On 2020/04/03 at 11:16am, Petric Frank wrote: > Problem: Usually the camera is outside of the screen. The user > normally looks at the screen. As result the communication partner(s) > see him not looking at the camera.
> Idea: Use two cameras positioned left and right or top and bottom of > the screen. Combine the two video streams and generate a third stream > having a virtual camera positioned at the middle of the screen. > Result: Better communication. The partners always looking in their > eyes. At the same time the screen contents can be viewed. I think this would be fun to try, but I don't have any idea the actual feasibility. Moreover, I believe Apple tried something similar, very briefly, with Face Time. I think it just used processing to try to "fix" where the eyes were looking. My understanding is that it creeped everyone out and no one liked it. Probably an uncanny vallley thing. So, they dropped it. (IIRC, I heard that on TWIT a while back.) Maybe two cameras could do it better, though? -- Chris Spackman [email protected] ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
