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The Challenge to Virtual Imaging
Submitted by Doug Aurand on Wed, 2007-02-28 18:32.Video is the Competition
In recent conversations and e-mails, some feel that Video on the Web will replace Virtual Imaging. One of the conversations was even with an IVRPA member.
The reason Video has made huge inroads into the Internet is more bandwidth. Video display size has grown from postage-stamp size 160x120 pixels to 320x240 in most cases. The compression algorithms have gotten better, producing sharper images too.
Then came all the hype about YouTube. Google and Yahoo got on board with their Video Search capabilities.
