Opps, forgot the picture... Brian
Brian Corrie wrote: > Hi all, > > Back in the AG 1.x days we had something along these lines working. > Recall that AG 1.x was web based and it started up vic and rat through > wrappers that were started via web navigation. This was a bit of an > extension that we did on AG 1.x. We got this going to some degree, using > the work that I think the Motorola folks got going with vic and rat on > PDAs... We also did some work on media stream selection, so the wireless > device got only the video feeds that they wanted (similar to > PersonalBridge). > > Performance was actually not too bad if you didn't go overboard on the > video feed. I have attached a picture of a PDA in action. The image on > the PDA is a video stream of a scan converted visualization, being > displayed by Vic. It was pretty cool. I think this would be a lot more > work given the AG architecture of today, but then again, the processors > and OSes on PDAs are becoming more and more sophisticated... > > Cheers, > > Brian > > > > John Hodrien wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Derek Piper wrote: >> >>> Heh, that sounds fun. I can picture the NCSA lobby in little >>> teeny tiny 1/2" windows ... :D >>> VIC is just the video component, you'd need something to take the >>> job of RAT and then you have audio too. From that you could join in >>> with a manual hookup, since you would need the VenueClient software >>> and associated dependencies in order to browse venues. I'm thinking >>> all that would probably slaughter the poor little PDA but it sounds >>> like it's worth a laugh. >>> For manual hookup, get the ports from the 'Properties' entry of >>> the 'Venue' menu of a VenueClient. You might want to also go to a >>> venue with a bridge (or run one yourself against your venue server) >>> to remove multicast from being a problem over the wireless. >> >> I think it sounds like good clean fun ;) >> >> Considering skype copes well on a PDA (and that's *hideously* CPU >> intensive) I >> figure it's within reach, and that the compromises would be workable. >> >> Should we be expecting requests for a PPC shared presentation tool in >> a few >> weeks? >> >> jh >> >
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