From: Markus Schlegel Subject: TECH: Which bandwidth is necessary for teleconferencing? Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 13:58:50 MEZ In a recent posting to this list, the following was asked with relation to teleconferencing systems: (please see connected question at bottom of file) >From: bayle@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Bayle) >Subject: INDUSTRY: JAPAN-US VR NETWORK: INFO REQUESTED!!! >Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 20:02:10 GMT >Organization: Stanford University, California > >DR127.05: FUJITSU RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS >& ECONOMICS has tied up with the University of Washington's Human >Interface Research Laboratory to develop an international virtual >reality (VR) network. Through the "Green Space Project," the company > >[stuff deleted] An interesting question here would be: what bandwidth (in terms of bits per second) is generally thought to be suitable for teleconferencing -> with very simple graphics (such as the SICS-system by Christer CARLSSON) -> for a more realistic image representation? -> Where do we stand in this respect right now (-> HPCC, NREN etc.)? Also, I would be very thankful, if someone had a recommendation on reading (or, in fact, hearings before Congress) about HPCC and NREN, as well as the background of financing of the Internet through NSF (?). The reading material just needs to be introductory, and does not need to go very much into detail on the latter topic. Best thanks, Markus Schlegel -- Markus Schlegel At Universitaet Bonn, Germany markus@uni-bonn.de