Polycom White Paper Sample

One notch below telepresence sits the mainstream of the videoconferencing market – systems designed for conference room use. Over the past four years, this market segment has been transitioning to high definition video, larger screen formats, and rich, wideband audio, thereby providing users with a much richer meeting environment. Most conference room systems today run over highly reliable, low cost broadband IP networks, enabling higher performance videoconferencing.

For personal videoconferencing applications, many enterprises have deployed “executive systems,” which are all-in-one desktop solutions that combine the performance of dedicated videoconferencing hardware with packaging designed for individual use rather than for the conference room. Other personal solutions are based on using a video phone or a PC platform for videoconferencing. A webcam with the appropriate software can easily convert a PC into a visual communications platform that can go anywhere and use any wired or wireless network. Advances in PC hardware and video software now enable HD to the desktop while also providing solutions for the mobile worker.