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What is video conferencing?
Video conferencing is one of the modern forms of communication in which this technology provides the live video and audio feed between the participants of the conference, who may be present anywhere around the world. Video conferencing allows people in remote locations to converse with each other face to face, as if they were present in the some place.
What is the purpose of video conferencing?
The purpose of videoconferencing is to compensate for the physical distances that are the greatest obstacles to communication through the modern telecommunications technology that can readily transfer audio and video signal via the internet. Video conferencing is used by almost all the leading organizations in the world due to its convenience and cost-effectiveness. Videoconferencing can help people save a lot of traveling cost by offering them the quality of communications which was not possible without physically traveling to the location where the meeting was supposed to be held.
What do I need to video conference?
In order to successfully participate in a video conference, you need a computer with an internet connection good enough to sustain the video conference data feed, a microphone and a webcam. And of course, you need to engage all the participants for the meeting, just like any meeting that you could arrange otherwise.
Are video conferencing and teleconferencing synonymous terms?
No. There is a slight technical difference between the terms video conferencing and teleconferencing. Video conferencing can actually be a type of teleconferencing, but teleconferencing could be audio teleconferencing as well. What these terms have in common is that they refer to teleconferencing, that is, three or more people connecting with each other on an internet, using audio, video or both types of data for connectivity.
How is video conferencing different from video teleconferencing?
Video conferencing and video teleconferencing are actually two terms used to describe a single phenomenon. It is simply the process in which three or more people in remote locations with an access to an internet connection hold a meeting using the similar equipment required to carry it out.
Is video conferencing preferable over teleconferencing?
It depends on personal preferences and on whether or not you are able to arrange for a video conference. However, video conference is considered far superior than teleconferencing, as in an audio teleconference, because this offers a feeling as if participants in remote locations are present in a same virtual conference room and interacting person to person.
Can video conferencing be relied upon?
The process of video conferencing can certainly be relied upon, but the question largely depends on the quality of the overall arrangements. The equipment and the internet connection at all nodes of the video conferencing system need to be in order for the video conference to work.

