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Empty studio sets: BBC backgrounds for your video calls

139 points| open-source-ux | 5 years ago |bbc.co.uk | reply

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[+] 52-6F-62|5 years ago|reply
Ohh. I was hoping for Mr Bean's apartment or the office from IT Crowd. No dice.

There are some classics in there, though

[+] CornishPasty|5 years ago|reply
Mr Bean was ITV, and The IT Crowd was Channel 4. Hopefully they'll both follow suit!
[+] anticensor|5 years ago|reply
I failed to find the BBC World News Studio backdrop, which might be very useful.
[+] hanoz|5 years ago|reply
As opposed to the usual on-BBC background of an impressively scholarly bookshelf, with a copy of your own book casually prominent.
[+] asveikau|5 years ago|reply
Two sets from Fawlty Towers but neither of them is the lobby.
[+] marzell|5 years ago|reply
Watched that show not so long ago, for the first time really. I guess I had fawlty expectations, I thought it might have more good jokes and less racism.
[+] cachestash|5 years ago|reply
How would you actually use these, save getting a green screen fitted?
[+] simonklitj|5 years ago|reply
Zoom and other such software allows you to swap the background out during video calls. Don’t know the tech behind it, but I do believe someone posted about it a couple of weeks ago on HN.
[+] TallGuyShort|5 years ago|reply
Zoom and other conferencing tools allow you to provide a background and the intelligently crop out the background. Depending on what's in your background, it doesn't work perfectly (my shelves always show up anyway), but you can also by green screens that fit to your office chair, etc. specifically for this purpose.
[+] giancarlostoro|5 years ago|reply
At least on Apples software it takes a picture of the background without you in it and then fills that in as a green screen with anything. Works decently enough.
[+] mark-r|5 years ago|reply
My first thought when I saw the headline was the inside of the Tardis. I'm happy that it's not only available, but featured prominently in the announcement.
[+] jdlyga|5 years ago|reply
Wait till people start discovering video background for Zoom. I made some from youtube videos of trees blowing in the wind, and it's really nice.
[+] pkamb|5 years ago|reply
Sadly no Apollo House from Peep Show.
[+] stan_rogers|5 years ago|reply
You want people to think you're in Croydon?
[+] mhh__|5 years ago|reply
Peep show was channel 4 right?
[+] tootie|5 years ago|reply
I can't believe they have nothing from The Office. I may grab an Absolutely Fabulous though.