March 3, 2009 − Hanover, Germany − faceVsion Technology Limited (FVT), a market innovator in empowering consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications experience anytime, anywhere, on any screen, today announced the availability of 720p/HD video chat service (with 30 frames per second) for all Gmail users using any netbooks or notebooks on standard home broadband network. The company will also showcase in Cebit its innovative FVfone™ solution, the first ever full function DECT phone system that allows users (sitting on sofa) to enjoy HD video chat and multimedia experiences over big TV screens.
Offering any netbook/notebook users or even those without PC experience to enjoy true 720p/HD video chat experience under standard broadband network is a must to bring HD video chat to the masses. By inserting FVexpress™, the mini-PCI express card offered by FVT, into any netbook and/or notebook, and/or getting an innovative FVfone™ from faceVsion and its channel partners, any consumers and SMEs’ users can now do true HD chat without any hassles.
FVexpress™ card and FVfone™ are engineered with state-of-the-art technology at consumer price. By employing standard encoding, decoding and transcoding algorithms optimizing for image quality for participants to ensure the best possible experience with lowest bandwidth requirements, together with the superior quality HD video coupled with built-in noise cancellation and error concealment support included inside FVexpress™ and FVfone™, these cutting edge solutions is designed for use with a variety of webcams (even those non-HD) and applications including browser-based Gtalk and FVT’s QuLives™ manager.
“This announcement is our first step in our shared vision with Google in empowering mass market users with true HD communication experiences - from looking real to feeling real, from exclusive (to premium corporate users) to affordable (for general public with low upfront investment), and from location-bound (within conference room) to pervasive connectivity,” said Alex Huang, faceVsion CEO. “Now, with our FVexpress™ and/FVfone™, users with Google Talk (Gtalk) will be able to connect with each other in true HD experiencely. Jointly, we are bringing a real mass market solution to empower consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications.”
“The combination of Google’s Talk Service and faceVsion’s HD offerings provides users a rich, integrated and flexible communications experience,” said Justin Uberti, technical lead for Google Talk. “At Google, we strongly believe in the use of open standards such as XMPP and H.264, which make it easy for partners like faceVsion to communicate and interoperate on the Google Talk network. We look forward to working with all video, voice, and IM providers regarding the opportunity provided by our open communications network.” “faceVsion is adding significant value to true consumers HD chat experience regardless of laptops and computing devices using Google Talk services regardless of client applications consumers prefer. We look forward to deliver the benefits and power of HD video communications to all Internet users with this partnership”.
The FVexpress™ card and FVfone™ are scheduled to ship in Q2 of 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.facevsion.com or contact service@facevsion.com.
About FVexpress™
FVexpress™ is a mini-PCI express card embedded with chip-based H.264 encoding/decoding mechanism. Putting the card into any notebooks/netbooks along with the bundled QuLives™ manager will allow users to enjoy true 720p/HD chatting experiences under typical home broadband network with mainstream HD-capable webcams.
About FVfone™
FVfone™ is a full function DECT phone in living room allowing users to enjoy HD video communication and multimedia experiences over their big TV screen.
About QuLives™ manager
The QuLives™ manager is the market leading HD communicator platform for consumer electronics devices including mobile phones.
Press Contact:
Bryan Yen
Public Relation Dept.
faceVsion Technology Inc.
3F, No. 188, Wen Hwa 2nd Rd., Kuei Shan, TaoYuan 33377, Taiwan, R.O.C.
TEL: +886 3 318 3369 ext. 63621
FAX: +886 3 328 8755
Email: bryan.yen@facevsion.com
