Nickname: lajetee

Review: This idea, concept and execution originated from an entreprenurial company in 2001 that was providing services with older MPEG-2 Minerva appliances working for Dreamworks on Madagascar. The Dreamworks personnel invited us to design a collaborative suite using newer MPEG-2 codecs and a large scale pitch room used for their animators. Like idiots, we gave them detailed drawings, specs and an equipment list which they later used and marketed through HP. I wish DreamWorks and HP luck, but I just wanted to set the record straight! I have dated confidential drawings by the way.

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 6:33 AM

Nickname: PaulK

Review: This still does not replace the kind of face-to-face meeting that some situations demand. For instance, passing a stack of papers across a table extemporaneously might be a bit problematic; "hold on, let me scan these 50 pages" might be annoying.

Date reviewed: Feb 12, 2006 11:47 AM

Nickname: winmacguy

Review: You can also video conference with iChat and iSight with Apple and OSX since 2001.

Date reviewed: Jan 19, 2006 8:03 AM

Nickname: jessicalipnack

Review: Halo sounds like a genuine breakthrough. Ten-plus years ago, when still owned by AT&T, NCR had its Worm Holes in four distant locations, just such a set-up as Halo, always-on conference rooms tied by dedicated T1 lines and conference tables where the grains of wood at each location aligned with the other. "Pass the sandwich" was the cross-time zone joke. And the monthly nut, though at first blush high, isn't really. Eighteen people attending a single meeting at $1k/pop? That's cheap.

Date reviewed: Jan 18, 2006 7:36 PM