A Pew Research Center survey released today found that 19% of American adults have tried video calling either online or via their cell phones. That's 23% of Internet users and 7% of cell phone users. Usage is much higher among the affluent (34% of those earning $75K+) and the young (29% of those 18-29). On a typical day, 4% of internet users participate in video calls, up from 2% a year earlier.
(Ar right, Hugo Gernsback modeling his TV Glasses for Life magazine.)
So video-phone == video chat? Or is there some subtle difference?
The first time I tried a video chat was calling Blue from a New Year's Day party after he had moved out to Seattle in the early 90s. Microsoft Net Meeting and it sucked. Like talking to the Space Shuttle, only not as smooth.
Much more recently, my wife and daughter-in-law realized they could video chat with iChat. They had my son and I set it up, and then realized neither of them wanted to appear on camera!
Posted by: Steve Stein | 13 October 2010 at 08:23 PM
Video chat is still fairly new. I have it on my phone and do not think to use it even when I can, near wifi. That train of thought isn't in my brain yet! Dress your cellphone up!
Posted by: Duane Zimmer | 31 October 2011 at 08:37 PM