[Noisebridge-discuss] Stuff I'd like to see happen at Noisebridge

[Jonathan Foote]

If you are building an enclosure, a great addition would be a
half-silvered mirror that you can put the camera behind so it is
coaxial with the display (reflected in the mirror). This gives the
remote person the impression that you are looking directly at them
(rather than at the monitor off to the side).

[Search for "Interrotron" and "Pepper's Ghost" if the above is unclear.]


On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, rachel lyra hospodar
<rachel at mediumreality.com> wrote:
>
> this is an interesting approach!  I'd want to build an enclosure for the
> machine so that the only thing the person on the couch saw was a screen,
> no controls.  I am picturing something fairly elaborate, a sort of art
> installation phone booth magic talking seat.
>
> I also am becoming fixated on the idea of chatroulette constantly running.
>
> i give it six months because i want something big and elaborate, and
> can't start on it for a month or two... i also expect a lot
> of...distractions.
>
> R.
>
> On 12/25/2010 8:20 AM, Steve Castellotti wrote:
>> On 12/25/2010 01:38 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
>>> i decided today to launch another project.  i am going to turn a couch
>>> into a giant videophone, so that people from anywhere on the internet
>>> can initiate a video call with whoever is on that particular couch.  i
>>> am calling it NoiseCouch.  if anyone wants to help me with this project
>>> let me know.  i don't know anything about videoconferencing or
>>> networking or anything but i am confident i will figure it out.  i think
>>> that if i do it by myself it will take about 6 months to accomplish.
>>> The more help i get the sooner we can finish it!
>>
>>      Six months?
>>
>> 1. Take computer and plug into network
>> 2. Install Linux
>> 3. Install Skype
>> 4. Set Skype to auto-answer and allow calls and video from any user
>> 5. Publish Skype name
>>
>>
>>      You'll want to make sure the user account running Skype is set to
>> auto-login and Skype is set to auto-launch, but there's nothing too
>> tricky going on here.
>>
>> For the purists you also might want to install Ekiga which is open
>> source video conferencing:
>>
>> http://ekiga.org/
>>
>>
>>      Any trouble along the way give a shout (c:
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
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