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Eyeball Chat
Overview of Eyeball Chat free video instant messaging software
December 20, 2005
By: Bob Whitehead
Eyeball Chat gets points for winning the name game! The
name says it all: chat with video capability. What is
required to actually have an Eyeball Chat with all its
features?
Eyeball Chat requirements:
1. Microsoft Windows 98, ME,
2000
or XP
2. 400MHz Intel/AMD CPU with
64MB RAM
3. 56Kbps connection or higher
4. Speakers & microphone or headset
(reduces feedback noise)
5. Microsoft DirectX 8.0 or later
6. Webcam required to send video
With this equipment and Eyeball Chat’s software, one is
launched into a world of virtual video chat rooms resembling
the beloved instant messengers already in existence at AIM,
MSN or Yahoo! Buddies. Here, you can invite a friend to talk
and actually see their faces while doing it!
The Eyeball Chat software is free. However, the video
frame refresh rates are slower than the paid version and the
audio is of lesser quality. If one upgrades the free
software to the paid version there is also better support
for AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger service users, improved
firewall support, and newer chat rooms added. .
One of the limitations of Eyeball Chat is that it does
not offer multiple video windows for chatting with more than
one person. It also only supports the Windows operating
systems.
To become a member of the Eyeball Chat community one need
not buy all the equipment if one doesn’t care about sending
out video or audio. One may only want to receive images or
audio files. This is allowed within this community. However,
the temptation to log in and invite someone to a video
conversation will soon cause even the stingiest chatter to
spring for a webcam and a microphone.
The company behind the Eyeball Chat technology, Eyeball
Networks, also offers VoIP and video telephony solutions for
business applications. Eyeball Networks is a world leader in
telephony software for service providers and device
manufacturers. They support more than 6 million VoIP and
video telephony subscribers and 10 billion call minutes for
more than 100 service providers in North America, Europe and
Asia. For more information, please visit their website at
www.eyeball.com.
About the Author
Bob Whitehead is a successful freelance writer and
contributor to Video-Conferencing-Guide.com. Your definitive guide to everything you need to know about video driven communications, including multi-view video conferencing solutions for business, broadband video phones and personal webcam chat rooms.
Also See:
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[ WebcamNow technology
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