June 12, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
DISH Network visited the Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) this past week to showcase their SlingStudio offering. The best way to describe the SlingStudio, in terms of the environment, is a disruptive multi-camera video production ecosystem focused on entry-level to mid-sized productions, the sweet...
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October 10, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
I’m always a little surprised when an inexpensive piece of AV that I’ve been secretly lusting after actually delivers on the audio and video goodness I seek. Elgato was nice enough to send us a demo unit of their Cam Link that I...
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February 22, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Earlier this month, Vaddio (now a division of Milestone AV Technologies as of April 2016) visited the TEC to provide an in-depth technical overview of their new RoboTRAK camera tracking system. The system, used in combination with many existing Vaddio cameras, functions...
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August 23, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
Oh Kickstarter... how you love to torment us. Most AV technicians know that the world of software based video conferencing is rapidly expanding. Every tech company seems to have some form of home-grown video conferencing. Google has Hangouts and Duo, Microsoft...
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February 23, 2016
By: Jack D'Ardenne
In January 2016 I spent two weeks at Duke Kunshan University for the commissioning of the various AV installations throughout campus. The AV design for this project started 6 years ago and is finally close to being completed. IVCI began the...
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October 21, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Next Friday we are having a three part DDMC meeting, which will be co-hosted by OIT and Trinity Technology Services. We will be meeting on Friday, October 30th at 2pm in the Sociology-Psychology building room 130. Please check below for...
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By: Jack D'Ardenne
The Panasonic Fall Tech Tour is underway and will be in Raleigh next Tuesday 10/27 and Atlanta on Wednesday 11/4. This will be a great opportunity to see some of our newest technology – including laser projectors, video walls, interactive displays...
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October 19, 2015
By: Stephen Toback
Dr. Stephen Craig, Chair of Duke's Chemistry department wanted to use live green screen for a presentation to some undergraduates at Florida Gulf Coast University. We had used Wirecast to try this in the past in the MPS Video Recording...
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September 18, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The Harvard Business School recently launched the HBX virtual classroom. "HBX Live is a studio based classroom located at WGBH Boston (public TV station) that enables 60 individuals from different locations around the world to join in a real-time discussion...
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June 1, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
For those that couldn’t make it, we had a great demo at Cisco's briefing center. We got to see a few of Cisco's latest MX, SX, and DX video conferencing systems. We also got to see a few new web collaboration...
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