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Gigaconference II. Bob Dixon and Megan Troyer OARnet Ohio State University Internet2 Commons December 5, 2006 Internet2 Fall Member Meeting Chicago, Illinois. High Definition Industry-Standard H.323
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Gigaconference II Bob Dixon and Megan Troyer OARnet Ohio State University Internet2 Commons December 5, 2006 Internet2 Fall Member Meeting Chicago, Illinois
High Definition Industry-Standard H.323 Video Conferencing Special Event • This is the current State of the Art. • Invited: • All Internet2 Corporate Member High- Definition Equipment Manufacturers • Everyone in the world with HD capabilities
Participants • LifeSize [endpoints] • Polycom [endpoints, MCU and Recorder] • Tandberg [endpoints] • Codian [MCU] • See them all in the Demo Area • 16 Remote High-Definition Sites Worldwide • Streaming Video Archive and DVDs Available • http://commons.internet2.edu/gigaconference
Important HD Interoperability Milestones • Endpoints of different manufacturers • Endpoints and MCUs of different manufacturers • Cascaded MCUs of different manufacturers • Ability to Record an HD Conference • Shows that HD Industry is Maturing
Remote Polycom HD MCU [I2 Commons -Ohio] Polycom HD Recorder Gigaconference II - December 5, 2006. Chicago, Illinois. Remote Polycom HD Endpoint [Ohio] Remote Tandberg HD Endpoint [Australia] Remote LifeSize HD Endpoint [Penn.] Remote Audience All HD Brands Finland Netherlands USA (9) Local Codian HD MCU Local Tandberg HD Endpoint Local LifeSize HD Endpoint Local Polycom HD Endpoint IP Connection Local HD Projector IP Cascade [At Conference] A/V Connection
Special Thanks • Polycom for $5000 • LifeSize for $2500 • Codian for $2500 • Allowed us to rent the high-quality Barco HD projector here • Codian, flew in the new special HD MCU from England for this event. • Polycom, provided the HD recorder for this event.
Presentations • [In alphabetical order] • 4:35 Codian • 4:46 LifeSize • 4:57 Polycom • 5:05 Tandberg • 5:20 Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, Ohio Supercomputer Center - Special VIP Show • 5:30 Roll Call of Remote Audience Locations