Comments on: More unconventional video wisdom http://mrblog.org/2009/03/31/680/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MrBlog http://mrblog.org/2009/03/31/680/comment-page-1/#comment-5234 MrBlog Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:57:31 +0000 http://mrblog.org/?p=680#comment-5234 Thanks Tsahi. More people will agree with you than me, so you're in the majority. :) To your one comment, that "video without good audio isn’t worth a thing" I agree in the context of a "video call" but I will also say that there are some very interesting uses of video alone (with no audio at all), such as always-on streams for presence awareness, shared context, to support opportunistic collaboration and spontaneous (unplanned) interaction etc. These uses of video without any audio have proven to be of more benefit than "video calls" but are rarely used because it isn't as "sexy" - conventional wisdom says "video calls" are the "proper" use of video. I'm happy that you find "video calls" useful - I don't - and neither does objective research - but as I state, that's okay, as your view is much more accepted than mine. :) Thanks Tsahi.

More people will agree with you than me, so you’re in the majority. :)

To your one comment, that “video without good audio isn’t worth a thing” I agree in the context of a “video call” but I will also say that there are some very interesting uses of video alone (with no audio at all), such as always-on streams for presence awareness, shared context, to support opportunistic collaboration and spontaneous (unplanned) interaction etc. These uses of video without any audio have proven to be of more benefit than “video calls” but are rarely used because it isn’t as “sexy” – conventional wisdom says “video calls” are the “proper” use of video.

I’m happy that you find “video calls” useful – I don’t – and neither does objective research – but as I state, that’s okay, as your view is much more accepted than mine. :)

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi http://mrblog.org/2009/03/31/680/comment-page-1/#comment-5233 Tsahi Levent-Levi Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:46:58 +0000 http://mrblog.org/?p=680#comment-5233 Mr Blog, Thanks for the thoughtful post. I first want to state that video without good audio isn't worth a thing - video is supplementary on top of audio. I also would like to state that I have never hidden the fact that I am a RADVISION employee (for the last 10 years). That said, I can only state things out of my own personal experience: * I tend to find video calling useful * I wouldn't replace ALL of my voice calls with video calls, but I will replace some of them, depending on the situation. * I wouldn't replace all face-to-face meetings with video - I have made that clear already in the same post you quote me from. I agree with you on most accounts, but I do believe that video will gain a lot of ground in the next 2 years - a lot more than in the previous 10. Tsahi Levent-Levi RADVISION Mr Blog,
Thanks for the thoughtful post.
I first want to state that video without good audio isn’t worth a thing – video is supplementary on top of audio.
I also would like to state that I have never hidden the fact that I am a RADVISION employee (for the last 10 years).
That said, I can only state things out of my own personal experience:
* I tend to find video calling useful
* I wouldn’t replace ALL of my voice calls with video calls, but I will replace some of them, depending on the situation.
* I wouldn’t replace all face-to-face meetings with video – I have made that clear already in the same post you quote me from.

I agree with you on most accounts, but I do believe that video will gain a lot of ground in the next 2 years – a lot more than in the previous 10.

Tsahi Levent-Levi
RADVISION

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