Colin Contessa

The application of digital technologies to offset environmental costs of business travel have been ineffective. In my opinion this is due to the video-conferencing technologies being hampered by inadequate bandwidth. There is also a lack of development of technologies that make the video conferencing more like the face to face meetings. I have a vision where when I am in a video conference I see all the participants in a three dimensional view projected from my visual display unit, and get realistic audio that comes from the direction of the participant. I should be able to draw on the virtual whiteboard with my finger or via a tablet device connected to my PC. To me and all the other participants it needs to emulate the physical meeting so body language, facial expressions and all those other communicative devices we use in physical meetings are present in virtual ones. Oh, and the other one to overcome - time differences around the world. I'm sure there is a way I can meet with someone in the US without me having to get up at 3am! (other than them getting up at their 3am). Well maybe that one is science fiction, but certainly not the former.