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petrea_mitchellMedia conventions have not made the transition to the online very well, and most have just given up without trying. Kumoricon, our local anime con, was one such. It postponed the next con to the same dates to 2021 and made no mention of having a virtual event.
But apparently at some point the committee changed their minds, so the weekend after OR-eCon, we got DigiKumo.
There were two pieces: a Discord server which will remain up permanently, and a widget incorporating a Zoom broadcast and a feed from the matching Discord channel. I thought this was an elegant solution to the problem of two chats and the Zoom learning curve. The Zoom host only had the panelists to deal with, and there was still plenty of interactivity between chat and panelists when needed.
The one flaw in DigiKumo's design was that the embedded widget was on the same page as the con schedule. If you wanted to browse to see what was coming up next, you had to scroll down and lose the video. If you opened a second tab, you'd get a second video stream.
Anyway, pretty fun, covered the essentials of what I always attend at an anime con, excited to get back to an in-person con next year.
But apparently at some point the committee changed their minds, so the weekend after OR-eCon, we got DigiKumo.
There were two pieces: a Discord server which will remain up permanently, and a widget incorporating a Zoom broadcast and a feed from the matching Discord channel. I thought this was an elegant solution to the problem of two chats and the Zoom learning curve. The Zoom host only had the panelists to deal with, and there was still plenty of interactivity between chat and panelists when needed.
The one flaw in DigiKumo's design was that the embedded widget was on the same page as the con schedule. If you wanted to browse to see what was coming up next, you had to scroll down and lose the video. If you opened a second tab, you'd get a second video stream.
Anyway, pretty fun, covered the essentials of what I always attend at an anime con, excited to get back to an in-person con next year.
