VCON's MeetingPoint 4.0 Brings Interactivity to Multicasting

Strategic Insights -

Austin, Texas-based VCON Inc. has announced the release of MeetingPoint 4.0, a groundbreaking technology that enables one-way streaming video using two-way interactive videoconferencing systems. For the first time, users can multicast audio and video to hundreds or thousands of viewers while allowing any participant to fully interact during the conference. This innovation provides a "Virtual Podium" that can move the source of an audio/video stream among various participants during the multicast, allowing interactivity on an unprecedented scale.

Key Takeaways:

  • MeetingPoint 4.0's Interactive Multicast technology delivers one-way streaming video using two-way interactive videoconferencing systems, allowing users to multicast audio and video to hundreds or thousands of viewers.
  • The technology provides a "Virtual Podium" that enables interactivity on an unprecedented scale by allowing the source of an audio/video stream to move among various participants during the multicast.
  • MeetingPoint 4.0 combines the benefits of one-way and two-way video communication, delivering new, cost-effective opportunities for communications applications, particularly in corporate communications, training, and distance learning settings.
  • The technology is compatible with Cisco IP/TV streaming video users, providing new flexibility to the large installed base of Cisco IP/TV clients.
  • VCON's objective is to make this technology affordable enough to drive it to the mass market, allowing people to communicate in a manner that suits their needs.
  • The company is delivering a total video solution that combines the reach and low-cost benefits associated with multicasted video with the personal interactivity of videoconferencing.
  • VCON's partners include a network of reseller partners, OEMs, and value-added resellers worldwide, with offices in the US, Germany, Spain, the UK, Japan, and China.

Statistics:

  • 100s to 1000s of viewers can receive multicast audio and video in real-time.
  • The technology allows any participant using a VCON system to fully interact during the conference.
  • The company's objective is to make this technology affordable enough to drive it to the mass market.

Sources:

  • "MeetingPoint 4.0 to Deliver First 'Virtual Podium' for Truly Interactive Multicasting" - PRNewswire (April 28)
  • VCON Inc. press release (April 28)
  • Cisco Systems
  • VCON Telecommunications Ltd. - PackingAssist and MeetingPoint are trademarks of VCON Telecommunications Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective companies.