Comments on: Telepresence – Wave of the Past? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Future of Collaboration: Video Conferencing http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59825 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:31:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59825 [...] fixed telepresence systems such as those offered by Cisco are aimed at the enterprise and so are unlikely to be used by many web workers, there is already a huge choice of web app video conferencing options available in this highly [...]

]]> By: On-Premise Videoconferencing: Not for Web Workers? « Web Worker Daily http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59824 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:45:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59824 [...] Worker Daily’s Mike Gunderloy has questioned telepresence for web workers, saying “it doesn’t offer a lot to the web worker who is already out on the cutting [...]

]]> By: larry ferrarri http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59823 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:22:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59823 Seems like you all just don’t understand business.
Take outsourcing, for example.

Indiatek has a 2 year contract with Z trade (a US Company) to develop anything tech.
Indiatek is required to have 1 person in the US for every 4 in India.
To move projects along, Ztrade sends people from the US to India, incurring 52 hours of travel time for essentially 2 days (max) of meetings. IndiaTek cannot send people as they cnnot get temporary visa’s. If they do, there is a 90 day delay.

Indiatek, in their infinite wisdom, puts in Telepresence from India to Z trade.
They now have overcome alot of issues in their projects for both companies,
And guess what? They created “stickiness” with their customer. so when
Banglagoretek comes in to underbid them, Z trade says”will you install a TP system so we can communicate effectively?

Before you ALL comment on telepresence perhaps you should get a demo.
Only UNIMPORTANT PAWNS in business frown upon this and cannot realize its importance.

]]> By: Stu Downes : Collaboration with surfaces http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59822 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:36:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59822 [...] rather than a niche product: “However I can’t help but think that Surface is a bit like Telepresence, a technology that will be reserved for a very small number of [...]

]]> By: Sipcat VoIP Blog » Blog Archive » Telepresence or videoconferencing? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59821 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:49:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59821 [...] Via: Web Worker Daily [...]

]]> By: Doug K http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59820 Thu, 31 May 2007 22:17:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59820 most of business is politics. Political negotiations are best accomplished face-to-face, as there are many channels of information that cannot be captured in text. This is the market for telepresence, not tech worker bees.

]]> By: Larry Cannell http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59819 Thu, 31 May 2007 12:16:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59819 Hereis something I wrote about conferencing eight years ago. Much of it still holds true today.

]]> By: Larry Cannell http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59818 Thu, 31 May 2007 12:14:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59818 Mike, you nailed it. This is video conferencing trying to make another comeback. While I believe there are scenarios where this makes sense, these are few and far between.

is something I wrote about conferencing eight years ago. Much of it still holds true today.

]]> By: Marshall http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59817 Thu, 31 May 2007 01:55:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59817 I have been working in Telepresence for 5 years now, partially because it is a cool experience. When done well, it really does help faciliate human interaction; there are people on other continents that I feel I know pretty well but have never physically met. I would place it on the “burst” side of the work divide, as it really facilitates spontaneous meetings with distant participants. I don’t think it is really going to change corporate cultures that much, though.

BTW, the original business plan, 10 years ago, was for “TeleDining,” with Suites being placed in Hotel restaurants. This was actually done back in the 1995-96 time frame.

]]> By: Ron Wilson http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59816 Wed, 30 May 2007 20:20:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59816 Mike,

As I was reading I had a picture in my mind of King Lear raging against the storm. Ok, maybe “raging” is a little bit of hyperbole. Call it swimming against the tide.

Not that I don’t sympathize. As a numbers geek there have been plenty of times when I wished people would just go away so I could get some real work done.

The reality, however, is that humans are social animals. We can’t go long without feeling the need to interact with other humans, and technology, no matter how efficient at information gathering and processing, is no substitute. Important, yes, but different.

]]> By: JamesC http://gigaom.com/collaboration/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59815 Wed, 30 May 2007 19:24:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/30/telepresence-wave-of-the-past/#comment-59815 I noticed while watching 24 this year that they had a Cisco “Telepresence Suite” in their fictional White House. Maybe the older generation are impressed and feel it useful, I really couldn’t see the point.

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