[Web Conferencing] VuRoom Provides Multiparty Video Conferencing using Skype

The most common issue that we face at work is the inability to know or interact with our clients /customers in multiple locations. Meetings are normally held using phone calls, NetMeeting, Webex or just the Instant messenger installed on our PCs. Vivu- a startup founded by IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) graduates has developed a first of its kind participative event platform which needs no proprietary software for its use.Here’s a tool which is extremely useful on a day-to-day basis for web conferencing.

Presenting VuRoom – a simple way to collaborate at work and with friends outside of work. Also, do checkout the video demo below.

A few interesting features of VuRoom are

• Web-conferencing and chat with a maximum of 8 attendees.
• Available as a plug-in to Windows and Mac.
• Simple yet effective interface.
• Multi party at multiple locations.
• Easy to install n widely used via Skype used as host.
• Collaborative tools like file and desktop sharing obliterates the use of Netmeeting.
• Meeting record facility and once stopped VuRoom mails the link to the host.

How to get started with VuRoom

1. Once you have Skype on your machine, setting up is a cake-walk.
2. Download the plug-in from vivu.tv/vivuweb/downloads/vuroom/
3. Double click and follow the drill.
4. Allow access to javaw.exe when prompted.
5. Now you’re all set to conference
6. To start a call, select multiple contacts on your Skype call list, right click on any selected participant and “Call the Group”.

Your contacts don’t even have to subscribe to VuRoom to join the call. Skype, a webcam and a browser are all that’s needed to join the call. Happy VuRoom-ing.

VuRoom is available for a 15 day free trial download and can be subscribed on a monthly or yearly basis. The subscription can be cancelled at anytime based on your requirement. Monthly plan is available for $9.95 per month or $95 per year.

Also Read: Skype now allows Ten-Way Video Calling [Windows Only]

Contributed by Reema Shetty, a freelance writer from Manchester.She occasionally writes about the environment, book reviews and subjects that interest her.