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November 03, 2009
Vivox Taps Polycom HD Voice to Power Online Chat WorldBy Amy Tierney, TMCnet Web Editor Officials with Vivox Inc., a provider of voice services for games and virtual worlds, are predicting exponential growth of its voice chat services over next 12 months.
The Natick, Mass.-based company, which delivers voice chat to more than 15 million users and supports billions of minutes of chat per month, doubled its number of users in the past year, thanks to growing interest and recent launch of the Vivox Voice on Facebook application. And officials said one of the driving forces behind its popularity is its high quality voice, which is powered by Polycom, Inc.
Vivox uses Polycom’s (News - Alert) high-definition Siren 14/G 722.1C voice codec, a state-of-the-art audio compression with royalty-free license terms. The technology offers near-CD quality audio for enhanced clarity. Siren 14 requires less computing power and bandwidth than alternative wideband audio technologies, the company said.
The company selected the Polycom Siren 14 codec for all of its online voice channels recognizing the demand for top notch communications for the gaming community. Vivox HD voice chat offers the deepest level of connection and immersion to any experience where users are engaged within a community.
Jim Toga, Vivox co-founder and vice president of engineering, said the company considered a number of HD codecs and determined that Polycom's Siren technology is the “best alternative” for its business.
"Providing the best online voice experience is our core focus at Vivox,” Toga said in a statement. “We realize there is absolutely no comparison between standard definition voice and HD Voice, and so it became a matter of choosing the right technology. Polycom Siren 14 allows us to provide the best voice quality on the Web at a low bit rate so that we're not compromising other multimedia components of our clients' products.”
Multimedia technology today relies on solutions that deliver the best end-user experience, and HD Voice is no exception, officials with Polycom, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based company, said. With the broadcast industry heavily rooted in HD technology, the next evolution is human voice. Already, carriers in Europe have made strides to deliver HD voice over their networks, according to the New York Times.
"I've been promoting HD Voice for more than five years, so I'm very excited to see it gaining traction in the gaming industry,” Jeff Rodman, Polycom co-founder and chief technology officer, said in a statement. “There are a number of codecs available, and Vivox took all of this into consideration in making their selection.”
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