EVDO iChat 2 Way Video at 60 MPH |
| Friday, 11 March 2005 | |
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OK, so you read about using iChat AV over EVDO (2 way video over EVDO ). Now, we moved the test to the car, while someone was driving. Here is the proof. The following picture was taken while doing a 2 way audio chat. The camera is mounted looking out the front window. If you want to see the video, click the link below the picture. I am going to try to get the person who has this car, to write an article for this site. The car, has an intregated screen in the dashboard, the Mac mounts in the trunk with a EVDO antenna mounted in the rear, the car has integrated firewire and usb ports in the front. It sounds very cool. However, we have also done this with our PowerBook in the seat next to us. The quality is MUCH improved with Tiger using iChat's H.264. We haven't had the chance to update our movies using Tiger yet. It will be very interesting to try a 3 or 4 way iChat from a car. If this is your first time hearing about EVDO, and want to know more, check out our What is EVDO page.  Thanks to MacMiniColo.net for hosting this movie. While the quality of this movie is good, we did some more tweaking and testing and figured out settings to make it very high quality. We didn't record this yet, but will over the next few days and post a new high quality (15fps) version. The above movie does NOT have audio (but it is still cool to watch) and was inspired by iChat AV at 35,000 Feet. If you think driving around having a 2 way video chat is a waste of time, perhaps you might enjoy reading this article. Next, we brought our laptop, camera, PC 5220 and booster antenna to the car and did some more tests. Watch New higher quality (link disabled - download from iDisk). Thanks to The DVD Lady for making this movie.  Thanks to MacMiniColo.net for hosting this movie. You can also download the above movies directly from iDisk. Download from iDisk:  Finder -> Go -> iDisk -> Other User's Public Folder -> evdo_guy -> drag 'ichat_at_60_mph.mp4' and 'ichat_at_60_another.mov' to your hard drive. Download the iDisk Utility and then grab the movie from our Public Folder.Technical Details: Location 1: Cary, Illinois, using PowerMac G5, iSight Camera, iChat AV, broadband internet connection. Location 2: Car traveling down highway in New York, PowerBook G4 15 inch, iSight Camera, iChat AV, Verizon's BroadBandAccess (EVDO), PC 5220 Card and a EVDO antenna. Related Links: A note about this site... We do not sell EVDO Cards or Phones, our goal is to become the #1 source for EVDO news, EVDO tips and anything EVDO. There are a few web sites selling EVDO that are putting out false and misleading information and EVDO Benchmarks that are technically impossible. Also, since EVDO is just starting to take off, these same sites are taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge. How? By charging 2X - 5X more for EVDO related products (e.g. a Booster Antenna for $279 vs. $79). Be educated, be smart and be informed. We also setup EVDO Forums,a free discussion board for anyone to discuss EVDO. If you are having a technical problem, or just need some help or advice, we do provide EVDO Consulting. Outside links to this story: If you have a comment, question, idea, on this topic, please post it to this thread at EVDO Forums. |
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