Parallelization of Software Mpeg Compresssion on multiprocessor workstations can achieve above 8 fps frame rate with 200x200 resolution.
How to use live video to represent remote users in collorative virtual environment becomes a practical question as video compression and high speed network technologies advance at today's speed. The prototyped system was demonstrated at the Internet 2 Spring Member Meeting at Washington, DC, April 14-16, 1998.