{"id":65098,"date":"2009-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/live-webcasts-bring-uri-events-into-your-living-room\/"},"modified":"2009-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"live-webcasts-bring-uri-events-into-your-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/10\/live-webcasts-bring-uri-events-into-your-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Live webcasts bring äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ events into your living room"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWatch Distinguished Achievement Awards ceremony live Saturday night<\/p>\n


\nThanks to the acquisition of a remarkable new technology, a wide variety of University events will now be available to view as live webcasts on your home computer.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFor those who can\u2019t attend an event in person, especially those living far from Kingston, this is the perfect opportunity to watch it live as it happens,\u201d said John Peterson, director of new media. \u201cAnd it helps us demonstrate the wide variety of interesting cultural and educational events that happen every week on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Division of University Advancement recently acquired several remotely controlled video cameras that can be operated from anywhere using a joystick and a laptop computer. The cameras can revolve 360 degrees and zoom and pan, so almost any event can be presented with professional production values as if many more cameras were in use.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cRather than requiring a full crew of videographers and editors, an entire event can be produced by one person and still make a big impact,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cAnd that one person doesn\u2019t even need to attend the event themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe technology has already been tested at events like the groundbreaking ceremony<\/a> for the new College of Pharmacy building, the Big Thinkers lecture<\/a> in Boston, and several lectures from this year\u2019s Honors Colloquium. After the events are over, the videos are archived on the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ YouTube channel<\/a> for viewing any time. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe next event to be webcast is the Distinguished Achievement Awards on Saturday, Oct. 17 beginning at 7:15 a.m. Visit the university\u2019s home page<\/a> for a link to the webcast.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn the weeks to come, a Live Channel button will appear on the home page directing visitors to the next live webcast of a campus event. In addition to lectures and formal events, the technology could be used to webcast concerts, theatrical productions, athletic contests, and other activities.<\/p>\n


\n\tThose planning campus events that wish to have them webcast should contact Peterson at Peterson@uri.edu or 401-874-9189.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to the live events, videos are also being produced regularly of other notable activities and posted to the YouTube channel. Recent videos include President Dooley throwing out the first pitch<\/a> at a Boston Red Sox game; students moving in to the residence halls<\/a> to start the school year; an engineering professor\u2019s research to develop a stumble detection system<\/a> for those using a prosthetic leg; and a pharmacy student video about the importance of hand washing<\/a> to prevent the flu.<\/p>\n

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Watch Distinguished Achievement Awards ceremony live Saturday night Thanks to the acquisition of a remarkable new technology, a wide variety of University events will now be available to view as live webcasts on your home computer. \u201cFor those who can\u2019t attend an event in person, especially those living far from Kingston, this is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}