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TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Demos, demos and more demos
It's demo day at TUAW TV Live! Today I have several accessories and apps to show off, including the: Logitech Fold-Up Keyboard (US$129.99) Logitech Mini Boombox ($99.99) Doxie Go ($199.99) ADDO SlateSHIELD, WriteSHIELD, and capacitive stylus Boinx iStopMotion for iPad and iStopCamera ($9.99 and free, respectively) The Opena bottle opener iPhone 4 case (AUD$39.99) and whatever else happens to arrive before the show goes live. As usual, I am totally expecting the viewers in the chat room to give the thumbs-up to products they like and to complain loudly (ALL CAPS) about those they hate. As usual, I'll be starting the show at 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT / 10 PM BST) sharp, and we'll take a few minutes to chat before the demos start. To join in on the chat and watch the live streaming video, drop by TUAW about five minutes before the start time to get your instructions on how to participate. If you're unable to join us for the show, remember that you can always subscribe to the video podcast and watch the show at your leisure in iTunes or any other favorite podcatching app. The past shows are also available on the TUAW YouTube channel. The chat is now available as well on IRC: join us on server chat1.ustream.tv, chat room #tuaw-tv.
Microsoft demos panoramic cam for RoundTable
If you actually made it all the way through that rather dense post from the other day on what Microsoft is now calling its Unified Communications Platform, then you probably remember us mentioning a new software package called RoundTable that gives users a panoramic view of all the other participants at the remote end of a web-conference. Well now we've spied the first pics of that 360 degree camera which enables this immersive experience -- developed out of a Microsoft project called RingCam -- thanks to a recent demonstration featuring company employees and sitcom stars engaged in a scripted debate over what to order for lunch. As we saw at the mock meeting, users are able to toggle between viewing the entire remote group or just the active speaker, with RoundTable also allowing the speaker to broadcast documents or PowerPoint slides directly to participants' monitors. Like most of the other hardware and software elements that are part of the new platform, both RoundTable and the complementary cam will be available to business-types sometime during the second quarter of next year.
