Transcript Web conferencing

Web conferencing
Liane Tarouco
Leandro Bertholdo
RNP POP/RS
Introduction
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The field of Web conferencing software is
growing at a breathtaking pace.
In the summer of 1994 there were exactly two
products in this category, both of them rather
primitive freeware packages.
Today there are well over 60 commercial and
freeware products, many of them quite
sophisticated, that support conferencing on
the Web in one form or another
Products
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VRVS
Macromedia Breeze
VRVS
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VRVS is a realtime distributed system which
provides a scalable communication
infrastructure for large collaboration
dispersed all over the world.
Different technologies and protocols are
supported (and mixed) and allow users to
connect their preferred videoconference.
VRVS
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Supports
– Mbone,
– H.323,
– SIP,
– QuickTime,
– Access Grid, JMF and MPEG2.
The system is composed of 1 main server
and several reflectors (network servers)
spread around the world.
VRVS
The “Virtual Room Videoconferencing System”
(VRVS) has been developed since 1995 in order
to provide a low cost, bandwidth- efficient,
extensible means for videoconferencing and
remote collaboration over networks within the High
Energy and Nuclear Physics communities.
VRVS
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May 2005
• 18,500 Users Registered from 120 Countries,
more than 1100 world wide meetings involving
more than 4500 users (total 6000 hours) per
month
VRVS Support services
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Conference management
Testing VRVS
VRVS e MBone
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Public-Domain or Free Players
– Good “Sense of Presence”: 10 Frames/sec Within
100-200 Kbps or 20-25 Frames/sec within 300-500 Kbps
– Multi-Platforms : Linux, Unix’s,
Windows95/98/NT/2000, Macintosh (only with QuickTime)
CHAT
VIC
QuickTime Player 4.x
VAT
RAT
WhiteBoard
Macromedia - Breeze - Meeting
Sharing
Participants
Chat
Macromedia Breeze
Poll
Participants
Chat
Notes
Macromedia Breeze
Whiteboard
Participants
Chat
File share
Macromedia Breeze - Meeting
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Dual processor server
Windows server
LDAP integration
Session recording