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Raspberry Pi streaming video

I would like to use roll20 with a projector, but I don't want to devote a whole pc to running a web browser, and the projector will be on the ceiling, Is there any chance of mirroring the GM's view as a static image, some type of video stream so that a low power computer could be used a bridge to a projector.
You could probably mirror your display with VNC. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing</a> It would show the GM's view though, so no hidden surprises or fog of war without a second computer. If you want to do it off a single computer, you'd probably be better off with either a long VGA cable from your laptop to the projector, or a wireless VGA solution like <a href="http://www.iogear.com/product/GUW2015VKIT/" rel="nofollow">http://www.iogear.com/product/GUW2015VKIT/</a> so you could set the projector up as a second monitor. Then, run a second instance of the browser (Either in incognito mode, or one on Firefox one on Chrome) and have that connected as a "player"
Those would work I was just trying to get away from the long cable run, and we have multiple GMs with their laptops and such. I thought some form of a web scrape for a players view would be something a Raspberry Pi could easily do if their was a url to point it at. Just ssh in and point it at the right place to get PC x's view and then tell it to update every so often or just when you tell it.