[gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Petric Frank
Hello, this is not exactly a gentoo issue. But due i am using gentoo i am asking here. 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Ashley Dixon
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 11:16:01AM +0200, Petric Frank wrote: > 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. How about looking at the ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Petric Frank: > 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. It may be bothering you, but that's not a problem in any real life sense. People can either live with it, kn

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Ashley Dixon
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 05:41:20PM +0200, Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Petric Frank: > > > 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. > > It may be bothering you,

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Petric Frank
Hello Ralph, Am Freitag, 3. April 2020, 17:41:20 CEST schrieb Ralph Seichter: > * Petric Frank: > > 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. > > It may be bothering

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 12:44 PM Petric Frank wrote: > > i think eye contact is a good thing while working on the screen. > I think most people think that eye contact is a good thing most of the time. If you have any tips for actually doing it I suspect half of us on the list would benefit. :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Petric Frank: > But normal people aren't professional actors. I thought i could be > a technical solution. Making life easier in this corona-days with > increasing video conferences. Normal people just have to adapt to a worldwide pandemic and be damn grateful for existing video conferencing so

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-03 Thread Spackman, Chris
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 s

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

2020-04-06 Thread james
On 4/3/20 5:16 AM, Petric Frank wrote: Hello, this is not exactly a gentoo issue. But due i am using gentoo i am asking here. 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. I