3D Video, Wireless Audio, and Budget Video Conferencing at CES
Having just finished my morning trip through the South Hall at the enormous LVCC, I thought I’d share a couple of the gems I found today.
Nvidia GEForce 3d Gaming glasses
Nvidia’s 3D Gaming glasses make any DirectX based PC game a 3D experience. They split the geometry of the game graphics into two channels – right and left – and render them to the glasses. they don’t work with console gaming, though. For console gamers, you’ll need to keep an eye out for my report on 3D TVs on display at CES. They retail at $199.
Creative X-Fi
The Creative X-Fi wireless music system works like the Sonos wireless music system I saw last year but with a significant difference in price. The small dongle transmitter (indicated by the red arrow) and the receiver (below) retail as a pair for about $150. The speakers shown above actually retail for about $130, and have the built in wireless receiver.
Creative X-Fi receiver
The receiver has standard RCA jacks to allow connection to a home theater or any powered speakers. The transmitter works on a proprietary 2.4 Ghz band, so you don’t need to consume your wi-fi network bandwidth for music. The included software works on PC or Mac and is compatible with media players like Windows Media and iTunes or Internet music like Last.fm.
inPerson Video Conferencing
The inPerson video conferencing system takes broadband video calling to a new level. The video feed is customizable based on your connection from 128k to 1MB. The camera shoots in 640×480, and includes an output jack that be easily attached to a large screen TV. The unit retails about $800, making it a bit pricey for most consumers. However, it starts to make video conferencing more affordable for small businesses with multiple offices, or distributed collaboration.
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January 11th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I’ve still got an $800 Ojo if you need to make some video calls.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
We’ve got a couple of those in our office. The price hasn’t come down much, but screen size and quality have increased.
What was the name of that backup software you told me about?
January 12th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
[...] some cool stuff. I’ve shared a couple of the items related to broadband networks and TV via CableTechTalk.com. I really dig the PC Ride (video below). It’s a car shaped CPU that retails at $2,495. [...]
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:14 am
Initially the concept of video conferencing was new to me but due to the change in technologies I felt that work and the performance of business can be effectively be increased positively due to the investment I made in more than one telepresence room. However, many telepresence solutions are now standards based, so they are compatible with other desktop.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
3. About six months I witness the wonder of videoconferencing when I was asked to deliver my lecture from my university to a high school via video conferencing. First I was thinking it was just a camera recording my lecture and will make the necessary editing to show the high school students but later I realized that I was interacting with the students live. Great technology