In addition to full telepresence interoperability, Cisco Cius offers HD video streaming and real-time video, multi-party conferencing, email, messaging, browsing, and the ability to produce, edit and share content stored locally or centrally in the cloud.

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If you think video conferencing is reserved for stale meetings that serve little purpose aside from burning up your time, Airhockey Over a Distance aims to ice that perspective.

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Concepts discussed have included live uploading of fitness stats so performance can be monitored in real time, music that matches its BPM to heart rate and the one thing that is rarely discussed - video conferencing in a way that even Google Glasses will struggle to replicate.

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