Thursday, January 25, 2007
Microsoft Research Releases Portrait 3.0 Beta
Posted by Darius Wey in "SOFTWARE" @ 10:30 AM
"Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphones. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device. Please visit the Microsoft Portrait web site for more information."
Microsoft Research's venerable video telephony application, Portrait, now features long-awaited support for Windows Mobile 5.0 and integrated cameras. Best of all, it's free, so head over to the product page for a test run.
Microsoft Research's venerable video telephony application, Portrait, now features long-awaited support for Windows Mobile 5.0 and integrated cameras. Best of all, it's free, so head over to the product page for a test run.
