Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Go back in time with former CNET hosts Ryan Seacrest, Desmond Crisis and Richard Hart as they investigate video phones and video conferencing technology in 1995, including CU-SeeMe, Intel's ProShare and AT&T's Vistium Video Conferencing system.

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0:00 Introduction & Philips P100 Screen Phone
1:12 The Rise of Video Telephones
1:39 The 1956 Picture-Phone Prototype
2:20 Desktop Video Conferencing Emerges
4:56 Document Sharing with Intel ProShare
6:04 Comparing Video Conferencing Costs & Systems
7:01 The Importance of Frame Rate
7:21 Early Internet Video with CU-SeeMe

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