Sunday, January 4, 2004
Microsoft Portrait 2.2
Posted by marlof in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:00 AM
It's been a while since the mobile video communication software by the Microsoft Research department, Microsoft Portrait, was updated but now version 2.2 has been released. For those of you who are not familiar with this product: "Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphone. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device."
The new features are:
The new features are:
- Supports the latest version of .NET Messenger Service
- Supports Microsoft Live Communications Server 2003 and other SIP servers
- Realizes new features such as multiparty chat in Microsoft Live Communication Server 2003
