HALO Collaboration Studio - a new dimension to real-time communications

December 13, 2005 Technology struck another blow against the tyranny of distance yesterday when a first-of-its-kind collaboration studio for simulating face-to-face business meetings across long distances was debuted. The new HP Halo Collaboration Studio is a precisely-designed broadcast solution that enables remote teams to communicate in real time in a face-to-face environment. Participants can see each other in life-size images projected on three studio-quality displays with no perceived latency, regardless of how far apart the teams may be. Halo allows for interactivity between teams and enhances business connections while visually reinforcing the sense that meeting participants are in the same room. The product of yet another cross-pollonation of perspectives, Halo Collaboration Studio came to life in a partnership between Hewlett Packard and DreamWorks Animation SKG. While we’d love to say it’s available at a price affordable by every home, that’s still some way off. In smaller quantities, the rooms are approximately US$550,000 each, and pricing falls as the same company purchases more rooms. In the United States and most global business centers, the network and service fee is US$18,000 monthly per room. This fee varies in other countries depending on local telecommunications costs.

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