VideoChat with WebCam

July 19, 2004 8:48 AM

I have a webcam and want to do video chat... Is MSN my only alternative? I've been VERY impressed with the quality of the VOIP calls I can make using Skype; is there something similiar for video conferencing with a webcam?
posted by zia to computers & internet (3 answers total)

I haven't tried it myself, zia, but I noticed something about support for video in ICQ. It may also be in AIM, because it's in Apple's iChat, which interoperates with AIM.
posted by JollyWanker at 10:49 AM on July 19, 2004

I know they have video support in Yahoo! Messenger, but I never felt the need to use it because the only person I know who uses Yahoo! Messenger lives downstairs from me.
posted by dagnyscott at 11:38 AM on July 19, 2004

I have used the Yahoo video chat to talk to a friend in the Netherlands (I ws in Vancouver at the time) and while the quality wasn't great, and the experience wasn't either (you really need headphones for it to work properly), the price was certainly right.
posted by sauril at 11:57 AM on July 19, 2004