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Google+ Hangout & Stream
Robot Party behind the scenes -- broadcast your own hacking hangout!
Ever wanted to get a bunch of makers together to show off their projects, and broadcast this to the world? You can do this with Google+ and Ustream in a snap, even if you don’t have Google+ Hangouts on Air!
To do this, you will need a Google+ and UStream account. You will also need Ustream Producer (free), and a camera-mixing program (eg, CamTwist or ManyCam).
In a nutshell, the trick to making this work is to first start the camera-mixing program, then start the Google+ hangout, then broadcast your screen to Ustream. See the steps below for more details.
Every week I do this for my Robot Party, so thought I would give a behind-the-scenes explanation of how it’s done! Enjoy! 
Steps
Step #1:
Next
- Set up your robots/hacks and your camera to show them off.
- Have lots of light pointed on the robots.
- Start CamTwist (or your camera mixing program) on your computer.
- Play around with CamTwist's settings to suit your needs. For example: PIP, title, fire, etc.
Conclusion
Google Hangouts are a great way to collaborate, and broadcasting them to a stream is a great way to share them with the world! Hopefully this will encourage you to start your own!
This tutorial is part of my fundraising effort for travel expenses to go to Maker Faire Bay Area! So if you like this tutorial, you can donate towards my travel expenses here! Thanks for checking it out!
If you enjoyed this tutorial, you can visit my website at robotgrrl.com/blog where I am up to all sorts of shenanigans!
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