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Foil 19 New and Improved Applications

From Review of Information and Communications Activities at ARL and ASC ARL ASC Joint Mid Year Review Aberdeen Maryland -- Feb 23-25 1999. by David Bernholdt, Geoffrey C. Fox, Sandie Kappes
1 BuenaVista 3.0 (TANGO videoconferencing agent) completely rewritten for PC and SGI platforms
2 Chat tools
  • advanced avatar based 2.5D chat for "telepresence"
  • new professional text chat with many advanced features, including clipboard, session save/mail, and latecomers support, fully customizable
3 New "instructor feedback" tool
  • continuous audience feedback with polling and alert
4 Layered whiteboard
  • used in several applications, advanced authoring mode, import/export/save support, telecursor, scriptable external interface, advanced image compression, ....
5 Shared Telnet tool
6 Shared streaming media tools
  • Java H263/GSM video viewer with database interface
  • RealVideo player (use and distribution agreed with supported by Progressive Networks)
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