November 6, 2017
By: Devon Henry
I always like coming across free stuff. Videvo.net is a completely free to use site that has a library of watermark-free stock footage. Videvo is pretty cool because you dont even necessarily have to register to use it, let alone...
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October 26, 2017
By: Stephen Toback
OIT Media Technologies has been following a company called Matterport for a couple of years. They have packaged a camera/service focused on the real estate market to allow agents to create pretty astounding VR walk throughs of properties. Due to...
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October 11, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
Duke OIT in conjunction with the Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) continues its search for innovative 360 cameras with our recent DDI-funded purchase of the Garmin VIRB® 360. At $799.00, the VIRB was a chunk of change, but so far has proved to...
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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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September 26, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
HP visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) this morning to provide an overview of their Sprout Pro G2. Describing the Sprout is a tricky thing to do considering the unique capabilities of the device. As HP was quick to mention,...
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September 20, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
While this DDMC article may not fall directly under classroom or enterprise digital media, Plex is an emerging technology that touches on many server/client related AV topics, and does have a few specific applications for groups collaborating on video or...
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September 18, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Last week, three members of Duke’s Disability Management System (DMS) visited the Technology Engagement Center to provide an AV focused Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) overview and to highlight their services to the Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC). DMS Executive...
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September 11, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Last Tuesday, we hosted Harman Professional (a subsidiary of Samsung) at the Technology Engagement Center (TEC) to showcase their digital media offerings the the Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC). Harman has a portfolio of nearly twenty brands including AKG, AMX,...
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August 31, 2017
By: Joseph Johnson
Growing up in the 80’s (yeah I just revealed my age, sue me, I’m old) instant gratification was virtually nonexistent. Cartoons only came on Saturdays, to buy music you had to go to an actual store and give people money,...
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August 29, 2017
By: Devon Henry
I came across a kickstarter for the Luna Display by AstroHQ, which is a new product that enables one to turn an iPad into a second screen for your Mac. It has currently met its pledge goal nearly a dozen...
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