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Cisco Demos Public Rooms For Telepresence
CWmike writes "Matt Hamblen reports that Cisco Systems Inc. has announced the first telepresence videoconferencing rooms available for public use. It demonstrated the technology simultaneously in four locations in India, the US and the UK Three of the four demonstration sites were retrofitted rooms in Taj Hotels in London, Bangalore, India and Boston. The luxury hotel chain will build the videoconferencing rooms for business and guest use at rates starting at $400 an hour in the Boston location. Cisco said prices will vary from $299 to $899 an hour at various locations globally, depending on the number of users. The rooms can accommodate from one to 18 people."
That's one place I don't want to see a demo!
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
...so I can talk to my cats while I'm on vacation? I have a Logitech webcam and a Linux box. Thankyouforyourtime.
It's a good thing it maxes out at $899.00! I couldn't afford $900.00!
I first read this as "Cisco Demos Public Restrooms For Telepresence"
Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.
In the second video, towards the end, after the long long long marketing spiel, he finally explains why this technology sucks.
If a person in one of the rooms points at a person in another room, the people in the other two rooms can't tell who is being pointed at. So "you're fired!" gets very confusing very quickly.
FAIL.
How we know is more important than what we know.