{"id":44079,"date":"2020-07-01T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T14:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=44079"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:25:58","slug":"telepresence-vs-video-conferencing-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/telepresence-vs-video-conferencing-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Telepresence vs video conferencing: What\u2019s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The biggest problems that businesses face today aren\u2019t limited to the problems related to hiring, marketing, or revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

While those are all-season problems for businesses across the world, the real pebble in their shoes right now is how to run their remote meetings smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frozen videos. Static audio. Erratic video conferencing punctuated by frequent interruptions have become an expected part of any online meeting:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCan you guys hear me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHello!?? I think I lost you again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCan you please mute your mic?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCan you hear me now?<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNope, can’t see you.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet me try hanging up and calling you again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds all too familiar? We thought so.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you regularly host video meetings<\/a> for your remote teammates, these scenarios are bound to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while the technical gremlins disrupting video calls<\/a> has become a routine these days, we shouldn\u2019t accept them as the new business norm.<\/span><\/p>\n

When your business is growing, your need for communicating more effectively with the internal teams as well as external clients becomes mission-critical\u2014not just to your success but to your survival too.<\/span><\/p>\n

And let’s face it\u2014you can\u2019t keep running the show with choppy, unreliable video meetings. That\u2019s a surefire path to inefficiency\u2014and inefficiency is the enemy of progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t just disable your video or make an excuse for the spotty internet connection, for example, when you\u2019re pitching your business to a board of investors via virtual call<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You have to look and sound sharp and make a crisp impression on your audience to crush your presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n

You need a solution that\u2019s as life-like, professional, and sturdy as telepresence\u2014the much cooler-looking cousin of video conferencing (that you may not know existed).<\/span><\/p>\n

But here’s the thing. The choice between telepresence and video conferencing have gradually become harder in the last few years as telepresence systems have become less expensive and video conferencing call services<\/a> have become more robust. So let’s dig into it.<\/p>\n

In this article, we’ll cover:<\/span><\/p>\n