As part of the Video Advocacy Institute closing party, organised by Witness.org, a non-profit organisation founded by Peter Gabriel to train Human Rights activists to video technologies and Internet, the SAT has presented its téléprésence stations version 2.0.
As part of the Video Advocacy Institute closing party, organised by Witness.org, a non-profit organisation founded by Peter Gabriel to train Human Rights activists to video technologies and Internet, the SAT has presented its téléprésence stations version 2.0. During this presentation, the audience in the SAT café discussed in real time with Eric Poncet, president of Nunasoft and the natives of Pelly Crossing communauty from the First Nation Selkirk, at 300 km North of Whitehorse (Yukon).
The 2.0 Version can be used as web-video-conference tool (compatible with Ichat and Skype, allowing to communicate with millions of users), as a media server and as a portable digital cinema. Today, more than 16 Téléprésence Stations are installed in different Québec regions, principally used for distance learning and tele-collaboration. SAT hopes to double the number of installed stations in Québec within the next six months and several others project are presently studied for local and international partnerships.