Funeral webcasting uses digital cameras and the internet to broadcast a funeral or memorial service to remote locations. It can be password protected and recorded for later viewing. It provides comfort to those who cannot physically attend and can allow for virtual feedback and communication.
Funeral webcasting is the use of digital cameras, such as webcams and the Internet to broadcast a funeral or memorial service in a remote location. This is often done for private services and uses a password protected method to allow those who cannot physically attend a memorial service to continue to watch and hear the proceedings. The funerals of some famous people, such as celebrities or political figures, were also webcast over a general connection which allowed the public to view the funeral online. Funeral webcasting can also be used to save the recorded service to portable media or a central database, allowing for re-watching of a service as desired.
While the initial idea of funeral webcasting may seem a bit morbid, in practice it has provided comfort to numerous people. There are an unfortunate number of situations where a person may not be able to physically be present for a funeral or memorial service for a loved one. In this type of case, the Internet provides a powerful tool for remote communication and viewing of a service. More and more funeral homes have begun offering funeral webcasts to help ease the grieving process for those who might otherwise not be able to attend a funeral service.
There have also been uses of funeral webcasting for particularly notable people, such as celebrities and political leaders. While these types of webcasts are often open to the general public, most funeral webcasts are run over secure networks that require passwords to access. This allows family members or friends to contact each other and have the password to view a particular service, while others are prevented from potentially interfering with the memorial. Because the webcast already uses a camera, it’s also quite simple for a service to be saved by the funeral home for later viewing by those who can’t watch it live, or saving the video to a media drive for the family.
Funeral webcasting can also allow those virtually attending a funeral to provide feedback. There is already technology for some webcasts that allows those who see the funeral to ‘write’ in a digital memorial book that can be viewed by friends and family. There is also the potential for future uses of funeral webcasting to allow for more direct communication from those attending over the internet. This includes the possibility of long-distance communications, such as someone remotely watching a funeral to deliver a eulogy or other real-time Internet commentary to those at the funeral.
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