Picturephone

The proposed video/telephone introduced by AT&T at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Many thought it would flourish by the end of the 1980s. Real time video is expected to be widely used in the 21st century.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Still, Gertner may be too harsh in judging the Picturephone only as a fiasco.

Mother of invention: The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

Second, a VTC is not always just about having a picturephone conversation.

The Lazy Person's guide to desktop videoconferencing

TelePresence Tech, a designer and manufacturer of advanced communications systems, and PicturePhone Direct, a value-added distributor of video conferencing products, announced on Friday (15 June) that they have signed a distribution agreement for telepresence systems in the US.

TelePresence Tech and PicturePhone Direct sign distribution agreement

Yet, in spite of millions of dollars in promotion, the PicturePhone never caught on.

A conduit for new technology: videoconferencing can be a cheaper, faster, safer way to spread the news about the latest transportation innovations

Picturephone service introduced between New York, Chicago and Washington.

Comm News soars into its fourth decade

AT&T's Picturephone, Nimslo's 3D camera, and Polaroid's instant home movie system, Polavision, are all innovations that failed for lack of demand.

Innovation, imitation, and social welfare

At the 1964 World's Fair in New York, AT&T displayed its Picturephone, but manufacturing such a product for widespread use just wasn't practical at that time.

Meeting on the tube

Outside the SCL research arena, the picturephone, video conferencing, and "Hole-in-Space" especially influenced the creation of the SCL media space.

Media spaces: bringing people together in a video, audio, and computing environment

The idea for video communications is not entirely new; AT&T first proposed the concept of the Picturephone at the 1964 World's Fair, and videoconferencing (using digital networks) has been around for years.

Office products update

Another example domestically is Picturephone Meeting Service, the flagship in the effort to introduce teleconferencing from public rooms.

Key Trends Point to Faster Growth for Business Telecon Applications

Over thirty years passed between the time AT&T debuted its Picturephone at the 1964 World's Fair and the first true viable mass-market video communications platforms enabled true consumer video communications.

New Series of Reports Give a Solid Grounding in the Multiple Facets of the New Internet and Mobile Video World

Heuristic design and evaluation of video telephony systems is not new, as Noll's [16] review of the AT&T's picturephone service reveals.