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Video Chat Via Transparent Desktop Overlay
Jason0x21 writes "Wired News has an article about UNC Comp. Sci. researchers developing a transparent desktop overlay for video conferencing, allowing remote coworkers to literally point and interact with things on your screen. The researchers say that Apple's Quartz graphics engine let them go from idea to prototype in 'about 45 minutes'. Windows versions predicted in the future."
Did he say inconvenience or insecurity? Score it as off topic but why when I install programs as the all mighty administrator in Windows XP does it take an extra hour to work around the severe lacking for multi-user support. Just why in the hell do programs made for Windows (some by Microsoft) store the preferences in the same folder as the program? Does it not seem obvious to you Windows developers that maybe two users might have different preferences? I guess choice is something to which Windows users are not accustomed.
That's my two cents as someone who has administered both environments.
Now if I can only convince my boss to get a set of these for pair programming. That would rock. I can imagine myself now Xtreme programing on windows Xp working with directX making a game for the Xbox about the X-men with my X-Girlfriend. Then I'll release it for free and register a website for it, how about X.org! Oh... uh, Wait...
Back to reality, this thing wont be out for windows until Longhorn (2006,7,25), and by then it will be called Windows XXL. I think I better stick to my mac os X, making wallpapers of CowboyNealiX from ST:Voyager.
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the