design of a visual communication and collaboration software for afghanistan milton chen cto vsee lab
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Design of a Visual Communication and Collaboration Software for
Afghanistan
Milton ChenCTO
VSee Lab
“the breakthrough that collaboration gurus have been hunting for” -
Jack Hirsch
VP of Technology
Shell“the world’s best videoconferencing system” -
Cdr. Eric Rasmussen Iraq Humanitarian Operations Center
Department of Defense
Navy, Office of Secretary of Defense, State Department, NATO, United Nations …
Strong AngelKona, Hawaii
17-22 July 2004
VSee was selected as the real-time communication system
VSee at Strong Angel
Provide global communication from a temporary shelter
VIP presentation between Kona and DC
What if there is no pre-existing network infrastructure ?
Ad-hoc peer-to-peer wireless
~ 0.5 mile ~1 - 10 mile
Experiment 1: humanitarian aid convoy
The two vehicles sustained 65 mph and were separated by a mile
setup
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Experiment 2: air-to-surface awareness
In addition to hearing and seeing, can airdrop arbitrary data
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Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
Experiment 3: ocean search and rescue
The bottom video was from the live underwater camera held by the swimmer. The map with GPS annotation was shared using VSee
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no pre-existing infrastructure
leverages what you have– Internet– Satellite– Cell phone
ad-hoc peer-to-peer WiFi– Self healing– Laptop + wireless card is all you need
Afghanistan requirements
Visual fidelity comparable to high-end Polycom
Cheap enough to throw away
Secure (FIPS 140-2 and triple 256 bit AES)
Never crash (59-day challenge)
Trivial to use (less than 60 seconds for 1st time users)
VSee– High visual fidelity at practical bandwidth– Internet, satellite, cell phone, and peer-to-peer wireless
VSee Lab– Couple of Stanford students
• 2nd place at Stanford-Berkeley Innovators Challenge• 3rd place at Stanford Business Plan competition• Founded in June 2003
– “Change the world and be home for dinner”• Make working from home “beyond being there”• Will never get an office (a measure of failure)
I would love to hear from [email protected]://vseelab.com