Re: [-empyre-] shared canvas

[helen varley jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

the "shared canvas" concept can be achieved to a certain extent in
graphical chat environments such as the palace; text, images, painting,
sound, & i've seen some form of video in it but not sure how it's done.
cross-platform & low bandwidth requirements, makes it very accessible. we
use it for performance, layered with live performance & web cams & whatever
else takes our fancy.
h : )

>
>Hmmm, funny you should mention this, I've been working on a software
>system for this very purpose, a virtual multimedia performance space
>enabling uses to interact with a shared "canvas", bringing in text,
>images, streaming video, sound, flash, SMIL presentations, and
>quicktimeVR, enabling net based media performance. There is also a
>Java3d world engine, for gesturally expressive avatars, although this
>will not yet implimented as Java3d is not yet supported on Macs.
>
>I'll  make it  available to artists, although its still in an alpha
>release state and needs more testing and debugging. I'm caught up in
>some other work at the moment, athough when I have time to get back to
>it I'll complete MPEG4 compatibilty testing and finish implimenting the
>streaming engine, write up some documentation + examples then make it
>availble... hopefully some of you might find it useful. (anyway, enough
>shameless self promotion, and now back to our regular show...)
>
>warmest regards,
>Damien
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