The trials and tribulations of Adobes secretive Pacifica project are nicely covered over at Gigaom.com. Pacifica is the secretive flash based audio and video flash player Adobe has been cooking up since September last year. The Adobe flash player is capable of near HD performance which has the internet video world excited, but equally significant is that it will double as a VoIP player.
Nearly 15 months later there is still no sign of the product and as Adobe inches forward there is a whole raft of companies already building VoIP applications. Tring me, Ribbit and Pudding me are three newbies all angling to be a preferred flash player in the next generation of players. Adobe's model is to build an application/reader and then make money from the server side. How this works in the multi-media world is unclear and is reportedly why the project is not being rushed out the door.
For more:
- Cat got Adobes VoIP? Report [1]
- Adobe's Pacifica project Blog [2]
Related article:
- Jajah and Jangl join voice 2.0 battle Report [3]
Links:
[1] http://gigaom.com/2007/12/03/cat-got-adobes-voice/
[2] http://pac.ifica.net/2007/09/test.html
[3] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/jajah-and-jangl-join-voice-2-0-battle/2007-11-19