Team : Video
Date: October 23rd 2009

Goals:

• In this experiment the team will to make use of other software on the web that will allow multicast.

• Will explore the features and capabilities provided by oovoo
• Will establish multicast.

Procedure:
For this experiment the team continued to test other software known for video conference capabilities such as Skype and MSN Messenger. These two were downloaded and tested in search of multicast capabilities but these do not exist in these software.
To know the capabilities of oovoo, the members researched the software from its official website and then put hands on the software to test these claimed capabilities.
To establish multicast the team must get at least a third computer with webcam and install oovoo in it and then establish connection among them.

Accomplishments:

After analyzing the features including in oovoo, the team realized that this software is more friendly than the expected. oovoo does not only let people engage in multiple video conferences at a time, it also allows desktop sharing, file transfer and chat; but possible one of the most useful capabilities of this software is the “Share Link” tool which provides the oovoo user with a link to share with other people so they can join the video conference without requiring to have an account or even have oovoo installed in their computers. This tool allowed the team to engage in a 6 way multicast video conference.

Problems encountered:
The problems the team faced during the experiment were that software such as Skype and MSN Messenger did not provide multicast capabilities.

Conclusion:
After this experiment, the team realized that oovoo is a good tool to communicate when looking for multiple videoconferences at a time. Its “Share Link” feature makes oovoo a friendly tool in which computer knowledge is not really needed since its interface is easy to understand.
This software will allow its users to engage in up to a six videoconferences at a time.

*** To see screen shots of this experiment please download the attached .doc file. ***