faceVsion in the news : faceVsion FVexpress Card for 1080p HD Video

faceVsion FVexpress Card for 1080p HD Video Conferencing Netbooknews.com, 05/09/2009

Summary: faceVsion launches an express card that lets you chat in full 1080p on an Intel Atom N270 Processor. Read more here.

faceVsion in the news : facevsion's FXexpress Pro brings 1080p video conferencing to the mass market

facevsion's FXexpress Pro brings 1080p video conferencing to the mass market
gizmag, 13/09/2009

Summary: Full HD video conferencing has been available for some time - provided you can afford to spend over $20,000 on a product like Cisco's TelePresence 500. Until now that is. faceVsion's FXexpress Pro is an ExpressCard-based hardware accelerator with an HDMI input, capable of encoding and decoding 1080p H.264 video at 30 frames per second in real-time for 1080p video conferencing - and it's available for under $200.
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Press releases : faceVsion Offers True HD Video Communications to Mass Market with Basic Broadband Network Connection.

March 3, 2009 - Hanover, Germany - faceVsion Technology Limited (FVT), a market innovator in empowering consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications experience anytime, anywhere, on any screen, today announced the availability of 720p/HD video chat service (with 30 frames per second) for all Gmail users using any netbooks or notebooks on standard home broadband network. The company will also showcase in Cebit its innovative FVfone™ solution, the first ever full function DECT phone system that allows users (sitting on sofa) to enjoy HD video chat and multimedia experiences over big TV screens.

Offering any netbook/notebook users or even those without PC experience to enjoy true 720p/HD video chat experience under standard broadband network is a must to bring HD video chat to the masses. By inserting FVexpress™, the mini-PCI express card offered by FVT, into any netbook and/or notebook, and/or getting an innovative FVfone™ from faceVsion and its channel partners, any consumers and SMEs’ users can now do true HD chat without any hassles.

FVexpress™ card and FVfone™ are engineered with state-of-the-art technology at consumer price. By employing standard encoding, decoding and transcoding algorithms optimizing for image quality for participants to ensure the best possible experience with lowest bandwidth requirements, together with the superior quality HD video coupled with built-in noise cancellation and error concealment support included inside FVexpress™ and FVfone, these cutting edge solutions is designed for use with a variety of webcams (even those non-HD) and applications including browser-based Gtalk and FVT’s QuLives™ manager.

“This announcement is our first step in our shared vision with Google in empowering mass market users with true HD communication experiences - from looking real to feeling real, from exclusive (to premium corporate users) to affordable (for general public with low upfront investment), and from location-bound (within conference room) to pervasive connectivity,” said Alex Huang, faceVsion CEO. “Now, with our FVexpress™ and/FVfone™, users with Google Talk (Gtalk) will be able to connect with each other in true HD experiencely. Jointly, we are bringing a real mass market solution to empower consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications.”

“The combination of Google’s Talk Service and faceVsion’s HD offerings provides users a rich, integrated and flexible communications experience,” said Justin Uberti, technical lead for Google Talk. “At Google, we strongly believe in the use of open standards such as XMPP and H.264, which make it easy for partners like faceVsion to communicate and interoperate on the Google Talk network. We look forward to working with all video, voice, and IM providers regarding the opportunity provided by our open communications network.” “faceVsion is adding significant value to true consumers HD chat experience regardless of laptops and computing devices using Google Talk services regardless of client applications consumers prefer. We look forward to deliver the benefits and power of HD video communications to all Internet users with this partnership”.

The FVexpress™ card and FVfone™ are scheduled to ship in Q2 of 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.facevsion.com or contact info@facevsion.com.

Press releases : faceVsion to Accelerate High Definition Video Communications over Open Networks with x86-based Product Lineup for SME and Consumer

Affordable upgrade kit and set-top-phone empowering consumers and SMEs to do Full/True HD Video Conferencing with their existing PC and TV screens

BERLIN, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- faceVsion Technology Inc., a market innovator in enabling HD video communications for consumers and SMEs, announced today the availability of upgrade kits for PC users to power up their computers for two-way HD (720p/1080p) video communications over open broadband networks. The company will be showcasing in IFA a comprehensive range of products allowing HD video calls conducted through XMPP, SIP, and direct IP-to-IP connections.

Video conferencing ought to be a natural extension of the way people normally work and communicate. It should deliver true-to-life HD experience with no big upfront investment, and not be limited by the endpoints/hardware performance, ease-of-use, networking and infrastructure issues associated with traditional conferencing solutions and desktop conferencing solutions. faceVsion has thus made available a highly interoperable and flexible upgrade kit, the FVexpress™ family, for consumer and SMEs to utilize their existing desktops/notebooks/netbooks for HD video conferencing.

The upgrade kit has two options: FVexpress™ combo for true HD video call, and FVexpress™ pro for full HD video conferencing and ripping. While both options come with a wide variety of 720p webcam choice, a H.264 encoding/decoding Express34 card, and QuLives™ Manager (the reference software client) and able to deliver 720p 30fps video call over 800kbps bandwidth requirement, FVexpress™ pro has a highly flexible architecture allowing users to plug-in any mainstream HD camcorders and use them as professional pan-tilt-zoom camera for full HD (1080i/p) video conferencing under 2Mbps network. Furthermore, QuLives™ users can now interoperate with Google video chat users through public internet, allowing them to conduct intra- and inter- company video communications anytime they want with their PCs.

"Breaking down all barriers together with our partners to empower consumers and SMEs to benefit from HD video communication is where faceVsion stands for," said Alex Huang, CEO of faceVsion. "We will continue to work with companies like Google to deliver best-in-class interoperable video communications solutions."

"We're excited to see faceVsion bringing HD video chat to everyday PCs," said Justin Uberti, technical lead for Google video chat. "We've used open standards that make it easy for partners like faceVsion to interoperate with Google video chat and deliver a true HD video experience."

Other than the FVexpress™ upgrade kits, faceVsion offers FVfone™ (an easy-to-use set-top-phone for HD video communications over big TV screens) as well as TwinCam™ (UVC webcams embedded with H.264 AVC encoding capability) and QuLives™ SDK for ASP/solution providers to quickly extend HD video communications experience to their PC-based offerings. For more information, please contact info@facevsion.com.

Press Contact:

Derek Chim
derek.chim@facevsion.com

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