The other features discussed below all worked fine. The video worked fine, but his audio did not (but realistically that could have been caused by any number of factors). He is connected using a Mac that, using VMware Fusion, was working alongside the MacOS X. As an aside, in one of the pictures you see Christian in Paris, France. Ideally, this machine should be as fast as possible, but, mine (a Toshiba laptop) is working at the specified lower limit and it works just fine (see pics of the Three Amigos in a meeting).
#Oovoo friend Pc#
Second, at the present time (as of this writing, the Mac version is in “closed” Beta testing, availability expected in Fall 2007), you will need at least a 1 GHz Windows based PC running XP or Vista with 20 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space and 256 MB of RAM (random access memory). Wireless networks in the home work fine, again, see the WiFi Hot Spot comparison for more information. Using a tool such as SpeakEasy ( ) you can test your upstream speed (see Yeoldetechy article on WiFi hot spots to be posted in a week or so). This needs to be at least 256,000 bits per second (256 kbps). By “upstream” I mean the signal going UP into the Internet cloud. These give you connections to the Internet at the higher “upstream” speeds required for videoconferencing. Yeoldetechy says: The Internet is the standard.įirst, you need a DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable modem Internet connection. Now, products for videoconferencing can be proprietary and still be standards based. However, the Internet has changed everything. Why introduce a product that was not interoperable with the rest of the world? Some very large companies did exactly that. In the old days, Yeoldetechy was dead set against products that were not based on the standards.
#Oovoo friend free#
Since that time the world of desktop videoconferencing has evolved from telephone-based systems (Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN) that cost over $5000 to Internet based systems needing only a web cam and ranging in cost between FREE (for non-standards based) to less than $200 for standards based systems (these allow interoperability with videoconferencing systems in use at corporations, schools and universities). Yeoldetechy has been evangelizing, and using, “desktop videoconferencing” since 1992 (see web site for scanned and uploaded articles from years past). “ ooVoo” was introduced a few months ago, and the INSTANT Yeoldetechy loaded it and tried it, I was hooked! ooVoo has, in my opinion, the capability to finally meet the ideal of providing easy-to-use visual interactive communication for everyone.
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