Picturephone to New Age Videoconference

Telephonoscope

Dec 1, 1878

Early concept Thomas Edison

Bell Labs concept to send picture along with a telephone signal

Jan 1, 1927

Bell Telephone Labs conduct experiment with two-way televsion

Apr 9, 1930

Mrs. L. B. Johnson talks

Kay Labs & Bell Labs collaborate on first videopone

Jan 1, 1956

Kay Lab and Bell Lab develop first videophone during mid-1950's

Video phone concept

May 1, 1963

AT&T introduce Picturephone at the World's Fair, New York

Jan 1, 1964

AT&T Mod l Picturephone

Jan 1, 1964

Mrs. L.B. Johnson in D.C. to Elizabeth Ward and Major Wagner in New York City

Jun 24, 1964

Picturephone using a television

Jun 9, 1968

AT&T Mod ll Picturephone

Jan 1, 1969

Picturephone

May 1, 1969

Bell Lab

Western Electrics first picturephone with the "Jetsons" look

Jun 18, 1970

Room System: real time videoconference beginning

Jan 1, 1980

Videoconference is this mode serves as several end points for example "video chat" and "videophone" with one-to-one capability as well.

Desktop videoconference

Jan 1, 1980

Did not become widely used until the late 1990's

CLI Eclipse: Room-based videoconference unit

Jan 1, 1997

Picture Tel 600 "set-top box" for a table or monitor

Jan 1, 2000

Tandberg 1000

Jan 1, 2001

Integrated system with a camera, codec, sudio system and 12.1 LCD display

Polycom iPower 900

Jan 1, 2002

A new camera with a DVD drive, redesigned keyboard, hand held remote with an embedded mouse

Polycom VSX 7000 set-top box

Jan 2, 2003

Lifesize room

Jan 1, 2005

A high definition system for conferencing rooms

Cisco Telepresence

Jan 1, 2006

Virtual conference of the future

Jun 1, 2010