Videoconferencing is a type of communication mechanism that involves the use of video and audio technologies to facilitate the communication of people who are in different places. With video conferencing, the people who are communicating can see each other thanks to the video equipment that they have and can talk using the voice equipment at their disposal. For this communication to take place, one needs four important things which are a good computer, a microphone, a webcam and a good and reliable internet connection.

Video conferencing is an important thing and it is important in the following scenarios: - when the parties involved feel it is necessary for the conversation to be done live. Videoconferencing is also important because one important part of communication is the ability to see the person you are talking to as this make the communication more official. Video conferencing is also reliable in a case whereby the parties that are involved with the communication are not able to meet physically in one location. This therefore brings about the need for video conferencing as it will reduce various costs associated with physically moving to one place to conduct the meeting.

Despite all the good things about video conferencing, there are also some setbacks that affect it and they include: -weak signal. This happens in cases whereby the internet connectivity gets disrupted. When this happens, the communication definitely gets interrupted as well and delays the conversation. The other problem associated with videoconferencing is the ability of the people involved to maintain concentration. During this session, one can easily lose focus and instead of listening to the conversation they stare at the equipment. One can also fail to make eye contact with the people they are communicating with hence the communication may not be up to standard.

videoconferencing is still in the developing phases and therefore we expect that more and more innovations about it will be made for this technology to be fully accepted as a means of communication.

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