How Businesses Got Transformed Using Video Conferencing Solutions?
by Andrew Lope Business promotionPeople have been using video
conferencing solutions and video calling applications and software for years
now, but during 2020, this technology gained real significance and importance
due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Video conferencing is a live audio-visual connection
between two or more parties situated remotely, and this connection is made
using the Internet. This technology has changed the concept of business
communication in the past couple of years, and at present, this is a household
thing with smartphones getting more intelligent and wiser and the Internet
getting faster and better every moment.
How Video Conferencing Work?
The process of video calling and
video conferencing can be split into two steps namely compression and transfer.
During the compression process, the camera and the microphone capture analogue
audio-visual input that is converted into waves of frequency and amplitudes.
This data includes captured sound, colours, brightness, depth and shades. The
captured data is converted into digital brackets by the codecs and compressed
to minimise bandwidth usage. This data is transferred in the form of packets
over the network to the cloud service provider, and then, it is transmitted to
the people who have joined the video conferencing. These packets reach the
endpoint or the receiver, and here again, codecs act to decompress the data and
convert it back into analogue audio and visual. With this process, the data
becomes eligible to be received on the screen and in the speakers by the
receiver to view and hear.
Components of Video Conferencing
Systems
Video conferencing solutions are
easy-to-handle because the components are not too many or not too specific to
arrange. Here is a quick list of the components needed for successful video
conferencing or video calling.
● A network for data
transfer, such as wired/wireless local area network, wide area network,
cellular wireless and residential broadband.
● Video cameras or
webcams that provide video input
● Microphones -- either
an external microphone or one built into the accessing device
● A computer screen,
monitor, TV or projector that can broadcast video output
● Headphones, laptop
speakers or external speakers that can be used for audio output
Then codecs are also required
that can be hardware or software-based to reduce too much bandwidth usage by
compressing and decompressing the audio-visual data. This typically includes
acoustic echo cancellation capabilities and noise cancellation along with
acoustic fencing to minimise background noises during video conferencing.
Benefits of Video Conferencing
The top benefit for businesses is
that the employees use video conferencing to increase productivity while
minimising the company's running costs.
They
are also acknowledged as an improved or evolved way of communication and
interaction within and outside the company.
They also help businesses reduce
travel costs significantly.
One more benefit is that by using
video conferencing solutions, efficient meetings can be arranged within the
company and between companies and clients, customers etc.
The face-to-face connection
between the two parties helps by developing a strong sense of familiarity, and
it gives an impression that they have met.
Video conferencing was used
regressively during the Covid-19 pandemic by businesses all over the globe for
community-building activities and social gatherings.
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