[stomachmonkey]

Problem with Skype is you'll need someone on the home end to "answer" the call.

You could use logmein or a VNC client to do that.

Logmein and VNC are for remote interaction/control of one's computer. You could use it to turn on the remote PC's camera and screen share but there are better solutions specifically tailored to what vash wants to do.

Most home broadband routers have built in capability for wireless security cams. You could easily pick up a few cheap ones and have multi camera views and bypass the PC completely.