Each individual may simply watch, or participate at any moment. Any individual may exit out of the session at any time without affecting the other participants. The drawing surface is entirely shared and entirely unstructured, being simply a bit plane. It features continuous telepointing to both sides, so there's no mode switch between marking, pointing and entering text. The drawing object is replicated on both sides, so that the network traffic is reduced.
Collage is a synchronous collaborative data analysis tool for use over the Internet.
These electronic team rooms provide places to meet in real-time, or a common locale to leave information for other collaborators. TeamRooms combines real-time groupware technologies such as shared whiteboards, chat rooms, and customizable groupware applets with a persistent work environment. Machines receiving shared windows can be any X server. HP SharedX consists of a server extensions and a Motif based user interface process. Contact your local HP sales rep. for more information.