In the video, he discusses lighting, which is one of the most important parts of getting yourself set up right. The ever affable Jim over at The Spike Feeders has put together this cracking video on how to get set up. Securing the camera and giving yourself enough room to play is the difficult part.
Luckily, playmats are the right aspect ratio, so once you have the height down, you’ll be able to see the whole playmat with ease. You’ll want to have your webcam a set distance above the playmat so that it can capture the full view. The difficult part lies in building a rig. You’ll be able to watch the game on your laptop, and broadcast your own board state from your webcam. Using a desktop or laptop computer, with an external USB webcam, is arguably the easiest way to get going.
How’s best to do this? Well, there are two main ways: Using a Computer & Web Cam
