Videotelephony

Motorola Ojo Videophone 900, 2005.

A D-Link Videophone, December 2007.

Nortel IP Video Phone 1535, February 2008.

TANDBERG 1000 MXP, for offices and small meeting rooms. State-of-the-art desk-top system, 12.1" XGA screen, using either ISDN or VoIP transmissions. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation)

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)

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.

Ericsson videophone trial: Sweden, 1971; the Ericsson model was a contemporary to AT&T's 'Picturephone'. (Courtesy: Ericsson Archives/Centre for Business History, Stockholm)

1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', with its control pad nested within its circular base support.
(Courtesy: LabguysWorld. com)

1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone'. Note audio speaker that can almost be seen through the upper R.H. corner grill.
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1972-73 Mod II AT&T 'Picturephone', with control pad nested within circular support base.
(Courtesy: LabguysWorld. com)

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.
(Courtesy: LabguysWorld. com)

Right side view of AT&T Picturephone Mod II with cover removed exposing one of several internal PCBs.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II Control Pad (1972-73), close-up view.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

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.

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.
(Courtesy: LabguysWorld. com)

AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, view showing serial number plate on the top surface
(Courtesy: LabguysWorld. com)

Right side view of AT&T Picturephone Mod II with cover removed exposing one of several internal PCBs.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II Control Pad (1972-73), close-up view.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, exposed upper-rear view, with its unit cover removed.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

AT&T 'Picturephone' Mod II of 1972-73, left side view with cover removed exposing some of its inner components.
(Courtesy: 'LabguysWorld. com)

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.

Ericsson videophone trial: Sweden, 1971; the Ericsson model was a contemporary to AT&T's 'Picturephone'. (Courtesy: Ericsson Archives/Centre for Business History, Stockholm)

Photo of a modern twin-screen videoconferencing system, June 2007.

Videoconference room at Mutah University, Jordan. May 2008.

Polycom VSX 7000 camera at top centre used for videoconferencing with two displays for simultaneous broadcast from two locations. May 2008.

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

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

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.

TANDBERG Telepresence Codec C90 Engine (rear view): powerful, flexible codec processor with 12 HD video and 8 microphone inputs. For boardroom, auditorium or telemedical applications. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation)

TANDBERG’s 'PrecisionHD' high resolution camera provides superior video quality at any bandwidth. 1280 x 720 pixels, progressive @ 30fps, 7 X zoom, multiple features. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation)

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

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)

TANDBERG Edge 95/85/75 MXP for a meeting room with a flat screen into an interactive situation room for improved teamwork and accelerated decision-making. (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.

TANDBERG Telepresence Codec C90 Engine (rear view): powerful, flexible codec processor with 12 HD video and 8 microphone inputs. For boardroom, auditorium or telemedical applications. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation)

TANDBERG’s 'PrecisionHD' high resolution camera provides superior video quality at any bandwidth. 1280 x 720 pixels, progressive @ 30fps, 7 X zoom, multiple features. (Courtesy: TANDBERG Corporation)

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)

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 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 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 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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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 webcamera fitted onto a German antennae, near Beobachtung des Grossen-Feldberg-Plateaus, 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.

Technical Sergeant Troy Goodman inspects the newest member of his family via webcam, May 2008

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.

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