Bitman's Conference Camera v21

Conference Camera

The conference camera is a camera viewing system specially designed for use in conferences and presentations.

Ever wanted to present specific views of an object to an audience? This can be a work of art, or a fashion show!
Want to give a guided tour without the hassle of leading people around and trying to point them to specific details?
Need to focus conference participants on specific parts of your slide?

Then the conference camera is your rescue!

You prepare a set of predefined camera positions with the included conference camera HUD. You can of course make it that those camera positions show your product in the best way :-) Your guests, or the conference participants, take place on the special conference chairs or conference benches. Then you start the conference, and all participants see through the camera positions you have prepared with the HUD, and see your products or presentation as you want them to see it! You can switch through the presets to guide them through your tour for example.

Below you find the usage instructions. Hope you like the gadget!

See also the related products:
Bitman's Shared Camera - a version for advanced builders
Bitman's Shopping Camera - a shop builder version
Bitman's personal "ClubCamera HUD" - a simple attachment without need for a server

Bitman Voom
Bitman's Custom scripting shop

Content

Conference Camera Info
- this notecard
Conference Camera HUD Helpcard
- help notecard for the included Conference Camera HUD
Automated Tour Helpcard
- help how to setup an automated tour

Conference Camera Server
- the actual camera server that stores all the camera positions and does the access control
Conference Camera HUD Maxi v21
- the conference control HUD

Conference Cam chair
Conference Cam bench
- furniture where participants sit to follow the conference
Conference Table 2 by 3m
Conference Table 1.5 by 3m
- conference table (no scripted functions, just look good)

Conference Stand
- a standing desk furniture, but with additional features: you click on it, and it gives
you a minimal conference control HUD. With this HUD, the presenter has the "next", "prev",
"conf" and "lock" buttons as on the Conference Camera HUD. You must be in the "PRESENTERS" list
stored in the notecard "PRESENTERS" in the stand, though. The last one to click the stand and is
on the list has control over the conference.

FocusBoard v03 channel 9
- the experimental focus board add-on
Automated Cam Tour
- an automated tour guide that allows you to run an automated tour


How does it work?

1) First of all you have to rez a Conference Camera Server object. Place it somewhere in the middle of where the people sit. You can make smaller and put it under the conference table for example. It reaches 100m around itself. The camera server is a central access control point. Its configuration (which you find in the notecard "CONFIGURATION" in the server object) defines who can control the camera channels. You could allow other people (from a list of from the group the server has) to change the camera positions for example. The configuration is preset to allow only the owner (resp. the owner's objects) to change any of the channel.

2) Place the conference chairs and/or bench like in a conference room or an auditorium. Your guests / conference partners will sit on these to follow your presentation. You can also place the conference table (which has no scripted function but is of the same design).
Contact me if you need custom designs.

3) With the Conference Camera HUD you can control the camera channels. Attach the HUD to any of the HUD attachment points, by default it goes to the bottom left. You can edit the position when attached, it will re-adjust when you attach it to a different HUD position.
Once attached, store the different camera positions you need for your conference or presentation, by setting the camera appropriately, then clicking "store" on the HUD and then the position number "1" through "20". You can "clear" camera positions too. For more details see the included Conference Camera HUD Helpcard, which is also available from the HUD's "help" button.

4) To start the conference, click "conf" on the HUD and select "start" from the menu (if the button is red, which means you have not yet started the conference). Once started, the "conf" button turns green and the people sitting on the conference chairs and benches will see what you set the HUD to. I.e. if you lock the HUD on position "2" for example, all the participants will look in the direction stored in this position!
Once the conference has started, you can click the "conf" button to end the conference, or to take a break: all participants are left looking at the HUD position, but you can unlock you own camera. To resume, click on the "conf" button again, and click "con