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Imagine that you could, at will and instantaneously,
assemble any group of people on the planet, allow them to
all speak together, show visual displays to one another,
access information sources together, and produce joint
output. Imagine that you could do this for little cost
and on a moment's notice whenever it was necessary - as
easily as a phone call. We can't quite give you that kind of magic (yet) but we can give you a good start towards it. Our hybrid technology provides verbal interaction in the text-based screen of a hybrid virtual environment with graphics-based interaction on the participant's browser screen. Anyone can display HTML images and documents anywhere in the world in the browser-window of anyone who's browser is set to the projector's "channel". It changes the image automatically whenever a new image is put on the projector, without the viewer clicking buttons or selecting URLs, much like a real slide projector. (No special browsers or programs are required.) The materials displayed can be Web pages from anywhere in the world or simply local graphics, video, or audio files. This hybrid approach facilitates a natural interplay between dialogue and graphic presentation. It permits questions and answers, commentary on slides, and other activities natural to non-virtual group interactions. Such environments lend themselves to a wide variety of common business purposes. Many of them are functions which today are thought of as requiring transportation of people and materials, but which with our technology could be performed remotely. In today's world, that's important....
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