Microsoft celebrates Skype's 10th birthday; 3D video calls in the works
Microsoft acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion and since then the company has been very busy integrating the service in several of its products, including most recently Outlook.com. It will also be used in the upcoming Xbox One game console.
On the occasion of Skype's 10th anniversary today, Microsoft released a new infographic, shown below, that claims Skype now has 300 million connected users. Indeed, Microsoft claims that a third of all international telephone calls now go through Skype. Over the past 10 years. Skype users have spent over 1.4 trillion minutes using the service.
Microsoft also announced that, from now until 12 am PT Friday, every single Skype user will receive 30 minutes of free WiFi access that can be used on its two million hotspots. The free minutes, which have to be used in two 15 minute segments, will be available for use over the next month.
So what does the Skype team have planned for the future? According to a BBC story, it is looking into developing a way to offer 3D video chat, but that technology could be several years down the road. Mark Gillett, the corporate VP for Microsoft's Skype division, stated:
We have it in the lab, we know how to make it work and we're looking at the ecosystem of devices and their capability to support it in order to make a decision when we might think about bringing something like that to market.
Gillett says that a Skype client could also be released for Sony's PlayStation 4 in the future. A version of Skype is already available for the Sony PS Vita portable console.
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IlIuminatiPosted:
Alone Didn't know skype was this old, woah.
I know. Its pretty old this is a great milestone
BoobsonPosted:
I thought skype was only like 2-4 years old max.
boy I was wrong.
Having 3D skype calls would be kinda weird I find, that would mean you would need a 3D capable monitor correct?
boy I was wrong.
Having 3D skype calls would be kinda weird I find, that would mean you would need a 3D capable monitor correct?
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