[hackerspaces] Webcam Telepresence Wall

[Caspar Clemens Mierau]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 04:17:15AM -0400, tetsu yatsu wrote:
> Set up a projector on a wall and point a webcam back from the wall being
> projected on, and have someone from another do the same, and effectively extend
> our space into another city/state/country. Like how sleazy real estate people
> cover entire rooms with mirrors to make them look bigger, only with streaming
> internet video!

I just published an article on golem.de about a similar idea and
a c-base project from 2003 called "transatlantic breakfast":

the article:

http://www.golem.de/0909/69138.html

a little documentation about the project "transatlantic breakfast":

http://www.existart.de/Kuenstler/ME/d_uticaconcept.htm

Sorry, both in German only.

Best,

ccm.


-- 
Caspar Clemens Mierau
 Dipl.-Kult. (Medien)
 official "Ubuntu member"
 ubuntu Deutschland e.V.
 Ubuntu Berlin
 c-base e.V.

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