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Cloud video meetings

Recorded year2013

Zoom launches easy video meetings that run in the cloud and join with one link from any laptop or phone.

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Built on

Picturephone serviceRecorded · 1970enables
Personal computerRecorded · 1975requires
World Wide WebRecorded · 1991requires
H.264 video codecRecorded · 2003enables
Internet callingRecorded · 2003enables
Cloud computingRecorded · 2006enables

Led to

Remote school at global scaleRecorded · 2020requires
Remote work at mass scaleRecorded · 2020enables
Holographic callsRecorded · 2021enables
AI stand-ins at meetingsForecast · ~2028enables
Hiring with no language barrierForecast · ~2030enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.