teleconference
{{Short description|Live exchange of information among several persons remote from one another}}
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File:Medvedev and Vladimir Yakunin.jpg held a teleconference with Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin on the consequences of the 2009 Nevsky Express bombing.]]
A teleconference or telecon is a live exchange of information among several people remote from one another but linked by a communications system. Terms such as audio conferencing, telephone conferencing, and phone conferencing are also sometimes used to refer to teleconferencing.
The communications system may support the teleconference by providing one or more of the following: audio, video, and/or data services by one or more means, such as telephone, computer, telegraph, teletypewriter, radio, and television.{{FS1037C MS188}}
Internet teleconferencing
Internet teleconferencing includes internet telephone conferencing, videotelephony, web conferencing, virtual workplace, and augmented reality conferencing.
Internet telephony involves conducting a teleconference over the Internet or a wide area network. One key technology in this area is Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
A working example of an augmented reality conferencing was demonstrated at the Salone di Mobile in Milano by AR+RFID Lab.[http://www.idealize.nl/2009/03/ar-maakt-cultureel-erfgoed-toegankelijk/ AR conferencing show in Milano]
See also
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- {{annotated link|List of video telecommunication services and product brands}}
- {{annotated link|Media space}}
- {{annotated link|Telepresence}}
- {{annotated link|Teleseminar}}
- {{annotated link|Virtual exchange}}
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