History+Of+Video+Chatting

= How did it all begin? =

NASA Introduces Something New...
To begin with, video chatting was invented at the same time as the television. But then, the technology wasn't as good as today's, making video chatting hard, complicated, and expensive. This made it hard for video chatting to be used in day-to-day life. So, this type of communication could only used by NASA, who invented this so they could communicate with the people who were in the first manned space flights.

The Original Video Chatting Software
 The first video chatting software invented by NASA consisted of two closed-circuit television* systems that were connected through cable. But instead of cables, two frequencies were used, one for each direction. After that worked, the scientists took the technology a step further by using it for special trucks. Some people tried to use normal telephony* networks for transmitting slow-scan video, but due to the lack of technology, the picture nor the voice transmission were of quality.

Spread of Video Chatting
Video Chatting became more popular in the 1980s, the era in which a lot of development in digital telephony transmission networks was made. Although, at the beginning video chatting was very expensive, it became less and less expensive as it grew more and more popular. By the 1990s, video chatting was available to the general public. Also in the 1990s, a revolutionary invention was made. IP* based camera chat was developed. This allowed better video compression making it possible for us to video chat with someone using a personal computer. Video chatting just became more and more popular from there, and today almost everyone knows and uses a video chatting software to have a meeting or talk to loved ones.


 * Note: The definition to these words can be found in the Video Chatting Dictionary.

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