Is video conferencing coming of age?

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Apple is hoping that video conferencing will become more popular with users as the company prepares to introduce products intended to make the technology less expensive and easier to use. Apple's primary product will be called Quicktime Conferencing and will enable two users to not only view each other while they speak, but will allow them to use a shared on-screen work space to work on a document or file simultaneously. Another addition to the product line will be called Quicktime VR, which will allow users to combine multiple images of an object or scene in order to create a 3-D image of the object. The Quicktime technology requires a Mac system equipped with the PowerPC microprocessor and a video accelerator board. The technology also operates better using an ATM network than an ISDN or Ethernet network.

Communication services, not elsewhere classified, Other Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, Desktop video software, Videoconferencing, QuickTime (Desktop video software)

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When, oh when, will computers behave like people?

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The software industry is developing interactive interface software that allows novice users to operate computers easily and without fear. Microsoft is developing a program that will run on top of its Windows GUI called the Social Interface. The first part of the program is called Bob and allows the user to follow the direction of a group of animated characters in order to run the computer. Apple is also attempting to develop intelligent assistance for users and the company's forthcoming release of the operating system Copland in mid-1996 is expected to assist the user in understanding the system. Both the approaches from Microsoft and from Apple are based on the graphical user interface and the software industry is still looking for something different on which to build new user tools.

Systems Software Pkgs (ex Micro), Microsoft Corp., MSFT, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, Graphical user interface, User Aids

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Let there be bytes!

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Charlton Heston is producing a CD-ROM version of the Bible that will be introduced in fall 1995. The software is the result of a joint effort by Heston, Jones Interactive, Goodtimes Entertainment and Agamemnon Films, a production company run by Heston's son, Fraser. The idea is based on a movie about the Bible that Heston did for the cable television channel Arts & Entertainment. The film was produced using film rather than video tape and was recorded using high-quality sound equipment so that the film could eventually be made into a CD-ROM. Users will be interested in reading the Bible on CD-ROM because they will be attracted to the interactive nature of the product, which will include paintings with Heston's narration.

Interview, CD-ROM disks, Heston, Charlton, E-books, Electronic book, CD-ROM, Bible (Sacred work), Software Development

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