Video conferencing

[agata]

Re: Video conferencing

I would love to join you!

[Kelly M.]

Re: Video conferencing

Where is everyone? I stopped by the mebeam site at 10am eastern time (which I think is the correct time) and only Agata and myself were present.

[will]

Re: Video conferencing

Oh. I thought we needed SKye to start it. I'm on there now. 10:25pm

G,W

[Undo]

Re: Video conferencing

I think it will start in half an hour? (if at all )

[will]

Re: Video conferencing

So where did you guys go?

W

[Undo]

Re: Video conferencing

we are still here will.
Anyone else hopping on?

[Kelly M.]

Re: Video conferencing

We are still here. Where did you go?

[Shohei]

Re: Video conferencing

im still working until 12pm (-4gmt) . I just popped in and seen some faces long enought to say Hi!- bye!

hope to join you all soon!

Gassho
Dirk

[Skye]

Re: Video conferencing

Whoops, I guess I just missed you. I can drag myself up for some 8am action in the future, if I nod off click the "virtual keisaku" - I'm not a morning person

If anyone needs a really good webcam, I recommend the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000:

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-960-0000 ... B000RZQZM0

It works on PC and mac and has very good image quality - actual glass lens! It's also on sale around here in all the stores for about $50 lately for some reason (being discontinued?)

Skye

[will]

Re: Video conferencing

Alright. We just had our first online sitting. Kelly, Phil, Will 15 minutes gong and all.

I'm off to bed.

Gassho Will

[Undo]

Re: Video conferencing

Thanks everyone,

That went well. It was good to meet you both. I think if we can work on the sound a bit it could be ok. Will, I could hear you well but it was a little off and on with you hearing Kelly. It could just be different setting maybe (probably my own ops: )?
Anyway thanks again and I hope my son was not too noisy,

All the best,

Philip

[Kelly M.]

Re: Video conferencing

I had the same difficulties Phil, but still enjoyed myself. Your son was a great addition to the sit. Nice meeting you both.

Gassho,
Kelly

[Skye]

Re: Video conferencing

I think if you don't have a headset, audio works best if you mute yourself (hit the "mic" button to turn off) when you're not talking. Otherwise the echo cancellation will get feedback from your speakers and probably make the audio choppy.

[Jundo]

Re: Video conferencing

Hey Guys,

This is monumental, I think!! The first tri-continental sit in the history of Zen Buddhism, of the universe! ... or something like that. This new feature is very close to one of the original concepts for Treeleaf, namely, a virtual meditation room that people could drop into "live" 24 hours to sit (or chat) with whoever else happens to be sitting there. In fact, we may set up two or more rooms: one for sitting, the other(s) for chatting.

We now have to work to smoothly integrate this into Treeleaf (Skye? You are fast becoming like "Scotty" on the Enterprise around here). I am thinking that I will add a page to Treeleaf.org whereby people can go into the virtual Zendo through that portal.

I think we need some kind of multi-timezone bulletin board where folks can set up regular weekly sittings among themselves, just like today. Of course, other times folks can continue to sit on their lonesome, but drop into a video sitting too whenever one is scheduled.

Apart from what folks arrange among themselves, I will plan to lead regularly scheduled sittings two or three times per week, as is done at any Zen Center. The sittings I will lead will start with a brief ceremony, then two periods of sitting and kinhin ... including a brief talk of course! It will be as close to what happens in a bricks and mortar Zen Center as possible. I will try to hold the sitting at the most convenient times to the majority of folks, and (as always) record it for other folks.

Superb!

And this solves the biggest obstacle to the Jukai too!

An Auspicious Day!

Gassho, Jundo

[Skye]

Re: Video conferencing

We now have to work to smoothly integrate this into Treeleaf (Skye? You are fast becoming like "Scotty" on the Enterprise around here). I am thinking that I will add a page to Treeleaf.org whereby people can go into the virtual Zendo through that portal.

I think we need some kind of multi-timezone bulletin board where folks can set up regular weekly sittings among themselves, just like today. Of course, other times folks can continue to sit on their lonesome, but drop into a video sitting too whenever one is scheduled.

Already thinking about integration - I read the "old" version of mebeam was embeddable in a web page, I'll have to ask around about the newer version. I'll keep my ear out for even better solutions as well.

A small application where people could propose & join sitting times with time zone support should be fairly easy to code up, when I have some time. I'll have to ponder the user interface a bit.

Skye