In this chapter, we give details about our usage of
tools in distance learning using HyperMirror.
3.1 Switching HyperMirror to other tools
3.1.1 Standard video camera
Although HyperMirror has effect on distance
learning, there are two limitations. Firstly, the number
of people who can participate in activities is limited,
in other words, space of activity is fixed. Secondly,
because the HyperMirror video image is fixed, i.e. do
not move or zoom a camera of HyperMirror, so that it
is difficult to zoom in a material: a poster or docu-
mentation that participants want to show, and watch
details of the material.
In order to solve these problems, we switch the
HyperMirror image to the standard video camera
image --not composite and self image is not reversed.
For example, Figure 8 is the picture of a
HyperMirror image that students were painting a pic-
ture. As stated above, it is difficult for HyperMirror to
zoom in participants and/or materials. By contrast,
Figure 9 is the picture of a standard video camera
image. Unlike the HyperMirror video image, the stan-
dard video camera allows participants to focus on
what they want to shoot. In other words, if partici-
pants want to show details of what they are working
on, it is necessary to switch to the standard video
camera image as necessary.
As shown in Figure 10, the picture illustrates
another way of use of a standard video camera image.
The picture shows students in Thailand who partici-
pated in distance learning and did their work --whole
of classroom.
Thus, in case of showing details of students work-
ing on a task and a scene of the classroom, we
switched HyperMirror to the standard video camera
image.