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Event History / History of Videoconferencing
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Last Modified Jul 03, 2007 at 08:06 PM PDT by SciTechViewed 945 time(s)
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Traces the history of videoconferencing inventions and innovations over the years
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| 1927 | First Videoconference |
Herbert Hoover - the Commerce Secretary at that time - placed the first ever videoconference call from Washington DC to the president, AT&T in New York. The videoconferencing system he used was...
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| 1964 | Picturephone Demonstrated |
AT&T demos the "Picturephone" at the World Fair in New York. The phone featured a B&W screen which displayed the caller. Although AT&T launched the Picturephone, it did not ga...
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| 1991 | PC-based videoconferencing system | PictureTel - a subsidiary of IBM - introduced the first PC-based videoconferencing system. This was a color video-based full-motion system. Besides being expensive, it was also difficult to use | view
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| 1997 | Virtual Room Videoconferencing system | Researchers at California Institute of Technology unveil the first Virtual Room Videoconferencing system. It enhanced videoconferencing experience to a full-room concept (and not just a desktop). | view
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| 2001 | Transatlantic Tele-surgery |
Doctors conduct the first transatlantic tele-surgery and TV reporters use satellite-powered videophones to cover events. Thus, videoconferencing revolutionizes several fields (despite being investm...
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