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 service@facevsion.com.
About FVexpress™
FVexpress™ is a mini-PCI express card embedded
with chip-based H.264 encoding/decoding
mechanism. Putting the card into any notebooks/netbooks
along with the bundled QuLives™ manager
will allow users to enjoy true 720p/HD chatting
experiences under typical home broadband
network with mainstream HD-capable webcams.
About FVfone™
FVfone™ is a full function DECT phone in
living room allowing users to enjoy HD video
communication and multimedia experiences
over their big TV screen.
About QuLives™ manager
The QuLives™ manager is the market leading
HD communicator platform for consumer electronics
devices including mobile phones.
Press Contact:
Bryan Yen
Public Relation Dept.
faceVsion Technology Inc.
3F, No. 188, Wen Hwa 2nd Rd., Kuei Shan,
TaoYuan 33377, Taiwan, R.O.C.
TEL: +886 3 318 3369 ext. 63621
FAX: +886 3 328 8755
Email: bryan.yen@facevsion.com
