TenM3 - Personal Telepresence: Be There More … Travel Less
by tt on Oct.28, 2008, under Panasonic camera, Telepresence, TenM3 Internet service, Video conference
TenM3 service makes it easy to setup your Personal Telepresence from anywhere (work, home etc) and share with a large number of people worldwide.
Setup just requires IP camera(s) with Internet. No PC’s are required to operate and nothing else is required. No special Telepresence rooms are needed.
Each LIVE feed can be shared with a large number of people. In turn, you can see LIVE feeds from lots of others on any computer with a standard browser. The Personal Telepresence can be used for one-to-one or many-to-many conferencing with lots of participants. All the LIVE-feeds can also be Recorded.
The LIVE feeds can be always-on - creating a unique always-on Telepresence experience and multiple live feeds can be setup from a location for a rich all-around experience.
The feeds can be shared privately (by sending an email with a link to the feed. The remote participant just has to click the link to join the conference) or publicly.
The overall solution is very inexpensive - the user gets their own cameras (available at most electronic retailers) and starts using them with TenM3 service. The TenM3 costs are incurred only upon usage and a typical user may only spend in cents for an hour of usage.
What is needed?
1. TenM3 service - Open a TenM3 account at www.tenm3.com .
Setup camera feeds in your account and start using immediately
Share and Manage the LIVE-feeds from your TenM3 account
2. IP camera - a Panasonic BB-HCM581 is highly recommended as it gives the highest quality - with Pan-Tilt, optical-zoom, it can cover a large area easily. For more economical solutions, a Panasonic BL-C101, BL-C131, or BL-C111 can be used which have good quality and price.
3. Internet -Broadband Internet connection
The one-time setup of the LIVE feed takes only a few minutes.
To learn more about TenM3 check Start Here, Cameras pages at TenM3. Some helpful links are also given below
With a Panasonic Network camera
Setting up a Panasonic camera
Recording LIVE video
TenM3 is DIY (do it yourself) and provides powerful capabilities to create your Personal Telepresence instantly and anytime, from work, home or other places. It can be used to “show” and “see” people, places or products while interacting - for small or large video conferencing or to broadcast meetings to a large number of people. It can be used in organizations (corporations, businesses, government, schools etc) or at home.
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