Connecting a videocamera to the new iChat AV beta results in a
horizontally flipped image--i.e., a mirror image.

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In article <michelle-F244D9.16163523062003[at]news.west.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle[at]michelle.org> wrote:

> Connecting a videocamera to the new iChat AV beta results in a
> horizontally flipped image--i.e., a mirror image.

Maybe it looks flipped on your screen, so it is easier for you to center
it and so on, but it look OK on the remote computers??? That would be
cool, since most people I have seen tend to move the wrong way when they
realize they are at the edge of a screen, that is they go even further
towards the edge, till they realize the image is "flipped"

Now if the "flipped" image is flipped again, it seems "straight"

Better stop now, this is getting confuzing :)

Michelle Steiner <michelle[at]michelle.org> writes:
>
> Connecting a videocamera to the new iChat AV beta results in a
> horizontally flipped image--i.e., a mirror image.

For yourself or remote clients?

It's common for video conference software to present a mirror image
when viewing yourself. People are generally more comfortable when it
acts as if they're looking into a mirror.

If you can test it out with a video connection to another computer,
try holding up some writing and see if the other person sees it
correctly or mirrored.

-- David

In article <m2ptl4p1sa.fsf[at]qqqq.invalid>, shamino[at]techie.com (David C.)
wrote:

> > Connecting a videocamera to the new iChat AV beta results in a
> > horizontally flipped image--i.e., a mirror image.
>
> For yourself or remote clients?

For myself.

> It's common for video conference software to present a mirror image
> when viewing yourself. People are generally more comfortable when it
> acts as if they're looking into a mirror.

I didn't know that; it makes sense, though. It looked weird, though.

---Michelle

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Never play strip tarot.

In article <michelle-5FC5C9.21254123062003[at]news.west.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle[at]michelle.org> wrote:

> > It's common for video conference software to present a mirror image
> > when viewing yourself. People are generally more comfortable when it
> > acts as if they're looking into a mirror.
>
> I didn't know that; it makes sense, though. It looked weird, though.

Consider the source!

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Michelle Steiner <michelle[at]michelle.org> writes:
>
> Connecting a videocamera to the new iChat AV beta results in a
> horizontally flipped image--i.e., a mirror image.

I just had a chace to try this out for myself at the local Apple
store.

The image is mirrored when you view yourself, but correct when you
view somebody else. Which is the behavior I typically see from
videoconference systems from all vendors. (The Polycom ViewStations
that I use at work do the same thing. It even inverts the camera
motion controls when you view yourself in order to keep everything
consistent.)

-- David