I plan on creating a Curatorial social network that allows any one to view and participate in. The plan is, by using web cam technology and software, to stream a live video of each users desktop each time they log into the social network. It will show users that are on-line as their desktops will be streaming and those off-line as they will be not.
After researching how this can be achieved I came across a free web cam program called 'Cam Twist'. This program basically allows users to use their web cam for a variety of different tasks that involve the use of web cams. It is compatible with a range of other services such as yahoo chat messenger and Skype, but more importantly for me it works with a service called 'Mogulus' a live streaming website similar to you tube but with the addition of live video streams rather than just recorded uploaded video. It turns out that Cam twist is only available to Mac users but Mogulus provide a similar free web cam software called 'Procaster' which happens to be exclusive to Windows at the present moment.
At this stage I should point out that the reason for using these other services is due to the fact that I do not at this stage have the technical knowledge of programming to create a fully functioning social network site that has live streaming capabilities. So for now I will be creating a working prototype.
By registering with Mogulus I am able to link this streaming video site with the cam twist software I downloaded due to the fact that Mogulus supports this software fully. By turning on cam twist and setting up the options to display my desktop it can then be streamed onto Mogulus and live upon the internet. The option to embed video from mogulus to anyother self managed webpage is simple. So by creating an account I can place the live video stream onto my social networking site and display all particpating users within one page.
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