Their most popular use is the establishment of video links, permitting computers to act as videophones or videoconference stations.
Both videophone calls and videoconferencing are also now commonly referred to as a "video link".
The interpreter works from another locationeither an office, home-based studio or call centeralso using a videophone or web camera and television or computer screen.
Some early videophones employed very low data transmission rates with a resulting sketchy video quality.
As a utopian novel, the book devotes some time to the futuristic technology such as videophones.
Videoconferencing differs from videophone calls in that it's designed to serve a conference or multiple locations rather than individuals.
However video technology was to be deployed in analog television broadcasting long before it could become practicalor popularfor videophones.
How many people will take advantage of videophones?
