Support for audience interaction in presentations

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions embodied thereon which, when executed, cause a computer system to implement a method of presentation interaction comprising:

• receiving by a computer system an indication of a manual selection of a region proximate to an audience member of an audience wherein said indication is received via an interaction with a displayed image of said audience;
• utilizing a microphone array communicatively coupled with a beam-forming component of said computer system to focus audio pickup from said region proximate to said audience member in response to receiving said indication;
• displaying a first image of said audience using said computer system;
• and
• displaying a second image of said region proximate to said audience member concurrent with said first image using said computer system in response to receiving said indication, wherein said second image of said region proximate to said audience member is embedded within said first image using said computer system, and wherein said second image of said region proximate to said audience member is displayed larger than other members of said audience in said first image.

A presentation system comprising:

• a computer system comprising a user interface and a display device, said computer system configured to receive an indication of a manual selection of a region proximate to an audience member location from a displayed image of an audience displayed on said display device;
• a microphone array communicatively coupled with said computer system;
• an image capture device communicatively coupled with said computer system;
• a beam-forming component configured to process received signals from said microphone array in response to said indication of said manual selection of said region proximate to said audience member;
• and
• an image manipulator configured to display a first image of said audience and a second image of said region proximate to said audience member concurrent with a display of said audience in response to said indication of said manual selection of said region proximate to said audience member, wherein said second image is embedded within said first image and wherein said second image of said region proximate to said audience member is displayed larger than other members of said audience in said first image.