Viking Video Technologies conducted a live webcast of Hudson Valley Community College’s Commencement on Saturday morning, May 18. Then immediately turned around on Saturday afternoon and went to the University at Albany and set-up for its Commencement the following morning, Sunday, May 19.
Using a multi-camera setup for this remote event, nearly 200 people were able to watch HVCC’s graduation from their computer, iPad or smart phone. Over 700 people watched the live webcast of SUNY Albany’s graduation from all over the world, places such as Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Uruguay, Argentina, the UK, Australia, Columbia and Israel.
As one of VVT crew was taking down one of the robotic cameras following the UA Commencement, a graduate and his family walked by him and asked if, “this was the camera that was streaming the video of the ceremony?” When told the camera was one of five switched that were used to produce the event’s live stream, the graduate’s mom noted that her mom in Columbia (South America) had watched the live stream and loved it. She then jokingly said “My mom probably had a better view than we did.” The VVT technician smiled and said “yes, she did!”
(From Left to Right) Chris Lenaghan, Phil Jenkins, Scott Freedman, Bob Racette, Roger Pinke, Eric Kiel
Scott Freedman (L) and Roger Pinke (R)
Published: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:02 +0000 by e.kiel