Videotelephony
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Videotelephony covers the various technologies of conveying both sight and sound in real-time between two or more parties via telecommunications. It was the evolutionary step past the regular telephone, and undertook its first experimental trials in the late 1920s with the advent of videophones, which were first formed from the marriage of telephony, telegraphy, video and radio technologies.
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[edit] Videophones
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- for historical reference, this webpage also includes 20th Century still-image transmission devices, which were a less functional form of conventional videophones (and which are not to be confused with today's Video-enabled UMTS mobile phones, or camera-cellphones);
- there are also other separate media repository articles and categories for:
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- Videoconferencing Systems and Components (for one-to-many and many-to-many conference calls using a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), or its equivalent, unlike Videophones which are meant for one-to-one calls without an MCU)
- Webcams (low-cost device meant for use with a computer)
- Telepresence (high-end videoconferencing system using state-of-the-art technologies resulting in high definition video and audio)
- Video-enabled UMTS mobile phones (mobile and cellphones with videocalling capablilities)
- Video-enabled satellite phones (satellite phone systems meant for videocalls)
[edit] Videophones -Contemporary (since 2000)
 Motorola Ojo Videophone 900, 2005. |
 A D-Link Videophone, December 2007. |
 Nortel IP Video Phone 1535, February 2008. |
 Deutsche Telekom T-View 100 ISDN type videophone meant for home offices and small businesses. Image March 2007. |
 UMTS Video call between Sweden and Singapore, Sony Ericsson K800 over a UMTS mobile network, Sep 2007. |
 TANDBERG Compass wall-mountable security videophone; simple controls enable visitors to obtain assistance. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation) |
 TANDBERG E20 |
[edit] Videophones -Near-recent (1976—1999)
 1993 Intellect wireless prototype designed to receive still images and video from a message center. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History on October 22, 2007. |
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[edit] Videophones -Historical (1925-1975)
 1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', with its control pad nested within its circular base support. |
 1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone'. Note audio speaker that can almost be seen through the upper R.H. corner grill. |
 1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', with control pad nested within circular support base. |
 Close up view of camera and its reflector mirror on a 1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', for use with documents placed at the base. |
 Right side view of AT&T Picturephone Mod II with cover removed exposing one of several internal PCBs. |
 AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II Control Pad (1972-73), close-up view. |
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[edit] Videophones -Conceptual (1924 and prior)
 Video telephony in the year 2000, as imagined in 1910. From a French postcard by Villemard, 1910. Paris, BNF, Estampes. |
 Telephonoscope videophone-television concept, a forecast for 1879, in the 9th December 1878 issue of Punch Magazine. |
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[edit] Videophones -Subassemblies and components
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Close up view of camera and its reflector mirror on a 1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', for use with documents placed at the base. |
 AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, view showing serial number plate on the top surface |
Right side view of AT&T Picturephone Mod II with cover removed exposing one of several internal PCBs. |
AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II Control Pad (1972-73), close-up view. |
 AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, exposed upper-rear view, with its unit cover removed. |
 AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, left side view with cover removed exposing some of its inner components. |
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[edit] Videophones -Sundry images
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Video telephony in the year 2000, as imagined in 1910. From a French postcard by Villemard, 1910. Paris, BNF, Estampes. |
Telephonoscope videophone-television concept, a forecast for 1879, in the 9th December 1878 issue of Punch Magazine. |
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[edit] Videoconferencing systems and components
This is the media repository for Videoconferencing, plus Videoconferencing Systems and Components.. Please do not add images or files of high-resolution Telepresence systems here -there's a separate page article for Telepresence images
NOTE: there are separate media repository articles and categories for
- Videophones (a one-to-one device lacking a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), or equivalent. Videophones can work with POTS, ISDN or VoIP transmission media)
- Webcams (low-cost device meant for use with a computer)
- Telepresence (high-end videoconferencing system with state-of-the-art technology, for high definition displays)
- Video-enabled UMTS mobile phones (mobile and cellphones with videocalling capablilities)
- Video-enabled satellite phones (satellite phone systems meant for videocalls)
[edit] Videoconferencing -Traditional Systems
 Photo of a modern twin-screen videoconferencing system, June 2007. |
 Videoconference room at Mutah University, Jordan. May 2008. |
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 Polycom VSX 7000 camera at top centre used for videoconferencing with two displays for simultaneous broadcast from two locations. May 2008. |
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[edit] Videoconferencing -Web based
 An Ekiga computer user interface panel for the Linux videoconferencing system |
 A German Ekiga computer user interface panel |
 A Russian Ekiga computer user interface panel |
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[edit] Videoconferencing -Special-purpose systems
 A uGenius Personal Teller Machine customized for a Coastal Federal Credit Union production deployment. June 2008. |
 Graphical depiction of a video banking system connection from the customer to banking teller. Dec 2008. |
 ICAC Building Video Interview Room 廉政公署模擬錄影會面室, Feb 2009 |
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[edit] Videoconferencing -Components and hardware
 Polycom VSX 7000 camera used for videoconferencing in the on position, although not recording. In 'on' position the camera is recording and faces towards the front. May 2008. |
 Polycom VSX 7000 camera for videoconferencing in the off position. Jan 2008. |
[edit] Videoconferencing -Sundry images
 Vidéo conférence, pédagogie (pedagogical videoconference) Stanford University: Is 'Anything-Anywhere Ubiquitous Computing Closer Than You Think?' w/ Stewert Butterfield, Flicker. July 2006. |
 George Bush, White House Chief of Staff Andy Card and Admiral Richard Mies conduct video teleconference, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Sept. 11, 2001. |
 Revised graphical chart to Vector Video Standards2.svg intended to resolve dispute regarding NTSC and PAL resolutions. Jan 2009 |
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[edit] Telepresence systems and components
[edit] Telepresence -Systems
.jpg) Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist and writer, attending the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit via an HDTV telepresence system, 13 May 2006 |
 TANDBERG T3 Telepresence high definition conference room; c. 2008. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation) |
 Teliris VirtuaLive Unified Telepresence System, 2007 |
 Teliris VirtuaLive Telepresence System, 2007 |
 Teliris VirtuaLive Telepresence Executive System, 2007 |
 Teliris VirtuaLive Telepresence Modular System, 2007 |
 Telepresence used for teacher professional development during Project thereNow |
 A Polycom 210 series room built by Destiny Conferencing and owned by Pangeair, June 2005. |
[edit] Telepresence -Components and hardware
[edit] Video Relay Service
A Video Relay Service (VRS) is a videotelecommunication service that allows deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired (D-HOH-SI) individuals to communicate over videophones ('video telephones' and similar technologies such as webcams) with hearing people in real-time, with the assistance of a sign language translator, who is called a 'Video Interpreter'.
 A Video Interpreter sign used at videophone stations in public places where deaf people can communicate with hearing people via a Video Relay Service (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
 A deaf or hard-of-hearing person at his workplace using a Video Relay Service to communicate with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter and sign language (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
_and_a_videophone_DSC0051c.jpg) A Video Relay Service session helping a deaf person communicate with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter (sign language interpreter) and a videophone. (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
_and_a_videophone_DSC_0073.JPG) A Video Relay Service session helping a deaf person communicate with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter (sign language interpreter) and a videophone. (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
_and_a_videophone_DSC_0080.JPG) A Video Relay Service session helping a deaf person communicate with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter (sign language interpreter) and a videophone. (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
_and_a_videophone_IMG_2953.jpg) A Video Relay Service session helping a deaf person communicate with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter (sign language interpreter) and a videophone. (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
 A deaf or hard-of-hearing person at her workplace using a Video Relay Service to communicate with a hearing person via a video interpreter and sign language (Courtesy: Significan't SignVideo Services) |
[edit] Webcams
Note:' this article page is NOT for webcam screenshots
[edit] Webcams -Conventional
 Logitech Quickcam, Nov 2007. |
 Webcam graphical icon (small file), Jan 2006. |
 Spacecam 120, Feb 2007. |
 Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 (without "privacy cover"). Nov 2007. |
 Apple iSight, pre-2006. |
 Apple iSight, pre-2006. |
 Apple pre-2006 iSight camera mounted on a PowerBook G4. Image July 2007. |
 Apple iSight webcam, Dec 2004. |
 Apple Cinema Display aluminum and iSight Camera. Aug 2007. |
 Creative webcam |
 Axis 2100 network webcam |
 Logitech webcam |
 A grayscale image of a webcam |
An Axis network webcam, March 2006 |
 Webcam Sweex |
Apple iSight webcam, August 2009 |
 Logitech zoom webcam, February 2009 |
 Jcacweb cam, Oct 2008. |
 Micro webcam, July 2009 |
 A Minoru 3d webcam with screen shot, February 2009 |
 iCMEX WebCam, September 2007 |
 A Logitech QuickCam Messenger V-UAS14 webcam. May 2007. |
 Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 |
 PlayStation 3 webcam, Jun 2008. |
.jpg) PlayStation 3 Eye, rearview, Jun 2008. |
 3JTech CAMit.jpg, Dec 2008. |
 Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000 |
 Xbox 360 webcam |
 Logitech notebook webcam mounted on a notebook, July 2009 |
[edit] Webcams -Computer-integrated
 One Laptop Per Child OLPC AP1, Chris Ball, Richard, screen in ebook mode with webcam running. Nov 2006. |
 HP Mini Webcam with HP Imprint Finish (Swirl)for a 10.2" Display HP |
 iSight camera on an aluminium iMac, Sep 2008. |
 A close-up of the built-in iSight on a White MacBook. Jul 2006. |
[edit] Webcams -Components or modifications
 An instrument assembly for astrophotography, from left to right: video camera, filter wheel, diagonal/flip-mirror |
 A Logitech Clicksmart Webcam modified for use as a Infrared Photography camera. Jan 2006. |
 Sweex miniwebcam USB with its casing removed, with and without lens. Mar 2006. |
[edit] Webcams -Unconventional usage
Note: no screenshots please
 Phillips Toucam Pro 740k webcam fitted onto a Project Galileo observatory, (for planetary imaging). Oct 2006. |
 Mobiscope is mobile phone software that helps to see video from your webcams or IP cameras on mobile |
 Timelapsed imagery captured by a webcam. Apr 2008. |
 A webcam fitted onto a German antennae, near the Grossen-Feldberg-Plateau, July 2007. |
 How to shave without a mirror (and survive to tell the tale). |
 A necklace webcam |
An instrument assembly for astrophotography, from left to right: video camera, filter wheel, diagonal/flip-mirror |
A Logitech Clicksmart Webcam modified for use as a Infrared Photography camera. Jan 2006. |
[edit] Webcams -Sundry images
Note: no screenshots please
 Technical Sergeant Troy Goodman inspects the newest member of his family via webcam, May 2008 |
[edit] Video-enabled UMTS mobile phones
Note: this is a media repository page for UMTS video-enabled cell/mobile phones, which can place videocalls to other people. Do not add files or images of regular (non-video) mobile phones here, or mobile phones that can only take still pictures.
 Here's a lightvector painting of the wearable wristwatch Linux videoconferencing system using SFree86, as featured in Linux Journal and demonstrated live at various venues including ISSCC 2000. (See also Lightvector) |
Video call between Sweden and Singapore, on Sony Ericsson K800 over a UMTS mobile network, September 2007 |
 iPhone by Apple. Nov 2007. |
[edit] Video-enabled satellite phones
Video-enabled satellite phones
[edit] Sundry
 National media cover beginning of a national videoconference with local, state and federal partners updating possible response/recovery actions for Hurricane Gustav, 28 August 2008. |
 Video conference session between SOVA and OCAD University, Canada, 2007 |
