The new WebEx has two way interactive video on the iPad2. This is exciting stuff! I thought I give it try today. With the help of my three-year-old, Myles, I set up a WebEx meeting to see what the new video interface looks like.
I tried a combination of portrait and landscape modes with video and screen sharing enabled. The first one pictured here is portrait mode plus screen sharing from the host. The host is also sharing video and, as you can see, the WebEx interface shows my local preview video. The video is displayed at the bottom of the screen in kind-of a theater display. The over-all look-and-feel is very Apple-like and stays true to the form and function of the iPad.
In the next screenshot, I turned the iPad2 around into landscape mode. As you can see, the content that is being shared fills more of the screen. The streaming video is overlaid on top of the bottom of the content blocking it somewhat, but not too much.
Using a zoom multi-touch gesture you can quickly and easily make the video full-screen. So, in this last screenshot, you can see the host’s video in full screen mode. My preview video shows up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and the content being shared is no longer visible. You can switch back to content sharing mode by utilizing a pinch multi-touch gesture
I’m sure there are more modes to explore but in my quick testing this morning, this is all I had time to explore. Overall, the video quality was good and I’m really excited about this functionality inside of WebEx for iPad2. I’m hoping it’s also available in the iPhone version but I haven’t tested that yet. So stay tuned. I hope you enjoy the new WebEx on the iPad2 with two-way streaming high quality video. Thanks.
