[hackerspaces] Presentation/Workshop Configuration(s)

[Greg McGuire]

I'm curious, what does everyone do for presentation/workshop configurations. I've been toying with the idea of getting an overhead camera of some kind for the hackerspace I'm a member of but after doing a quick google search, albeit at the airport, I haven't found anything I like.

So basically, how is your space set up for presentations? Is there a dedicated presentation computer? Is there a way a speaker cab plug their machine into the projector easily? Do you have an overhead camera? Would you reccommend that make/model? How is it connected to the projector? Via a computer, second projector input, or do you have a switcher of some sort? Is there a camera shot to show the person giving the talk?

Sorry if this email is a little confusing, I just took a red eye back from LAX and still have some more flying to do. But I wanted to ask before I forgot.

Thank you all in advance!
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[Jan Lieven]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:09:26 -0500
Greg McGuire <gr...@nesit.org> wrote:

> So basically, how is your space set up for presentations? Is there a
> dedicated presentation computer? Is there a way a speaker cab plug
> their machine into the projector easily?

We got an old vga beamer (1024x786) from the University and mounted it
to the ceiling.

> How is it connected to the projector? Via a computer, second
> projector input, or do you have a switcher of some sort?

There is just the vga cable from the beamer to a desk, which on talk
days is reserved for the speaker.

>Is there a camera shot to show the person giving the talk?

One of our members lends us his HD camera so we can record the slides
or the whiteboard if the speaker writes something on it.
A second camera is being discussed so we can record the slides and the
speaker separate and merge the images together like this:
+-----------+-----+
| | |
| slides | spk |
| +-----+
| |
| |
+-----------------+