Download Microsoft Portrait 2.0

Introducing: Microsoft Portrait, a program for PC and PDA that should enable you to communicate with image and sound with a bandwidth of 9.6 kilobits. The software works together with MSN Messenger, among other things by exchanging buddy lists. Microsoft writes the following:

Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs and Handheld PCs. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait provides presence notification, chat/voice/video functions almost anytime, anywhere, on any device.[break]Yesterday version 2.0 of Portrait was put on the Internet. Microsoft has written a nice little story that describes what has changed. You can do it here find. Those who are curious about Portrait can go there here read more about it and download the program.