Information and Computer Technologies

NRC scientists are studying and improving the ways we work in new virtual environments. Here Pinchas Zukerman (right), Music Director, National Arts Centre in Ottawa teaches a violin lesson to a student in Montreal via ultravideoconferencing. Developed by a McGill University team, ultravideoconferencing is uncompressed professional video with no distortion and with minimal delay and top audio quality. The 240-Mb ultravideoconference feed is transmitted across the CANARIE CA*net4, the Internet of the future. By studying how well virtual technologies like ultravideoconferencing suit users' needs, NRC scientists are guiding future technology developments.