Video Chat coming to a leasing center near you
There was an interesting conversation on Twitter last night between @Eric_Urbane, @ltrosien, @30lines and @artchickhb (forgive me if I left someone out). The topic, Social Media Predictions 2009, started with this tweet from @Eric_Urbane;
“@mbrewer, I am VERY interested to hear YOUR predictions for 2009, The floor is yours, What are your recommendations”
and where I responded with;
@Eric_Urbane Those who figure out and master the rapid response via a real live person will rule the day.
@ltrosien pointed us to lisapmaxwell which leads me to this;
Some time ago we wrote about yellowbook.com commercials on this blog. Specifically the commercials that depict a woman about to get married but she has a little problem. She has Mike tatooed across the low mid section of her back. Cool but she is marrying Tom. In the commercial she walks over to a spot in her living room, appears to push a button in air and down comes a virtual screen. She scrolls through the yellow pages, finds a tatoo removal practioner and proceeds to have a real time conversation. Side note: there is some very cool GRID technology being employeed by the Europeans that will make this kind of interaction come true in the near future.
While we wait for the GRID, there are some some very simple tools that make this kind of interaction possible and as you can see with lisapmaxwell’s site; very successful. There are two very simple steps;
First, set up a Gmail email address: Gmail Account
Second, set up a Gmail: voice and video chat account
Now clearly you and the user on the other end would need a webcam. Furthermore, the user would need to have both of the above mentioned account/services. That said, it won’t work for everyone and in the same respect not everyone would want to interact in this manner. For those who do and for those of us who want to provide an very unique experience, it is an option.
Thanks to each of my twitter friends who started this conversation, it really got my mind moving last night.
