computer science

VSee

VSee is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand VSee rather than just read about it. In short: VSee is a secure, no-code, low-code telehealth platform. It provides customizable omni-channel communications, virtual care workflows, remote team coordination tools and apps for operating and delivering healthcare services from a distance.

Key takeaways

VSee belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect VSee to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of VSee from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

VSee is a secure, no-code, low-code telehealth platform. It provides customizable omni-channel communications, virtual care workflows, remote team coordination tools and apps for operating and delivering healthcare services from a distance. This includes product features such as a complete online medical office suite, digital front door mobile app, provider dispatch automation, telehealth billing services, remote patient monitoring, and other functionalities to deliver virtual care. It began as a proprietary low-bandwidth, group video chat and screen-sharing software tool. It came out of a Stanford University PhD project addressing the problem of making virtual teamwork easy and conveying trust over video. The video feature allows multiple users in various locations to communicate in real-time by video and audio. Its interface is able to concurrently display video faces and allow users annotate on shared screen content. VSee sends video at rates as low as 50 kbit/s and is capable of real-time video communication over 3G cellular networks. VSee is based in Sunnyvale, California with remote staff located worldwide. In April 2022, VSee had over 120 employees.

Origins and notable dates VSee Lab, LLC was founded by Drs. Milton Chen and Erika Chuang. The original VSee prototype came out of Dr. Chen's doctoral studies at Stanford University where he focused his work on video communication and the psychology of teamwork. His thesis "Conveying Conversational Cues Through Video". addresses both the psychological and technical aspects of video communications. VSee became a C corporation in 2008.

In 2008, VSee Lab, Inc. was incorporated. In 2008, VSee also received investment funding from In-Q-Tel and an award grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. In 2010, Salesforce invested in VSee. In 2011, VSee pushed out its Mac client. In 2012, VSee released secure instant messaging. It was also approved by US Congress for use behind their firewall. VSee Board of Directors include former Defense Secretary William Perry, former Stanford University Dean of Engineering James Gibbons, and Jingle Video for RTP co-author Milton Chen. Its Board of Advisors include Terry Winograd, Pat Hanrahan, David Kelley, and James Davis. According to the company, its customers include IBM, Shell, Kaiser Permanente, NASA, the Navy SEALs, and US Congress, and its users include well-knowns such as Angelina Jolie, Mandy Moore, and Linkin Park. Investors include In-Q-Tel and Salesforce.com.

Features and design VSee sends and receives high quality video over consumer-grade networks using software. VSee uses a managed peer-to-peer architecture similar to Skype. However, a server is used for address lookup and for administrative purposes. Data being sent and received among clients does not pass through the server. This data is encrypted using FIPS 140-2. VSee also uses a proprietary network-sensing algorithm that adapts to network conditions, allowing it to deliver video over very low-bandwidths and with minimal impact to a network. VSee supports the following features:

group video chat up to 15–20 people screen-sharing with annotation file sharing group and private chat (during video chat) stand-alone instant messaging auxiliary camera support remote camera control

See also ooVoo Google Hangouts Collaborative software Web conferencing List of collaborative software List of video telecommunication services and product brands

References

External links VSee website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with VSee

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what VSee claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to VSee before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about VSee ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of VSee

In research: VSee appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses VSee in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: VSee is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Sunnyvale, California, Freeware, In-Q-Tel, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for VSee outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study VSee in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what VSee means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain VSee out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is VSee in simple terms?

Why does VSee matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study VSee?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on VSee.