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Gone are the days of the road warriors, those daily business travellers with their expense accounts, never-ending bonus miles and first class upgrades. No longer do companies support a squadron of ever-moving ambassadors for their products. Technology and practicality teamed up to produce video conferencing. With video conferencing, sales meetings and company gatherings could be conducted without the expense of actually meeting or gathering the team. This translated directly to lower costs and more efficient use of time.

Greater advances in the science have led to new uses for video conferencing. Physicians conduct exams, fitness consultants run exercise classes and therapists analyse their patients via video. Sales of telehealth hardware and software is expected to be near $990 million by 2015. By 2020, the entire industry is projected to expand to $6 billion.

The science isn’t static. New products and uses are on the horizon. Video conferencing is not only here to stay, it is going to keep changing the way we interact with one another. Here are five inventions that are going to revolutionize video conferencing in the next decade.

1. Holographic Technology

Holographic technology will be evident in holographic projectors and data storage. Until now, video projectors in smart phones and other small devices couldn’t deliver sharp images because the necessary lights were too hot. Laser-based holograms don’t require the space and don’t overheat the host device. Larger models capable of delivering holographic television broadcasting are in the research phase. Holotechnology will also revolutionize data storage by replacing Flash with holographic memory. PDAs and smart phones could have five gigabytes of storage. The devices will also have a holographic projector for watching videos and television on a wall.

2. Video Mail (V-mail)

Just as the U.S. Post Office had to compete with electronic mail, e-mail will be competing with video mail, another new technology. Senders will use a webcam to compose their message. The recipient will receive notification of the video mail. The message will be stored and accessed from a remote server. This use of cloud computing will not require download client software. This technology will especially benefit those who cannot type or have other physical limitations.

3. Video Answering Machine

With the implementation of video e-mail, a video answering machine is the next logical step. Apple toyed with including the option in their Leopard operating system in 2006. A recent patent filing suggests the digital video answering machine will be a reality soon. When a user is not available, the answering machine will play a pre-recorded video for any incoming calls.

4. Widespread Usage of Personal Broadcasting

Personal broadcasting lets anybody be the CEO of their own broadcasting network. Some folks rely on members to provide content, some “borrow” their content and others compose their own content. Some feeds are like video blogs. Their hosts might use the feed to politicize, document their world or entertain. Compared to television, the fees are very cheap. Success can be measured in thousands of viewers, not millions. The personal broadcaster also enjoys the freedom of being the boss.

5. Video conferencing Translating Services

Translating services and software will be hot in the near future. If you want to broadcast your own international network, you’ll need software to subtitle your video or to translate your webpage. You can also hire a voice-over actor after auditioning from a list of available candidates. Having multi-lingual versions of your content can lead to international commerce.

Bio: Rashed Khan has an MSc in Software Engineering and enjoys guest posting on business/ technology related topics. Rashed has been carrying out research on video conferencing for a considerable amount of time and thoroughly believes that video conferencing is the communication medium of the future.

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