faceVsion Offers True HD Video Communications to Mass Market


HANOVER, Germany, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

faceVsion Technology Limited (FVT), a market innovator in empowering
consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications experience anytime,
anywhere, on any screen, today announced the availability of 720p/HD video
chat service on standard broadband network. The company will also showcase in
CeBIT its innovative FVfone(TM) solution, the first ever full function DECT
phone system that allows users to enjoy HD video chat and multimedia
experiences over big TV screen.

Offering netbook/notebook users or even those without PC experience to
enjoy true HD video chat experience under standard broadband network is a
must to bring HD video chat to the masses. By inserting FVexpress(TM) into
any netbook/notebook, and/or getting an innovative FVfone(TM) from faceVsion
or its channel partners, consumers and SMEs' can now enjoy true HD chat
without any hassles.

FVexpress(TM) and FVfone(TM) are engineered with state-of-the-art
technology at consumer price. By embedding mainstream HD encoding and
decoding algorithms at chipset level, together with optimized implementations
for image quality and noise cancellation under lowest bandwidth requirements,
these cutting edge solutions is designed for use with a variety of webcams
and interoperates with standards-based third-party video chat applications
like Gmail video chat.

"This announcement is our first step in empowering mass market users with
true HD communication experiences -- from looking real to feeling real, from
exclusive (to corporate users) to affordable (for general public with low
upfront investment), and from location-bound (within conference room) to
pervasive connectivity," said Alex Huang, faceVsion CEO. "Now, with our
FVexpress(TM) and/FVfone(TM), users of Gmail video chat will be able to
connect with each other. We are bringing a real mass market solution to
empower consumers and SMEs with face-to-face communications."

"We are pleased to see that faceVsion has chosen to interoperate with
Gmail video chat, which expands the scope of our respective video products,"
said Justin Uberti, technical lead for Google Talk. "At Google, we strongly
believe in the use of open standards such as XMPP and H.264, which make it
easy for partners like faceVsion to communicate and interoperate on the
Google Talk network. We look forward to working with all video, voice, and IM
providers regarding the opportunity provided by our open communications
network."

The FVexpress(TM) card and FVfone(TM) are scheduled to ship in Q2 of
2009. For more information, please contact info@facevsion.com.

About FVexpress(TM)

FVexpress(TM) is a mini-PCI express card embedded with chip-based H.264
encoding/decoding mechanism. Putting the card into any notebooks/netbooks
along with the bundled QuLives(TM) manager will allow users to enjoy true
720p/HD chatting experiences under typical home broadband network with
mainstream HD-capable webcams.

About FVfone(TM)

FVfone(TM) is a full function DECT phone in living room allowing users to
enjoy HD video communication and multimedia experiences over their big TV
screen.

About QuLives(TM) manager

The QuLives(TM) manager is the market leading HD communicator platform
for consumer electronics devices including mobile phones.

PR Contact:

     Derek Chim
     derek.chim@facevsion.com
     +886-988-171-340

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