Video conferencing is a globally recognized term representing the way in which business users communicate and collaborate over video. Used a way to reduce travel expenditure and reduce an organisations carbon footprint, video conferencing is becoming the preferred choice of business communication in this ever demanding, unstable economic climate.
Telepresence is a recognized term for a fully immersive video conferencing experience, such as taking part in a video conference where participants appear in life-size dimensions. The term Telepresence is also recognized following the launch of the Telepresence Robot . However in recent years Cisco and Polycom, two of the leading video conferencing and telepresence suppliers, have been promoting Telepresence as an alternative term for video conferencing.
For video conferencing and telepresence specialists the difference is as simple as the explanations above, however for consumers the difference will depend entirely on which term and explanation they heard first.
