Google Chromecast's secret weapon: piracy

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7 pointsiamben3 comments

Presentation casting is also a potential game changer for Chromecast. I work in an academic environment and we are forever struggling with accommodating presentation interfaces - HDMI/DVI/VGA/Thuderbolt/etc ad nauseum.

The thought that a presenter could discover a Chromecast receiver and make a presentation directly to a connected projector via a Chrome browser tab could save us many kilo$ in hardware and support.

This might be even more powerful if the reciever can be implimented in software: https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast

I know, right?

I was once in a meeting with approximately 300 people, watching the CEO try to get a presentation working for - I kid you not - 90 minutes.

Another nice feature would be virtual "dual monitors" since the presentation would be in a Chrome window and notes or a calculator could be on the desktop.

Perhaps two Chrome instances could cast to separate projectors?

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