Kanban & Interactive Video Conferencing


#1

Recently, I joined a Kanban team where some members are local and some members are remote. We installed two cameras to increase engagement: one facing the Kanban board and one facing the local team.

Currently, each local camera is connected to its own computer.

Does anyone know of a software that could combine video input from both local cameras (using one computer) and video from remote members?


#2

I don’t know of any such solution. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist :stuck_out_tongue:

Why the need to combine video using one computer?

If you kept the video feeds on separate computers, you could rely on the tele-conference software (google hangouts) to display both …

So tell us more about the problem you want to solve.


#3

The main issue here could be that google hangouts might not like multiple logins of the same account on the same hangout… I’ve done this like how @andycleff suggested, but we made “fake” google accounts for certain conference rooms or camera machines so that they were logged on not as an actual person, but as the device or room. Every morning, the first person in, would just set up the camera and login for the day.

Another solution… move the Kanban board to electronic… like Trello (or Jira, VersionOne, Rally, etc, etc etc) and reduce one of those cameras.

Another solution… don’t point a camera at the room, but have everyone in a “virtual room” all the time at their desk by being on a hangout with their own machine. The best way to reduce distance with remote peers is have everyone using the tools in the same way even if they are in the same room (video at least, audio should be one authority or you’ll get a wicked echo/feedback loop).


#4

+1 to “if one person is remote, everyone is remote”


#5

Thank you for the feedback and advice!