Telepresence and Videoconferencing Industry Website Directory
+ Telepresence System Vendors
- Business Octane
- BrightCom
- Cisco
- Digital Video Enterprises
- HP Halo
- Huawei
- Lifesize
- Magor TeleCollaboration
- Polycom
- Tandberg
- Telanetix
- Telepresence Tech
- Teliris
+ Desktop Telepresence Vendors
+ Desktop, PC, and Personal Videoconferencing
- Avistar - Focused on the Financial Services Industry
- Cisco - Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series, WebEx
- LifeSize Communications - LifeSize Desktop
- Mingleverse - Virtual environments combined with video.
- Polycom - Personal Systems,
- Radvision -
- TANDBERG - Desktop Video, PC Video (Movi)
- Vidyo -
+ Telepresence Managed Service Providers
- AT&T
- Avaya
- BCS Global - VNOC Managed Services, Telepresence Exchange Provider
- BT Conferencing (Formerly Wire One) - VNOC Managed Services, Telepresence Exchange Provider
- Glowpoint - VNOC Managed Services, Telepresence Exchange Provider
- HP Halo Collaboration Solutions
- Iformata - VNOC Managed Services
- IP V Gateways - Wholesale provider of bridging services to TP and VTC Managed Service Providers, Telepresence and Videoconferencing Exchange Provider
- mvision- (UK and Europe, HQ Central London)
- Nortel (Nortel's Enterprise managed service division has been acquired by Avaya)
- Telemerge
- Teliris
- Verizon Business
- York Telecom
+Telepresence Exchange Providers (Wholesale)
+Unified Communications Vendors
+ Carriers, Meet-Me Facilities, and Network Service Providers
- AKN - Canadian network provider and wholesaler that simplifies Canadian connectivity
- Allied Fiber - New Domestic US Fiber Capacity for Carriers, MSPs, and Large Enterprises
- AT&T - TP and VTC managed services and network with Interconnection offering
- BT Conferencing - TP and VTC managed services and network
- FiberLight - Fiber & Metro Optical Services (US Footrpint) for Carriers, MSPs, and Large Enterprises
- Glowpoint - TP and VTC managed services and network
- Hibernia Atlantic - Network provider with a redundant route across Northern Atlantic
- Iformata - TP and VTC managed services and network
- IP V Gateways - Interconnection specialist for TP and VTC traffic
- MASERGY - True QoS Network provider for TP and VTC with Interconnection offering
- Rivulet -
- Tata Communications
- Telehouse- colocation data centre facilities, global interlink, internet peering, managed services, disaster recovery, and more
- Telemerge
- Telx - Carrier Neutral Colocation and Meet- Me Room Provider with TP and VTC Interconnection offering
- Verizon Business
- Virtela Communications - True QoS Network provider for TP and VTC
- WBS Connect - True QoS Network provider for TP and VTC with turnkey TP & VTC Solutions
+ Telepresence Codec Vendors
+ Telepresence Display Vendors
- Analog Way - Hi-Res Mixers / Seamless Switcher, Scalers, and Scan Converters
- Christie Digital - Projector Technology, Video Wall Systems,
- Digital Video Enterprises - On-Stage Telepresence, Beam Splitter Solutions
- Electrosonic - Video Wall Technology,
- Musion - On-Stage Telepresence,
- TelePresence Tech - Beam Splitter Solutions
+ Camera Platforms (360 Degree Capture)
+ Data Collaboration Peripherals
- Cereno - NuVa Horizontal Desktop Data Collaboration System
- Electrosonic - HD Data Collaboration CODECS
- Polyvision - Interactive Whiteboards
- SMART Technologies - Interactive whiteboards, multi-touch surface computing, tablets,
- Teliris - InterACT Data Collaboration - Surface Computing, Document Replication, Easel
- TC&C - CARIN Recording Suite for Cisco TelePresence and Unified Communications
- WolfVision - Document Cameras and Visualizers
+ Telepresence/Videoconferencing Infrastructure Providers
- IPeak Networks - Packet loss Reduction Appliance for TP & VTC end-users and MSPs
- Polycom - MCUs
- RADVISION - MCUs
- Tandberg / Codian - MCUs
+ Telepresence Resellers Pro-AV and System Integrators
- Actis (India)
- ATK Services (Western US)
- BT Conferencing (Western Europe and US)
- Datacraft (Asia and India)
- GBH Communications (Western US) - LifeSize, Polycom, TANDBERG, and Vidyo
- mvision - (UK and Europe) - TANDBERG, T3 Demo Capability in Central London
- Teleportel (Belgium and Western Europe)
- Vectus Media (Telanetix and Others, East Coast)
- WBS Connect (Integrates Telepresence solutions from DVE, Vidyo, and LifeSize Communications)
- The Whitlock Group (Eastern US)
- Global Presence Alliance (Global Solutions from some of the World's Best Pro-AV shops)
+ Collaboration Training
- LearnTel (Australia)
- Human Productivity Lab (United States)
+ Publicly Available Telepresence Providers
- Cinemaworks
- Pangeair (Out of Business)
- Powwow Virtual - The Human Productivity Lab's business model for publicly available telepresence done right.
- Tata Communications - Over a dozen publicly available Cisco TelePresence Systems
- F2F Biz Cafe - Start up launching network of telepresence cafes.
+ Telepresence Consulting & Global Telepresence Solution Design
+ Projected Telepresence, On-Stage Telepresence and Holographic Projection
- Digital Illusions LLC - North American License Holder for Musion Technology, Content creator
- Digital Video Enterprises - Telepresence Stage
- Musion - Eye-liner Foil for On-stage telepresence
+ Telepresence Applications
- ThereNow (Education)
- Digital Illusions LLC - On-Stage Telepresence production in the United States (MUSION Licensee)
- Dialogue Cafe - Facilitating global conversations about important issues.
- Worktopia - Meeting management solutions for telepresence.
+ Telepresence/Videoconferencing Software Solutions
- IFormata VNOC Symphony - VNOC Management, Scheduling, Reservations,
- IPeak Networks - Packet loss reduction for TP & VTC applications
- Tandberg Management Suite - management and Scheduling Software for TP & VTC Networks
- The Visual Environment (Carbon Emission Measurement & Reduction)
- Vidyo (H.264 SVC Video Compression Software)
- Viral Media Productions (Personal Video Mass Messaging)
+ Conferencing Industry News
- Brockmann & Company - The Customer Insight Firm
- Conferencing News
- Telepresence Options - Follow On Twitter - Main Feed- RSS, Email
- Telepresence Options Telegraph - Newsletter on Telepresence
- Videoconferencing Insight Newsletter
- VRoot (Virtual Reality News)
- Wainhouse Research
+ Academic Research on Telepresence/Presence
- 3D Telepresence for Medical Consultation (UNC)
- The Augmented Multiparty Interactive Consortium
- International Society for Presense Research
- The McGill Ultra-Videoconferencing Group
- Multiview
- Presence Research in Action (PEACH) (Out-of-Business)
- Teleimmersion @ UC Berkeley
- HyperMirror @ Osaka University, Japan
- University of Southern California - Institute for Creative Technologies
- PRIME - PRoduction- and Projection-Techniques for Immersive MEdia-" is state-aided by the German Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology (BMWi). Consortium: DVS, FLYING EYE, Fraunhofer HHI, Fraunhofer IIS, HFF, Kinoton, KuK Filmproduktion, Loewe
- 3DPresence Project - emphasises the transmission, efficient coding and accurate
representation of physical presence cues such as multiple user
(auto)stereopsis, multi-party eye contact and multi-party gesture-based
interaction. Consortium: Philips Research, Radvision, Fraunhofer HHI, Technical University of Eindhoven,Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo (coordinator)
+ Telepresence Researchers and Academics
- Andrew Jones - USC ICT - TPO Article - 12/08,
- Harlyn Baker - HP Labs
- Bruce Culbertson - HP Labs
- Henry Fuchs - UNC- Projection Augmented Dummies, 3D Telepresence for Medical Consultation
- Michael Harville - HP Labs
- Wijnand IJsselsteijn - Human-Technology Interaction Group at the Eindhoven University
- Jeff Machtig - Digital Video Enterprises
- Steve McNelley - Digital Video Enterprises
- David Nguyen
- Irwin Sobel
- Larry Smarr
- Greg Welch - UNC - Projection Augmented Dummies
- Duffie White - TelePresence Tech
- Einat Yellin (Lachover) - Radvision, 3D Telepresence
+ Industry Associations
- Telepresence Industry Professionals - The Human Productivity Lab's industry association on Linked In of over 1050+ telepresence industry professionals
- Interactive Multimedia Collaborative Communications Alliance
- L2 Telepresence Forum
- Polycom User Group
- Telepresence Today (Domains for Sale)
+ Industry Blogs
- Discover Telepresence - Marc Trachtenberg, CEO - Teliris
- The LifeSize Blog - Casey King, CTO - LifeSize Communications
- Telepresence Options - Howard S. Lichtman, President - Human Productivity Lab
- Video over Enterprise - Sagee Ben-Zedeff, R&D Guru - Radvision
- Video Networker - Stefan Karapetkov, Emerging Technologies Director - Polycom
+ Contract Designers & Manufacturers for Telepresence Gear
- Hellard Design - From the team that brought you the original TeleSuite (Now Polycom RPX)
- Regal Research and Manufacturing - TelePresence Tech
- Quanta Computer - Contract manufacturer for Cisco TelePresence
- Speck Design - Telepresence System Design (Cisco)
+ Telepresence Robotics
+ Good Deeds
- Amazon Cares
- Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
- Bicycles for Humanity
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - Defending Freedom in the Digital Age
- Fluoride Action Network
- Freedom Calls Foundation
- Loose Change - Final Cut
- National Vaccine Information Center - America's Vaccine Safety Watchdog
- Oath Keepers
- Patriots Question 9/11
- Safe Minds - Sensible Action for Ending Mercury Induced Neurological Disorders
- Survival Blog
- Vacations for Veterans
- Vaccination Liberation
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