Chris Ball: OLPC Videoconferencing

OLPC Videoconferencing

Chris Ball — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:34:00 +0000

We just had our first trans-atlantic (and trans-Cambridge) videoconference on the OLPC!

We were chatting with the fine people at Collabora (Dafydd Harries is in the bottom photo), who have been working on getting Telepathy and Farsight running on the OLPC OS. Audio and video were both extremely smooth. We were exchanging 15fps, over wireless at both ends.

My hope is that starting a video call with another user on the mesh network could eventually be as easy as clicking on a buddy's icon in the mesh view.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by C. Hughes

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:58:38 +0100

I was informed by our VC vendor's Tech Support of a forum for your Videoconferencing Professionals.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Switch

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:02:12 +0100

A videoconference can be thought of as a phone call with pictures - Microsoft refers to that aspect of its NetMeeting package as a "web phone" - and indications suggest that videoconferencing will some day become the primary mode of distance communication.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Ryan C

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:25:06 +0000

We'd love to see how this can feature can be added to XOs at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville. All of the elementary school kids have their own XO. They could use videoconference for sign language communication.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Xiang

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:00:18 +0100

It will be hard to do across the internet because of bandwidth constraints.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Identifier

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:13:51 +0100

The excellent device! 5 points!

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Caren

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:08:59 +0100

100$ - good price :)

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Xenia

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:00:46 +0000

That's really cool, why still use a MS laptop? I would switch immediately, when they are available in public.

Regards, Xenia

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Clare

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:44:46 +0000

Wow! It is great to see how these $100 laptop doing great things.

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by William Ashe

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:24:03 +0000

How willful OLPC project be self-sustaining by the local people?

William Ashe founder, Lifewater International

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by William Ashe

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:22:48 +0000

How will the OLPC project be self sustaining by the local people?

Bill Ashe founder, Lifewater International BillAshe@Verizon.net

"OLPC Videoconferencing" by Amazing

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:04:42 +0000

Do you guys have a video of this running? Maybe upload it to youtube or whatever, I would love to see it.