Pexip Adds Videoconferencing for iOS Devices
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/05/15
A company that enables schools to collaborate online through virtual
meetings has launched a new mobile app designed to let users connect
through their iOS-powered devices. Pexip Infinity video conferencing software provides
video, voice and presentation sharing. Two institutional users of Pexip applications are
Indiana State University and Australia's Charles Sturt University.
The company is now introducing a mobile virtual meeting room client
for Apple iOS devices. The new Infinity Connect Mobile client lets
users connect via video; if bandwidth is low or poor, they can link in
via audio-only. The mobile app lets people initiate ad hoc meetings and
invite, add and disconnect users and mute and unmute participants. A
calendar integration feature lets users connect to a scheduled meeting
with one click. The new mobile app will appear soon in the iTunes store.
Pexip said it would be making a software development kit available
to allow developers to customize the look of the app for their users to
aid in adoption.
Indiana State adopted the software in spring 2014 to create a video infrastructure that students could get onto quickly to gain access
to lectures and share presentations.
Pexip works across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Lync and
Skype. The company said an Android version would also be available soon.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.