Avistar Releases Matchbook-Sized Camera for Desktop Videoconferencing; Personal Camera Included In Avistar's New Desktop Suite.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:AVSR (Audio Visual Speech Recognition) Using lip reading software to enhance speech recognition. In noisy environments where a camera can be included, AVSR improves the computer's ability to recognize the speaker's words by visually tracking lip movement and ), the leading provider of enterprise video communication solutions, today announced its new Avistar Personal Camera (the APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. 200) for use with Avistar's desktop videoconferencing Using a PC or Mac for a videophone session or videoconference. Contrast with a "room videoconferencing system" where a group of participants congregate in one room. See videoconferencing. system. The APC200 is 75% smaller than conventional PC cameras and attaches to any monitor -- including the thin flat panels popular on financial trading floors -- without blocking the screen area. Just 4 x 5.5 cm, the Avistar camera can be mounted on a monitor's front, side, or top; on the border of a flat panel or notebook; or even on a wall or desk. Set-up and mounting is fast and simple and the adjustable orientation of the camera makes it easy to move manually in the middle of a video call to show documents or other people. The APC200 also offers high-resolution video (510 x 492 for NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and 500 x 582 for PAL) and advanced audio capabilities. The APC200 will be sold as part of the new Avistar AC210 Client kit, which allows users to access a variety of video applications from their desktops, including two-way and multi-party calling, broadcast, record and play, and video-on-demand. This comprehensive and seamless suite of applications is powered by the AvistarVOS(TM) software, the patented video operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. that makes video calling as natural and intuitive as sending an email. The Avistar AC210 Client kit includes the 6.2 release of the software, which provides new product features, including call screening and quick access to video presentations. "Avistar's customers rely on desktop video for mission-critical communication throughout the day. We believe the versatility and quality of our new camera will further assist our customers in making video collaboration a natural, stress-free activity," said Bruce Gallaher, chief marketing officer of Avistar. "The APC200 fits unobtrusively in a crowded workspace, and it is easily manipulated to fit any user's monitor type or personal style. Avistar is delivering yet another product that is setting high standards for the entire videoconferencing industry." About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports a comprehensive suite of networked video communication services for the enterprise. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality interactive video calling, content creation and publishing, broadcast origination and distribution, video-on-demand, and integrated data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. . The Avistar video and data collaboration applications are all managed by the AvistarVOS(TM) video operating system. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:AVSR) is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with sales offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. Collaboration Properties, Inc Collaboration Properties, Inc. (CPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communications Corporation. It holds US and foreign patents in the primary areas of presence-based interactions, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, ., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Avistar Communications Corporation, holds a broad portfolio of patents covering the AvistarVOS platform as well as multiple software and hardware video collaboration products. For more information on Avistar, visit www.avistar.com. Note to Editors: Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. |
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