THE BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL Voune Fobra 1 Simber? ‘The Picturephone® System Foreword 6 fins public demonstration of snc video tolephony took lave on April 8, 1990, when rprentnives of Uke prem were lone a ystem opersting between the Bell Telephone Laboraoriee baiting [SaBK West Steet and ACTA. Co, headquartom at 195 Broadway in [Now York Gity.* Dr, Herbert, Ives, then Dirvetr of Bect-Optie [esearch for Hell Laboratories, std of ts oven, “The later develop= tuent ts be demousizatd ie that of two-nay television as an adjunct to the telephone." The following day a New York City newepaper ported "Yesterday we saw a mich more highly developed form of tlevision temoraizates hy the Bell Telephone Tshoraraties, was two-way ‘alessio. We wb in a oath at No. 185 Brualway and convened with [i pcson if ancter} booth atthe Bell Lsboratarc.... Rach wae sasise to the other, thee being no teptone mautipiece to mar the ianage. The specea wus very clear, Aa inufeasve ble Tight mes ect soroes ta Jace of the speakor iter: the eters oye and picked up 7 detnmiton of « imo-eny min In en peed’ ty dementia age cormaytotea eee Ke Vox te Wathen BC oc pt 200m nme, sve TECHNICAL JOURNAL, FEREANY 07. by other batteries around the booth, And yet chs marvelous invention i sill inthe laboratory age, accorcivg to the Bell enginer.”™ ‘The inteeati video telephony eontined after Dr. Ive! monte tion, but this waa w care whore Teanbility was demonstrated long afore the technology beonaus wvallable to transform the idee into x practical neat. ‘Tet taneformation depended, ua the ares in thie fstoe show, on tachoology ceveloped orisariy during the 1960, sh though was coporent Iie in ‘he 1050s thet che nocesery teanology ‘was not Tae axey. ‘Dr. Ives wndertond clearly thay his was just a demonstration of teats, ut ones the pocibilty nf beiaging peopl face-to-face in long distance communiaaions had been deronstrtet it hurily seemed ecronable tht it would notin due eeuse be brought oa of the Iab- foratary into commercial arvieo. Ner does it seem unreasousble to Expect thet Pichurephona® saree Wil eventually become an accepted, Toemal megs of person-io-pevan communication and thal, with ite ‘adjuncts twill give us new meane Tar eommanisation between people fod machine, And jurt af talepbone sarviec—snd the network that ‘srw upto prevideit—ehymged the patz of our Lives and the comiusk oon busines, £0-we ext expect Peturephone service and ite motor ‘fo have lnpocsa that we ean only begin to aporociato ‘This epecial jeue of The Rell System Technica! Journal deveribee Picturephone eorvive set este today. Ae it Deeomee aveilable to snore end more peaple, new usve will be provided. We are already Inking forward to methods of providing high-resolution imager of raphle material, and te Plcturephone eerviee in color as ¢ logias] tvoluousry sep, Teyond thave willbe oe saps to miko the se=vioe Snore csonamica wri ta mike the eerviee nnd ie nerle more wel "The articles in thi eee have boc written by tome of te people responsible for making Pieturepone service « rally. The ig i Allisated to al of the muay people without whose contribution it ‘would ell be in the laboratory cage. JACK A, BAIRD 1 toy tng, yy Toe Da Labrie BOON, Toe Hee dors Hai Sor, Ane 1,120