Patent ID: 8289367

Claim:
A system comprising: a stage area; an audience area with a line of sight view of the stage area; a first display apparatus operable to reproduce a first video feed of a first perspective of at least one remote talent in a remote location, the first video feed of the remote talent appearing, from the perspective of the audience area, to be within a first region of the stage area; a first camera directed at the audience area, the first camera aligned so that a first field of view of the first camera corresponds to a line of sight from the first region to the audience area; a second display apparatus viewable from a second region of the stage area and hidden from view of the audience area, the second display apparatus operable to reproduce a second video feed of a second perspective of the at least one remote talent in the remote location, the second perspective different than the first perspective; a second camera directed at the second region of the stage area, the second camera aligned so that a second field of view of the second camera corresponds to a line of sight from the second display apparatus to the second region; and a conference manager operable to: establish a communication session with a remote conference manager at the remote location; receive the first video feed from a first remote camera; receive the second video feed from a second remote camera; output the first video feed to be reproduced by the first display apparatus; output the second video feed to be reproduced by the second display apparatus; receive a third video feed of the audience area from the first camera; receive a fourth video feed of the second region of the stage area from the second camera; transmit the third video feed of the audience area to the remote conference manager; and transmit the fourth video feed of the second region of the stage area to the remote conference manager.