Conferencing Systems

Deployment efforts for conferencing include

• MidVid in Internet2

There are numerous other conferencing systems supporting audio and video. Examples include:

• BRAVIS (Brandenburg Videoconferencing System for Teleteaching Services)
• qVIX/CU30
• Isabel, now at Agora Systems
• FICT: FICT stands for Free Internet Conferencing Tools. A small suite of Java utilities allows real time communication on web pages.
• Virtual Room Service
• Telbotics remote robot for letting students participate in school when hospitalized
• TNG: The Next Generation of Telexistence
• Lyceum
• MMC (GMD Fokus)
• JVTOS (also)
• Listing of systems (in German)
• Roger Wilco
• Nautilus secure voice phone over modems or IP

MCU-based conferencing systems generally are either dial-in or dial-out, or a combination of the two, typically with the added ability to share documents. Examples of commercial conferencing services include

• AccuConference
• Budget Conferencing
• Centra
• Elluminate: real-time interaction for education, enterprise
• Evoke
• interwise
• Macromedia Breeze
• MShow
• Placeware
• Raindance
• Ready Conference
• Toll Free Conferencing
• Webex