Web conferencing Liane Tarouco Leandro Bertholdo RNP POP/RS

Introduction n The field of Web conferencing software is growing at a breathtaking pace. n In the summer of 1994 there were exactly two products in this category, both of them rather primitive freeware packages. n Today there are well over 60 commercial and freeware products, many of them quite sophisticated, that support conferencing on the Web in one form or another

Products n VRVS n Macromedia Breeze

VRVS n VRVS is a realtime distributed system which provides a scalable communication infrastructure for large collaboration dispersed all over the world. n Different technologies and protocols are supported (and mixed) and allow users to connect their preferred videoconference.

VRVS n Supports –Mbone, –H.323, –SIP, –QuickTime, –Access Grid, JMF and MPEG2. n The system is composed of 1 main server and several reflectors (network servers) spread around the world.

The “Virtual Room Videoconferencing System” (VRVS) has been developed since 1995 in order to provide a low cost, bandwidth- efficient, extensible means for videoconferencing and remote collaboration over networks within the High Energy and Nuclear Physics communities. VRVS

May ,500 Users Registered from 120 Countries, more than 1100 world wide meetings involving more than 4500 users (total 6000 hours) per month

VRVS Support services n Conference management

Testing VRVS

VRVS e MBone n Public-Domain or Free Players –Good “Sense of Presence”: 10 Frames/sec Within Kbps or Frames/sec within Kbps –Multi-Platforms : Linux, Unix’s, Windows95/98/NT/2000, Macintosh (only with QuickTime) RAT VAT VIC QuickTime Player 4.x CHAT WhiteBoard

Macromedia - Breeze - Meeting Sharing Chat Participants

Macromedia Breeze Poll Notes Chat Participants

Macromedia Breeze Participants Whiteboard Chat File share

Macromedia Breeze - Meeting n Dual processor server n Windows server n LDAP integration n Session recording