[Noisebridge-discuss] streaming video, teleconferencing and more

[Shannon Lee]

Perhaps we could just send all the video through a filter that replaces
everyone's face with the noisebridge logo.

--S

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Eric Boyd <mrericboyd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've been on the other end of the Sensebridge meetings and I know what I
> want: an ability to rotate the computer at NB on my command.  So I'm
> thinking maybe something as simple as a stepper motor controlled platform
> (turntable?) with a webpage/shell interface.  Simply put the skype computer
> on the platform and presto.
>
> I also agree that a good mic would be a super cool thing.
>
> Eric
>
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> Adam Skory wrote:
>
>> We've had some tele-attandence of our Sensebridge meetings already,
>> but only by drafting someone's macbook and using skype.
>>
>> Some thoughts that have been bouncing around my head already:
>>
>> - If we want to get conferences, and not just one person lecturing, we
>> need good microphonage. There are commercial tele-conference
>> microphone thingees. I see some on eBay for Not Much. Or, perhaps we
>> can build something similar from old mics and a mixer.
>>
>> - It would be super, super, super cool to have a fish-eye lense on a
>> webcam, so we could capture 360° . I'm not smart enough with the
>> graphics to know how hard it would be to make something to normalize
>> that into some kind of live, pan-able video. I've read about
>> commercial ones like this for conference rooms, but they seem to be
>> many hundreds of dolares. If we could DIY that it would be fucking
>> amazing.
>>
>> - A virtual white board could be very useful. I've looked into sites
>> that offer these and everything I've found is some combination of
>> sign-up-y, spammy, and/or sucky. Ideally we want something that can be
>> projected on the wall and shared online.
>>
>> ~Skory
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:28 PM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I also think that this is a really cool idea.
>>> There isn't really a privacy issue; so long
>>> as everyone's notified.
>>>
>>> This could allow us to easily collaborate on projects with remote hacker
>>> spaces,
>>> to have classes and work shops taught by remote parties etc...
>>>
>>> I also feel it would be a useful tool to help us learn difficult
>>> topics that people lecture about.
>>> For example I think it could be useful to the Noisebridge Machine
>>> Learning class if
>>> the students could take home a recording of a ML lecture or discussion.
>>>
>>> ~david
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Ceren Ercen <ceren at magnesium.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I do really think this is quite reasonable.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone's so terrified that there might be a second lens on the back
>>>> of
>>>> the camera, secretly videoing them as watch the speaker, I'll provide a
>>>> burqa. I hope light blue is acceptable.
>>>>
>>>> Just my two cents. The whole "omg no cameras I'm too
>>>> sneakyspecialawesomeillegal to risk being videotaped ever!" thing can
>>>> get
>>>> overblown.
>>>>
>>>> - Ceren
>>>>
>>>> Martin Bogomolni wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So, they don't have to have their images captured then.   I know some
>>>>> people have idiosycratic issues about being on camera, but how about
>>>>> pointing the camera at the person doing the speaking (or persons, like
>>>>> 5 minutes of Fame) and broadcasting that?
>>>>>
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