Video calling

3.2. Comprehension tasks

3.2.1. Answer the questions to the text

1. What recent developments in video calling marked the beginning of video communication triumph?
2. What is the purpose of boosting the use of telepresence system in the home?
3. What is the forecast about the use of telepresence system in the future?

3.2.2. Match the following statements as True or False:

1. The first public video phone service was launched by CIA in 1969. Is it true?
2. Video calls account for more than a half of the 95 billion minutes that people spent on Skype in the first half of this year. Is it true?
3. The growth of high-end telepresence systems will allow companies to keep more workers at their desks, saving 2.1m airline journeys per year by 2012 and cutting car-rental costs. Is it true?