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What\'s web conferenicng and what\'s video conferencing and are there any differences between them? This article will uncover all the secrets behind them. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Web Conference vs. Video Conference
With the popularity of video conferencing industry, people are always confused with
the common term of web conference and video conference. Hence, I’d like to explain
them in following 2 parts.
Part 1: Definition of Web Conference and Video Conference
◆ Web Conferencing
It is a handy umbrella term for several types of convenient online collaborative
services to include webcasts, web seminars ("webinars") and peer-level web meetings.
It is a conferencing form of real-time collaborative system in which two or more
computer users, all with internet connected, see the same computer screen at any time
in their web browsers. It may however be used in a narrower sense referring only to
meetings of specific peer-level web context, in an effort to disambiguate its meaning
and purpose from other collaborative session types.
◆ Video Conferencing
Known also as video conferencing or video teleconferencing, it is facilitating a video
conference through a set of appropriate telecommunication technologies that allows
two or more computer locations to communicate simultaneously by two-way audio
and video transmissions. This method has also been referred to as visual collaboration
and is a certain type of groupware. Videoconferencing is designed to serve a
conference or multiple locations rather than individuals.
With the introduction in the 1990s of high capacity but low cost broadband
telecommunication services, coupled with video compression techniques and
powerful computing processors, videoconferencing has made important inroads in
medicine, education, business, media and more.
Part 2: Differences between Web Conference and Video Conference
First of all, one of the identified leading drivers for web/video conference is the need
to upgrade traditional voice-only conferences and calls as they both employ the
multiway communication concept and attempt to establish a more productive and
engaging experience. As to the differences, check the paragraphs below.
◆ Web Conferencing
This technology was designed as a functionally-upgraded audio bridge completed
with pictures which has made it possible to share presentations with other audio
participants located anywhere around the globe. What’s more, its features of
presenting video and recording also support information dissemination from one to
many.
It’s quite useful for small-scale meeting, but on the whole, it lacks the essential
features expected with collaboration tools by today's savvy users.
◆ Video Conferencing
This technology, on the other hand, provides everyone a face and a seat at the meeting
which is purposely designed around collaboration. The best solutions concentrate on
facilitating communication in many different ways that people meet—instant or
scheduled, in multiple languages or on any device. Unlimited rooms and conference
rooms can be instantly set up with reliable EZTalks video system, which also enables
you to easily connect to other conference rooms as well as various remote users on
smartphones, tablets and laptops. In addition, participants can even share their screens
with the group!
Simply put, if what matters is the meeting itself and the importance of collaboration,
you'll probably prefer the audio quality and high-definition image which can only be
provided by video conferencing. On the contrary, web conferencing works best for
broadcasting a simple speech made by a single speaker to a normally large audience.
However, if dialogue, reliability and quality, are very important to you, nothing really
beats video conferencing.