2. Video Conferencing Larry MacPhee Matt Minister & friends e-Learning Center

3. What will the future look like? 2001 Imagined by Stanley Kubrick in 1969

4. 1964 World’s Fair

5. What went wrong? High cost Insufficient bandwidth Poor video Inferior audio A/V out of sync Complicated Incompatibile Little benefit

6. 1980s Focus on mobility

7. 1990s The Internet CU SeeMe Connectix QuickCam What went wrong? High Latency Low Quality Little Benefit

8. 2000s Proprietary Hardware Business Focus High Cost Video

9. 2007: Convergence IM Tools –AIM, MSN, Yahoo! Business Tools –WebEx, NetMeeting Proprietary Hardware –Tandberg, Polycom, Cisco Multimedia Tools –Breeze, Elluminate, HorizonWimba VOIP Tools –Skype

10. 2007: Why now? Faster networks Faster computers Better codecs Cheaper cameras

11. 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

12. Comparisons ServiceCheapEasy Multi-way video File Sharing Cross platform AIM √√√√ Yahoo! √√x√√ MSN √√x√x Google √√x!√ Skype √√x√√

13. 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.

14. IM Active Users

15. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Multi-way Mac demo Larry: lmac@mac.comlmac@mac.com

16. AIM Two-way cross-platform demo Larry: lmac@mac.com (on a Mac)lmac@mac.com Matt: connister@aol.com (on a PC)connister@aol.com AIM NotesAIM

17. Skype Two-way cross-platform demo Larry: larry.macphee (on a Mac)larry.macphee Matt: matt.minister (on a PC)matt.minister

18. Elluminate NAU Elluminate ManagerManager Larry’s Virtual OfficeOffice