We like being experimental on The Brief, but we don't typically take it as far as we are today. This episode won't be everyone's cup of tea. Neal's camera work is rough and the audio is difficult in spots, but the experiment we were documenting is something we don't think has ever been done before. Let me tell you the story. We like being experimental on The Brief, but we don't typically take it as far as we are today. This episode won't be everyone's cup of tea. Neal's camera work is rough (he didn't have his monopod) and the audio is difficult in spots, but the experiment we were documenting is something we don't think has ever been done before. Let me tell you the story. The producers of the TV show, The Lab with Leo Laporte contacted me last week about attempting a segment via Skype. I've been interviewing people like crazy via Skype over the past few weeks for another feed. The one thing I've learned is that when bandwidth is good, we get great looking results. When bandwidth is bad, we get digital salad. I didn't want to give Leo digital salad, so I contacted my friends at xTrain.com. xTrain recently launched an unprecedented online video training service. They have a state-of-the-art studio here in Dallas, and bandwidth that will make you drool. They also had a desire to impress Leo, so they agreed to help me get the segment to Leo in an amazing way. From what I gathered, the xTrain team hadn't realized the power of Skype to deliver great looking video over the Web, until I asked for their help. They started playing around and when I got to the studio, they were over-the-moon excited about what they'd figured out. They were able to deliver excellent video to The Lab studio in Vancouver over Skype. Leo Laporte said it looked like a satellite uplink. What's more, they delivered the video with me on a 3-D virtual set. This behind-the-scenes look at the experiment is meant for how stuff works fanatics like us. As soon as The Lab episode is released, I'll try to get permission to release the segment on my feed so we can see what the finished product looks like. Photo Credit: giovanni gallucci | social media consultant. Other photos from the day are here.
