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Title:
Virtual
Director: Automating a Webcast
Author(s):
by
E. Machnicki
and L.A. Rowe
Affiliation:
Computer Science Division - EECS,
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
Presentation:
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Abstract
This paper presents a system designed to automate the production of
webcasts, called the Virtual Director.
It automates simples tasks such as control of recording equipment, stream
broadcasting, and camera
control. It also automates content decisions, such as which camera view
to broadcast. Directors can specify
the content decisions using an automation specification language. The
Virtual Director also uses a
question monitor service to automatically identify questions and move the
cameras to show the audience
member asking the question. We discuss the implementation of the Virtual
Director and present the results
of its use in the production of a university seminar series.
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