Macromedia is teasing us about new Flash Communcation Technology

Macromedia - Flash Communication Technology

With the introduction of the Macromedia MX product family, Macromedia has announced its intention to provide new server solutions for enabling the creation of next-generation communication applications that leverage the Macromedia Flash client. The new communication server technology will unite communication and applications — providing audio, video and data streaming between Macromedia Flash Player 6 clients.

The new technology will allow developers to easily integrate two-way, live and stored audio/video streams into Macromedia Flash MX web applications, enabling the creation of new types of multi-user collaboration applications such as chat, webcasts, and whiteboards in Macromedia Flash.

No word on a release date, the FAQ simply states that we can expect it to be available in 2002. You can however sign up to the Early Notification list