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Hermosillo & Chihuahua, México. April 2016
Office-Portal is a project to establish real-time communication between the Nearsoft offices, which are located on different cities, through an audiovisual system build as a sci-fi portal, offering a realistic interface and a pleasant experience.
In Nearsoft, the culture is very important, it is considered one of the main pillars, and due the offices are in different cities, maintain the same culture in them is a difficult task. Office-Portal is a way for having a direct connection in real time with all the offices, so the Nearsoftians can share its culture more naturally just by cohabiting.
This project is being developed by the interns of the Nearsoft Academy (2016-1).
Office-Portal is a “permanent” streaming through the offices of Nearsoft, the streaming will be sent through the heroku's infrastructure in a secure way, the streaming is broadcasted through an audiovisual communication set build as a portal.
The main features of Office-Portal are the following:
- Futuristic yet realistic design to blend with the environment.
- Easy on/off switch.
- Uninterrupted video and voice communication.
- Secure & encrypted communication.
This project is conformed by three parts:
- The Videocall System.
- The Physical Interface.
- The Gun remote control.
The design of Office-Portal is one of the main features, this system is made to resemble a realistic sci-fi portal to provide a futuristic yet very realistic experience when using it.
The system runs a webRTC application over Node.js, Socket.io and Express.js.
The usage of the "Gun" remote control is optional but if you want to build it: This system uses a Raspberry Pi v3.0 and two Arduinos configured to transmit and receive the on/off signal for starting the communication using a custom gun-like interface.
It is recommended to use computers with good video processing, i.e. we use apple’s mac mini computers, and high resolution cameras to get the best experience.