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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 19, 2007 -- GlobalMedia Group, the leader in telemedicine solutions today announced it has signed an agreement to join the Polycom ARENA partner program to enable new vertical solutions on the Polycom unified collaboration platform. Polycom, a leader in unified collaboration communications, initiated the ARENA program to allow software application providers, hardware device manufacturers, and conferencing solution providers to integrate their products with Polycom's industry leading unified collaboration platform to create new applications.



The CapSure Digital Imaging solution integrates easily within Polycom's unified collaboration platform enabling surgeons in an operating room to see in real-time as a pathologist's makes the diagnosis of the removed and prepared surgical matter from the hospitals frozen section lab. Surgeons and pathologists see the dynamic microscopic images simultaneously allowing for immediate communication of proper surgical margins while capturing compatible still images with annotations for the hospitals Electronic Medical Record, (EMR) system.

"The CapSure solution from GlobalMedia exhibits great potential to be a complete pathology laboratory system. Taking photographs is easy and the potential to store the images with the patient reports on the laboratory computer system is exciting. The quality of the on-screen images is superb and the ability to zoom in and out on the live image without switching between objectives is another great feature that sets the system apart," said Stephen W. Coons, M.D. Chief, Section of Neuropathology, Barrow Neurological Institute.

The unified collaboration market in the healthcare sector is a key growth segment. Various industry estimates put the healthcare spending as a percentage of our annual GDP to reach 25 percent in 2015. Hospitals around the world are investing heavily to improve productivity, speed up decision making, and lower cost by connecting surgeons and pathologists with remote labs and classrooms.

"Polycom and GlobalMedia are providing healthcare systems around the world with immediate viewing from a laboratory microscope of the prepared slide back to the operating room or even to another pathologist anywhere for a second opinion," said Joel E. Barthelemy, CEO of GlobalMedia. "The Polycom ARENA program has enabled GlobalMedia to offer its product through a knowledgeable and experienced channel while providing the customer with Polycom's global award-winning support."

"By extending the power of Polycom unified collaboration solution into healthcare industry, we are enabling hospitals to be more productive, efficient, and innovative," said Mark Roberts, Vice President, Polycom ARENA partner program. "Working with GlobalMedia we created a unique solution that meets a valuable application need in a key growth market for collaboration solutions."

Today, industry-leading unified collaboration solution providers are tapping into the power of the Polycom Ultimate HD platform to create greater customer value. The Polycom Ultimate HD platform delivers the only true life like user experience that is just like being there so making collaborative meetings much more productive for customers. Polycom ARENA, an ecosystem of partners, offers an opportunity to leverage a global brand and an industry leading platform to innovate unified collaboration solutions and expand market share in key growth segments -- Enterprise, Education, Federal and State government, Healthcare, and Finance. With the Polycom ARENA program, Polycom is leveraging expertise across industry to drive innovation, growth, and rapid adoption of unified collaborative solutions. These solutions demonstrate how vendors are collaborating with Polycom and extending the industry-leading Polycom Ultimate HD unified collaboration platform to penetrate new market opportunities in Government, Education, Finance, Technology, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and other growing vertical segments.

Pricing and Availability
The CapSure solution is generally available today. For more information about the solution, visit GlobalMedia or to find out more about the Polycom Arena program visit www.polycom.com/ARENA.

About GlobalMedia
GlobalMedia Group, LLC, the world's innovation leader in precision visual communications; designs, engineers and manufactures state-of-the-art imaging solutions that satisfy demands for unsurpassed quality, cost-effectiveness and flexibility. GlobalMedia exceeds even the most challenging requirements for clarity, accuracy, convenience and affordability. Commitment to these high standards drives GlobalMedia's leadership position in the medical technology arena, for which they proudly answer the needs of TeleHealth with proven solutions that are delivered today. Focus on the future with GlobalMedia. For additional information on superior, affordable, customizable visual communications solutions to augment your organization in the medical, manufacturing, governmental or educational industry, call 1.480.922.0044, or visit the GlobalMedia website at http://www.globalmedia.com


About the Polycom ARENA Program
Polycom ARENA is an ecosystem program designed to expand the applications for Polycom's collaboration technology and accelerate the delivery of new solutions for customers in a variety of industries by enabling software applications providers, hardware device manufacturers, and conferencing solution providers to integrate their products with Polycom's industry leading unified collaboration platform to create new applications. Polycom ARENA ecosystem partners can develop, test and certify interoperability between their solutions and the Polycom platform of voice, video and content collaborative solutions. Customers benefit from the industry expertise of Polycom ARENA ecosystem partners who are building standards-based solutions that fully interoperate with the Polycom unified collaboration platform and installed base of video conferencing systems. Additional information is available at www.polycom.com/ARENA.

Polycom and the Polycom logo are registered trademarks of Polycom in the U.S. and various countries. ©2007, Polycom, Inc. GlobalMedia and the GlobalMedia logo are trademarks and CapSure is a registered trademark of GlobalMedia Group, LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2007 GlobalMedia Group, LLC All rights reserved.

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