[Noisebridge-discuss] streaming video, teleconferencing and more

[Christie Dudley]

I am opposed to using Skype for a number of reasons, not the least of which
includes it being a closed protocol.  I just can't get behind something that
has had so many security issues, whether it effects us or not.

I will agree that Skype is easy to set up, but it's only available as a
point-to-point connection, which prevents it from serving the purpose we're
looking to fulfill here.  If a single person can't participate, it's great.
If even 2 can't, it fails.  Same goes for the user-panned webcam.

For more participatory events, it would be nice to have a fish-eye.  I think
a 360 one would be too much and probably make the viewer nauseous. Besides,
people who don't want to be seen online should have somewhere to participate
too.

Christie

--
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total
obliteration.
- Bene Gesserit Litany


On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 03:29:51PM -0700, Praveen Sinha wrote:
> > So my next questions to you all -- noisebridge is starting to produce
> some
> > really cool sounding sessions and I can only make a small percentage of
> > stuff I'd like to be involved in.  I don't have a lot of video
> experience,
> > but:
> >
> > 1) Anyone have any suggestions/designs for some sort of rig we could use
> to
> > capture video/audio of events, for the purpose of streaming online?
> >
>
> I actually have the dorkbot camera guy's contact info for just this
> question.  I'll drop him an email this evening asking for
> recommendations (I don't believe he's on the list).
>
> > 2) I think it would be amazing to be able to videoconference with other
> > hackerspaces (or whomever) on the wall...  With the projector, and skype,
> > this could be really straightforward... But are there better approaches?
>  My
> > employer, for example, has a room called "Virtual Isabel", where the room
> is
> > replicated in second life, and people in the physical room talk with the
> > avatars in the virtual room, and the virtual room sees a live stream of
> the
> > physical room...
> >
>
> I like the idea of having a better telepresence setup, though not
> anything nearly as advanced as what you've got at work.  Also, I don't
> currently have, and would rather not create, a SL account (call me
> closed-minded and old-fashioned if you must, but, well, it's apt).
>
> (IIRC, you and I had chatted about this for ML talks back at the
> beginning of those, as far back as December.  I'd love to see us push
> through it now, but haven't wanted to step into it myself just yet.)
> --
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