I have been recently out of the office for two weeks on reserve duty service. Going (back) to the army always brings with it mixed emotions, but one of the things I do look forward to is getting updated with the recent technological advances in army infrastructure, especially in VoIP. Just recently the Israeli Defense Ministry announced a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a massive tender to re-deploy a brand new telephony infrastructure, including 100,000 new end-stations, all based on
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | August 14th, 2008 | Filed under Innovation, Video Applications
I’ve previously discussed how Telepresence is making Teleportation seem closer than ever. But there’s another cool invention, previously available only for Star Trek crew members, that is making its way to our desktop - The Holodeck. If you are not a Star Trek buff, here’s a brief explanation: “Holodeck,” short for Hologram Deck, is a virtual reality system, evolved sometime in the not-terribly-distant future (the 2360s), which transforms an empty room into a virtual world, including props, characters, background, etc.
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | May 6th, 2008 | Filed under Collaboration, Innovation
