*ooVoo* is an elegant and powerful *video conferencing* and *IM client* that
combines elegance with functionality. Unlike some video conferencing
applications, Oovoo is very easy to get running with your webcam and it can
handle very high quality cameras - up to 2 megapixels, depending on the speed
of your connection. During chats and video calls, you can add video effects
such as sepia, blurring and morphing, something that sets it apart from other
popular VoIP apps like Skype. With ooVoo you can *talk face-to-face with up
to six people*, add an ooVoo link to your blog or online profiles (so others
can instantly add you to their contacts), send and receive video messages
and, best of all, it's completely free. You will need to create an Oovoo
account however, which, as registrations go, is fairly painless. Once you've
started the setup process, you'll be asked to create an ooVoo username and
password. You'll also be asked to add a few friends and contacts to your
ooVoo account although if you don't know anyone using ooVoo, you can simply
elect to send invites and hope that they sign up. What's really nice about
ooVoo, though, is the ability to place your contacts, and their video images,
down the side of your screen in a sidebar simultaneously. This way, you can
chat away to all of them at the same time and see them at once.
Unfortunately, at the moment ooVoo is not compatible with Lion although the
developers claim that they will release a compatible version soon. *OOvoo's
an impressive video chat app, although it would be interesting to see how it
performs when multiple users are trying have a video conference.*Download
*ooVoo 3.1.0.7* in Softonic
