Transcript Conveying Conversational Cues through Video

Design of a Visual Communication
and Collaboration Software for
Afghanistan
Milton Chen
CTO
VSee Lab
“the breakthrough that
collaboration gurus have been
hunting for” Jack Hirsch
VP of Technology
Shell
“the world’s best videoconferencing system” Cdr. Eric Rasmussen
Iraq Humanitarian Operations Center
Department of Defense
Strong Angel
Kona, Hawaii
17-22 July 2004
VSee was selected as the realtime communication system
Navy, Office of Secretary of Defense, State Department, NATO, United Nations …
VSee at Strong Angel
VIP presentation
between Kona and DC
Provide global communication from a temporary shelter
What if there is no
pre-existing network infrastructure ?
Ad-hoc peer-to-peer wireless
~ 0.5 mile
~1 - 10 mile
Experiment 1: humanitarian aid convoy
setup
screen shot
The two vehicles sustained 65 mph and were separated by a mile
Experiment 2: air-to-surface awareness
setup
screen shot
In addition to hearing and seeing, can airdrop arbitrary data
Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
setup
screen shot
The bottom video was from the live underwater camera held by the
swimmer. The map with GPS annotation was shared using VSee
no pre-existing infrastructure
leverages what you have
– Internet
– Satellite
– Cell phone
ad-hoc peer-to-peer WiFi
– Self healing
– Laptop + wireless card is all you need
Afghanistan requirements
Visual fidelity comparable to high-end Polycom
Cheap enough to throw away
Secure (FIPS 140-2 and triple 256 bit AES)
Never crash (59-day challenge)
Trivial to use (less than 60 seconds for 1st time users)
VSee
– High visual fidelity at practical bandwidth
– Internet, satellite, cell phone, and peer-to-peer wireless
VSee Lab
– Couple of Stanford students
• 2nd place at Stanford-Berkeley Innovators Challenge
• 3rd place at Stanford Business Plan competition
• Founded in June 2003
– “Change the world and be home for dinner”
• Make working from home “beyond being there”
• Will never get an office (a measure of failure)
I would love to hear from you
[email protected]
http://vseelab.com