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How Will You Leverage Video Communications?—Part 2

Long gone are the days when video cameras were the only video-capturing devices available. Now, many companies provide their own unique ways for consumers and organizations to communicate. Here, we take a look at how video communication has grown and how the uses and benefits for both consumers and organizations have evolved.

Pixelated Progress

Since 1983, the evolution of consumer video use and technology has grown considerably:

1983

First camcorder for the general public1

1994

First commercial webcam2

1995

First digital format for consumers1

2003

First massively popular video chat client3

By 2003, high-speed Internet became widely available and the cost of video technology decreased, paving the way for new video-based technologies.

2010

Apple’s FaceTime video chat application4

2010

Video chat capability between XBOX 360 owners5

2011

Video calling within Facebook social network6

2011

Group video chat within Google+ social network7

2012

Video chat using TVs8

The growth of video has influenced these significant new trends in technology:

Over 50% of Gen Y owns a webcam9

72% of those ages 18-20 own a laptop9

Almost 80% of those laptops have webcams9

491.4 million smartphones were sold worldwide in 201110

There are 91.4 million smartphone users in the U.S.11

77% of affluent Americans 18-24 own smartphones, as do 80% of 25-34 year olds12

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