaiVision's interactive products are used in the foremost telepresence suites, boardrooms, and continuous presence distance education systems worldwide. They are used as well in the medical field supporting information and service delivery within hospital campuses and across nations. HaiVision's streaming products are also used extensively for video backhaul and distribution in broadcast and IPTV applications. Please have a look at the product information, case studies, videos, and file samples available in the file download area of our web site (www.haivision.com/account/downloads).

For further information, please contact:

Ceicy Tsui                

HaiVision Systems Inc.    

Tel: (514) 334-5445, ext. 251            

Email: ctsui (at) haivision.com

Web: www.haivision.com

Kimberly Baker Kelley

One Touch Systems

Tel: (408) 436-4652

Email: kelley (at) onetouch.com

Web: www.onetouch.com

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