Telepresence Calendar
Telepresence News from Telepresence Options- NTT's Augmented Reality teleconference room September 5, 2010Japan's Augmented Reality Teleconference RoomBy Aaron Saenz via Singularity HubGet ready for teleconferencing in the round. NTT, the world's second largest telecomm, has developed a new video room that allows users to share an overlapping virtual environment. Dubbed the t-Room, NTT's next generation conferencing solution takes real time video […]
- Operation Aphrodite - Remote Controlled Video Planes in World War II August 30, 2010Here is an interesting story about the US Army Air Force turning B-17 and PB4Y bombers into flying bombs controlled by remote control and video during World War II in Operation Aphrodite. […]
- Tata Communications Company Profile August 24, 2010Website: http://www.Tatacommunications.com/telepresence Headquarters: Mumbai, IndiaFounded: The Tata Group, a large, India-based conglomerate acquired 46% stake in India's incumbent telco, VSNL in 2000. In 2004, Tata acquired the Tyco International submarine cable business and Teleglobe of Canada, and Neotel, the second licensed carrier in South Africa […]
- Confravision - Telepresence Circa 1972 - Ashtrays, Fire Extinguisher, and Green Room Standard! August 18, 2010I stumbled across an article that mentioned a visual collaboration system developed by the British Post Office in 1968 called Confravision and was absolutely fascinated. I did a little research and gathered some images for a little photo montage of one of the first engineered telepresence environments that addressed human factors including acoustics, lighti […]
- Virtual Meeting Use - It's Nearly Unanimous! August 12, 2010The Carlson Wagonlit Travel Management Institute has released a major report on meetings and events that, among other data points, surveyed 222 meeting planners and requesters from 15 countries across North America and Europe. One of the major finding is that virtual meetings including telepresence and video conferencing meetings are up substantially over t […]
- NTT's Augmented Reality teleconference room September 5, 2010
Our Publications
- The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference (DVD)

The on-going eruptions of the Icelandic volcano and the continued closure of European air travel has bolded, underlined, and highlighted the need for smart organizations to have a disaster recovery plan for when the planes stop flying. The complete proceedings of The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference are now available on DVD along with the complete coursework and a hard copy of the Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Handbook for $495.The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference was held on April 22nd, 2010 in Reston, Virginia. The conference brought together experts on inter-company telepresence and videoconferencing who shared the best practices around using telepresence and effective visual collaboration to connect with partners, vendors, investors, and customers. These best practices are now available on a DVD of the complete conference proceeding and all the course materials.
Topics and Presenters Include:
Overview of the Challenges and Rewards of Inter-Company Visual Collaboration &
Overcoming Operational Hurdles – Howard S. Lichtman, Human Productivity Lab
Inter-Company Information Security – Brent Houlahan, CSO – Unisys
Technical Challenges & Solutions – Aaron Roe, Deloitte
Cultural Barriers and Driving Adoption – Peter Brockmann – Brockmann & Company - The Telepresence and Video Conferencing Exchange Provider Review
The Telepresence and Video Conferencing Exchange Provider Review is a comprehensive review of a new class of telepresence and videoconferencing service providers: Telepresence and Video Conferencing Exchange Providers. Exchange Providers connect enterprise and carrier networks together, match disparate QoS tags, handle IP address conflicts, and enforce security policies to connect together partner, vendor, and customer companies on different networks for secure, high-quality telepresence and video conferencing sessions.
http://www.TelepresenceOptions.com/exchangereview
- The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference (DVD)
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- TELEPRESENCE OPTIONS LAUNCHES ON-LINE TELEPRESENCE AND VIDEOCONFERENCING CATALOG
World’s Most Comprehensive On-Line Resource for telepresence, Videoconferencing, and unified Communications Solutions
Ashburn, virginia – June 2nd, 2010– Telepresence Options launches the on-line Telepresence and Videoconferencing Catalog @ www.TelepresenceCatalog.com
Telepresence Options, the #1 website following telepresence and effective visual collaboration has launched the world’s most comprehensive on-line catalog of telepresence, videoconferencing, and unified communications solutions at www.TelepresenceCatalog.com.The new Telepresence and Videoconferencing Catalog breaks out technology solutions for visual collaboration into a variety of categories: Telepresence Stage and Podium Systems, Group Systems, Large Group Systems, Small Group Systems, Executive Systems, Telemedicine & Healthcare TP, Video Conference Systems, Video Network Infrastructure, Cameras and Codecs, Managed Services Provider, Inter-Networking Provider, TP and VC Exchange Services, Resellers and Integrators, Consultants, Recording, Streaming, and Archiving, Video Network Management, Public Telepresence and VC Rooms, Peripherals and Accessories, Telepresence Robotics, Virtual Reality CAVESs, Unified Communications, Desktop Conferencing, Webconferencing and Virtual Collaboration, Display Technologies, Publications, Conferences and Events.
Telepresence Options’ Publisher, Howard S. Lichtman explains the rationale for the new Catalog: “We are constantly amazed at how many sophisticated organizations are only familiar with a small handful of telepresence, UC, and visual collaboration offerings. We wanted to create an on-line marketplace where buyers have the broadest view of their options including solutions that they didn’t know existed.
For companies that are taking their visual collaboration solutions to-market we wanted to create a cost-effective targeted way to reach those interested at the optimum time: When they are reaching their telepresence and unified communications options!”
The new Catalog is a stand-alone website that is already rising rapidly in the search engine rankings. The site is promoted by www.TelepresenceOptions.com which has seen its traffic double since 2009. The new website will also be promoted through the Telepresence Options Telegraph newsletter, the Human Productivity Lab’s website, Telepresence Industry Professionals, and banner ad and search engine advertising on other websites.
Vendors interested in having their solutions listed in the Telepresence and Videoconferencing can download information here: http://www.telepresencecatalog.com/category/get-listed/
- TELEPRESENCE OPTIONS LAUNCHES ON-LINE TELEPRESENCE AND VIDEOCONFERENCING CATALOG


