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iPhone Video Chat Released for iPhone

A new video chat technology for use in iPhone applications has been released by Global IP Solutions. With the GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, developers can add real time video chat or multi-point video conferencing functionally to their apps, without worrying about issues related to IP networks. The company claims its video engine can overcome typical mobile constraints such as packet loss, bandwidth constraints, and lip synchronization, while providing high quality voice regardless of network conditions.

Known as VideoEngine Mobile, the technology is already available for Windows Mobile devices and will soon be rolled out to other mobile platforms, according to GIPS chief marketing officer Joyce Kim.

Video chatting has been around on computers for quite some time, and GIPS adapted the mobile video software for the iPhone even though the popular handset lacks a front-side camera, rendering two-way video chat impossible. (The mobile user can see the person on the other end, presuming that person has two-way capability, but not vice versa.)

Seeing and speaking to each other is just the beginning. You can co-browse websites, watch YouTube videos together, online shop together, play games together, go on Facebook together, and more...all while seeing and speaking to each other.

6rounds also has lots of features that allow their members to make new friends. You can press a button and be hooked up to a 1-on-1 chat with a random person that matches some criteria you chose. The entire system is integrated with Facebook and other social networking sites.

The iPhone has everything it takes to run software like this (assuming it gets a front facing camera in the future). The recently released iPhone 3GS is video camera equipped. With a little work, the next iPhone...maybe it'll be the iPhone 4G or the iPhone 3GT...should be able to run an application based on the desktop version of 6rounds.

It's clear the iPhone is the future of video chatting. When the video-camera-equipped iPhone 3GS came out, mobile uploads on YouTube went up by over 400%. No other device has had such an impact on society. Together with the iPhone and Augmented Reality applications, the advanced video chatting platform can completely change modern social interaction.