HyperCassandra

    Monday May 5, 1997 from 10:40 PM to midnight EST (New York time)


    NYU Wizard: Did you get our email?
    NYU Wizard: We are having difficulty since we don't have enhanced CUSeeMe!
    NYU Wizard: We are in my office.
    NYU Wizard: Hi Vancouver
    NYU Wizard: The musicians and dancers are downstairs in the theatre
    Cassandra - Vancouver: HI JOHN AND PIERRE,  the dancers are here.  Shall we
    try a rehearsal?
    NYU Wizard: We can't see you
    NYU Wizard: We don't have enhanced CUSeeMe.
    NYU Wizard: We are in my office
    NYU Wizard: Did you get our email?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We will go into black and white to see if that helps
    for you to see us.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Allow us 20 seconds.  We will be right back.
    NYU Wizard: We will wait!
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Rob went to get a black and white camera.
    NYU Wizard: Actually we see you very well. Do you have sound? We are
    transmitting
    NYU Wizard: We are receiving youor image very well!!!!! You don't need the
    bw camera.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Great!   This environment is only partially set up
    for Thursday's performance.
    NYU Wizard: we are not  even partially!!!!! My e-mail will explain and we
    can talk further anout this. I can't call out because of budget cutback at
    this time of night...but our num,ber is 212 998 85778
    NYU Wizard: As I explained in my e-mail, we will try to get enhanced
    CUSeeMe for the Roamer Mac which will be in the theatre.
    NYU Wizard:     qDo you hear any sound from us?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: I have enhanced CuSeeMe Serial numbers if you need it.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Rob is back.  Wait one minute.
    NYU Wizard: We do not hear sound from you
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Hi This is Rob, can you hear us here?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: There we go i'm starting to get you now :-)
    NYU Wizard: We hear you mumbling in the background
    NYU Wizard: We are getting great shots from you!
    NYU Wizard: Pierre is capturing stills!
    NYU Wizard: We hear you.
    NYU Wizard: We get interm,ittent sound now
    Cassandra - Vancouver: should I zoom in a little?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: On Thursday, we will have one more dancer.
    NYU Wizard: Actually we are getting good shots....How about showing us the
    entire room and your setup?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: John, here is our URL:
    www.sfu.ca/lohnlab/proj/cassandra/dance/
    NYU Wizard: We are enjoying the show!
    NYU Wizard: Do you have any music?
    NYU Wizard: Thanks for the URL we will link it
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We do not have any music tonight BUT there is a
    singer who wants to participate on Thursday.  I was going to ask you what
    you think of this.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We can have a microphone with the camera and try it
    with the singer on Thursday night.
    NYU Wizard: Yes, we might give it a try. If we get consistent sound we
    could add something to it here with an improv.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Are you still there?
    NYU Wizard: We are still here!
    NYU Wizard: Do you have sound in ...are you receiving? usually people hear
    us from this station.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: No we do not hear anything from you. Rob says we
    were getting sound from you earlier.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Are you hearing sound from us?
    NYU Wizard: Yes we hear you
    NYU Wizard: could we see the feet a little more?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: yes, I'll adjust the camera now.
    NYU Wizard: nnice
    NYU Wizard: that's great
    Cassandra - Vancouver: I am hoping to have bizarre costumes on Thursday.
    NYU Wizard: This is so beautiful...I would like to use the live
    transmission for the music I wrote instead of the video...if we can depend
    on the connection. WEe would have the video on standby as a backup.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Cool.  We have video on backup as well.
    NYU Wizard: This is a different space than the one on December 15th?
    NYU Wizard: we heard part of the response
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Yes.  This is the Lohn Lab.  It is a new space.
    NYU Wizard: lisa try speaking closer to the microphone
    NYU Wizard: it works better
    Cassandra - Vancouver: The Lohn Lab belongs to Center for Distance
    Education (CDE).  CDE has grown).
    NYU Wizard: Looks like a nice space!
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We are the first of this kind of project in this
    space.  The floor is a little hard and slippery for dance but still
    workable.
    NYU Wizard: is there going to be anything happening on the  back panels,
    like a projection?
    NYU Wizard: or chroma keying?
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We see you moving.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: I will be working the camera on Thursday so it will
    not be in one position as much as it is now.
    NYU Wizard: This was a great show. We are going to have to leave....but we
    have captured a number of pictures. There are some wonderful shots....we
    could make a slide show. Some images have ghosts which adds to the
    atmosphere. Black and whiote has a certain elegance.
    NYU Wizard: camera move is nice
    NYU Wizard: we hear sound when you are near the mike.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: The camera is on a tripod right now so it's a little
    difficult for me to move it.  On Thursday I'll direct from behind the
    camera.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We were pretty quite for a while just then.
    NYU Wizard: It is very impressive. we will try for color and for a
    projector....my music is a four minute segment...and we could also perhaps
    try projecting to one of the live improv sections
    Cassandra - Vancouver: We just knocked something out.  Hold on a second
    NYU Wizard: Yes...fade to black!
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Rule #1:  Dancers need  extra long cords when
    working with technology
    NYU Wizard: We are going to go....it is about 12:30 and I have to be back
    at about 8 a.m.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Rob is testing a mic.  Can you hear up?
    NYU Wizard: I will make a copy of our chat window and put it on the web
    tomorrow.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: I mean Can you hear us?
    NYU Wizard: EWe don't hear you now
    NYU Wizard: Silence
    NYU Wizard: The silence is getting louder
    Cassandra - Vancouver: What was that?
    NYU Wizard: You're mike doesn't work
    NYU Wizard: I mean your mike doesn't work
    NYU Wizard: It is truly getting late
    Cassandra - Vancouver: John, Everyone here notices the New York accent!
    NYU Wizard: Strange since I am from Texas
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Lena says you are fron the future since it is 12:30
    there and it's only 9:30 here!
    NYU Wizard: I thought maybe my accent is coming through from my typing. I
    type with an accent
    NYU Wizard: This is goodbye. Thanks for the show! We will discuss via
    e-mail the hookup for Thursday now that we are a little clearer on what you
    are doing
    Cassandra - Vancouver: I thought New York was the city that doesn't sleep
    at night.  We'll sign off for now and see you on Thursday.  We did not
    write down your reflector address.
    NYU Wizard: thank you all zis was veri nice.  pierre.
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Good Bye from Lena, Jesse, Rob and Lisa!
    NYU Wizard: 128 122 253 79
    NYU Wizard: That is the reflector address!
    Cassandra - Vancouver: Thank you!
    NYU Wizard: Look for us on the Web !
    NYU Wizard: Bye

    ghezzo@is2.nyu.edu
    gilbert@is2.nyu.edu
    pierre@flyvision.org


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