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Video Conferencing on OLTP (USD100 laptop)

Posted by mypapit on 2 Jan 2007 in General

It seems that somebody has managed to get video conferencing working on the OLPC XO Laptop (the USD100 laptop).

This was made possible by Robert McQueen, using telepathy-gabble's Jingle implementation, telepathy-stream-engine, and Farsight GStreamer RTP library.

The early video conferencing experiment by Robert seems promising when he was able to get bidirectional voice/video call going pretty quickly on OLPC XO laptop.

This is interesting because video conferencing on the laptop may open a wide range of possibilities such as classroom conferencing, video chat and distant learning using the $100 laptop.

Please read the full article at OLPC news for more information about Video Conferencing in OLPC laptop

Tags: olpc, laptop, linux, webcam, video conferencing, open source, xo laptop

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1. ping.sg :: The Community Meta Blog for Singapore Bloggers Said:
   January 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm

   s Jingle implementation, telepathy-stream-engine, and Farsight GStreamer RTP library. The early video conferencing experiment by Robert seems promising when he was able to get bidirectional … 0 pong [IMG Direct link]

2. Topher Said:
   November 18th, 2007 at 4:40 pm

   wow, is that second one the same thing ? does it move or something the screen that is ? hmmm I’m glad they made them green, instead of some ugly off white or something. :p YAY now you have 2 comments.

3. ladyfaa Said:
   February 11th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

   mm interesting. Well it says it “lets you video chat“, but it still doesn’t specify whether you can actually HOST it.

4. video conferencing freeware Said:
   January 1st, 2009 at 11:27 am

   I have read this post. This is very much true. Even I own a blog account on video conferencing. Video conferencing is indeed a great innovation in technology and communications. One day video conferencing will be like an ordinary house-hold item in the next 5-10 years.I will mention your post in my blog.

5. Video Conferencing Setup Said:
   January 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm

   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.