David Maldow is the Founder & CEO of Let's Do Video and has been covering the visual collaboration industry, and related technologies, for over a decade. His background includes 5 years at Wainhouse Research, where he managed the Video Test Lab and evaluated many of the leading solutions at the time. David has authored hundreds of articles and thought pieces both at Telepresence Options, where he was managing partner for several years, as well as here at Let's Do Video. David often speaks at industry events and webinars as well as hosting the LDV Video Podcast.
It feels like I’m the only little bird sitting in the corner chirping about eye contact, both in writing about it and working on it. Here is an article I wrote about eye contact after I read yet another article telling folks to look into the camera: http://hellarddesign.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-video-conferencing-advice.html
All good relevant points, but my friend Jeff Machtig’s company DVE (http://www.dvetelepresence.com/) solved this some time ago with the camera behind the screen.
Look at the Silhoute series and other inovative solutions.
Good point Randy. I’m a big fan of the DVE line of products. They use a variation of the Pepper’s Ghost technique I described, so their solutions require a bit of depth (space to hide the camera behind the angled one-way mirror). Although to be fair, the DVE Silhouette model really isn’t too thick, they did a good job with it.
I think the DVE solutions are ideal for kiosks or for executive systems, but the typical desktop needs an affordable flat screen solution.
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Good video, David
Apple was granted a couple of patents 8+ years ago.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/26/apple-patent-embeds-thousands-of-cameras-among-lcd-pixels/
http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/08/apple_files_patent_for_camera_hidden_behind_display
It feels like I’m the only little bird sitting in the corner chirping about eye contact, both in writing about it and working on it. Here is an article I wrote about eye contact after I read yet another article telling folks to look into the camera: http://hellarddesign.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-video-conferencing-advice.html
Apple has this terrible habit of patenting my ideas a few years before I first think of them. 😉
All good relevant points, but my friend Jeff Machtig’s company DVE (http://www.dvetelepresence.com/) solved this some time ago with the camera behind the screen.
Look at the Silhoute series and other inovative solutions.
Good point Randy. I’m a big fan of the DVE line of products. They use a variation of the Pepper’s Ghost technique I described, so their solutions require a bit of depth (space to hide the camera behind the angled one-way mirror). Although to be fair, the DVE Silhouette model really isn’t too thick, they did a good job with it.
I think the DVE solutions are ideal for kiosks or for executive systems, but the typical desktop needs an affordable flat screen solution.