September 18, 2010 at 00:20Google tests video chat with quality video transmission for Gmail
It’s worth noting that the video quality is excellent, a really high-quality video stream is supported, so if you have a good camera, you should use it. Well, if the camera is an old model, then you can rush to the store for a better one. In general, I’ll start from the beginning. The fact is that an experimental feature has appeared in Google Labs for Gmail - a high-quality video chat for this mail service. Actually, video chat is not a novelty, only the item “video chat enhancements” is new. It is worth using this item, and you can get an enlarged chat window with an improved video stream. This is not just a stretched video, but really high-quality video (everything is relative, of course).
The difference between the video quality in the old and updated chat is very noticeable, so if you are really interested in it and you use the chat in Gmail, you should try this feature. Here are screenshots before and after changing the video setting to a better transfer.
Now, if one screenshot, which also demonstrates the difference between the old and new version of the video chat for Gmail, is not bad.
It is worth noting that in addition to Google Mail, video chat also works in iGoogle and Orkut. Linux users get an improved default chat version. The company claims that the improved version of the chat did not at all become stronger than “loading” the resources of the client PC - everything is organized in such a way as to free up part of the computer’s resources due to the original implementation of video processing.
In May, Google bought Global IP Solutions for $ 68.2 million - the purchase was very welcome, allowing the corporation to further develop its own Internet telephony service, expanding the capabilities of other services - the same google mail, for example. Most likely, such improvements are really the result of introducing the architecture developed by Global IP Solutions into the Google services environment. The management of the corporation reports that it is also possible to further improve the quality of video reception / transmission, all this will be realized as the broadband connection to the network penetrates into households and corporations.
Via cnet.com
The difference between the video quality in the old and updated chat is very noticeable, so if you are really interested in it and you use the chat in Gmail, you should try this feature. Here are screenshots before and after changing the video setting to a better transfer.
Now, if one screenshot, which also demonstrates the difference between the old and new version of the video chat for Gmail, is not bad.
It is worth noting that in addition to Google Mail, video chat also works in iGoogle and Orkut. Linux users get an improved default chat version. The company claims that the improved version of the chat did not at all become stronger than “loading” the resources of the client PC - everything is organized in such a way as to free up part of the computer’s resources due to the original implementation of video processing.
In May, Google bought Global IP Solutions for $ 68.2 million - the purchase was very welcome, allowing the corporation to further develop its own Internet telephony service, expanding the capabilities of other services - the same google mail, for example. Most likely, such improvements are really the result of introducing the architecture developed by Global IP Solutions into the Google services environment. The management of the corporation reports that it is also possible to further improve the quality of video reception / transmission, all this will be realized as the broadband connection to the network penetrates into households and corporations.
Via cnet.com
