Multimedia at Work: Harvesting Resources for Recording Concurrent Videoconferences

Author

Emond, Bruno

Author_Institution

Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2009

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

95

Abstract

The objective was to provide the visual communication technology to support high levels of interactivity and engagement, but the videoconferencing equipment typically deployed for these events is limited in terms of group interaction. Given the limitation of traditional tools, the virtual classroom program needed a solution driven by a one-step, record-and-publish model that could complement the synchronous communication offered by videoconferencing. This article presents an overview of the broadband virtual camera (BVCam) system, which enables one-step videoconference recording by using idle desktop computers on an IP network.

Keywords

IP networks; broadband networks; computer aided instruction; human computer interaction; interactive video; multimedia communication; teleconferencing; video cameras; video communication; video recording; BVCam system; IP network; broadband virtual camera system; concurrent videoconference recording service; desktop computer; group interaction; interactivity support; multimedia communication; one-step record-and-publish model; resource harvesting; synchronous visual communication technology; videoconferencing equipment; virtual classroom program; Broadband communication; Councils; Educational institutions; Grid computing; Information technology; Magnetic heads; Teleconferencing; Video recording; Videoconference; Visual communication; H.323; Multimedia at Work; Web systems; cluster computing; collaborative computing; distributed multimedia; graphics and multimedia; grid computing; middleware; session recording; videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2009.32

Filename

5167293