However, they nearly always need editing to keep publication quality high. Lecturers will also sometimes write on a blackboard. A full solution requires additional technology, such as that from Mimio , for capturing whiteboard material. Integration of these various aspects remains the main challenge to developing a usable technology. For more discussion on WebSeminars, listen to the online talk given by Jeremy Gunawardena at the conference on the Future of Mathematical Communication held at MSRI, Berkeley in 1999.
Web Seminars are still under development.
Comments, suggestions or criticisms are always welcome. The detector can be mounted on any overhead projector and can tell when an overhead slide is placed on, or taken off, the projector. The prototype is cheap to replicate but still has some teething problems. This was Andy's dissertation work for Bristol University's MSc in Global Computing and Multimedia. Neil adapted the system for streaming audio and was responsible for WebSeminar publishing.