It seems that in other parts of the world, where IP communications basically is creating new markets and driving economic growth that Video Communications is growing.
While we often think of the video market for the Internet as IPTV like, it’s very interesting to note that the emerging markets like India are focusing on video as a communications tool, something we’ve been saying is already here via programs like SightSpeed, Skype, Yahoo, Macromedia Breeze and others.
Video is next. It was the subject of a panel at Internet Telephony that I moderated and will clearly be front and center in 2007 as more and more laptops and PDA’s see embedded cameras capable of 30 frames per second video. That’s TV quality, and what’s needed to make this market explode.
Products like this new web cam, which also includes a USB drive will only help.