With the news that Sky is planning 3D broadcasts still ringing in our ears, we’ve just got word of the world’s first 3D webcam. Dubbed the Minoru, it uses twin cameras, three inches apart, to simultaneously capture two slightly different pictures, then weaves them together into a single three dimensional image.
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Face fans no longer have to type their messages to friends through Gmail and GoogleTalk, they can chinwag through video and voice, as Google adds webcam support to its all-powerful email service.
The papers were right for once it seems: the whole nation’s gone mad, installing CCTV in every nook and cranny, and now Logitech has even worked out a way to bring your computer into the security cam craze (or should that be plague?) with its clever but oh-so worrying Digital Video Security Systems. Read more
Alongside new MacBooks and MacBook Pro laptops, Apple unveiled its next generation monitors today, packing built-in webcams, LED backlighting and some clever extras too.
Want to get all Minority Report with your laptop? Then you need one of Toshiba’s new Qosmio laptops, packing high-resolution webcams and beefy Cell processors to turn a wave of your hand into on-screen actions.
Got a PC? Got a webcam? Then you can turn your computer into a burglar-beating surveillance system.
Webcams used to be the preserve of cyber geeks, but now Microsoft is looking to turn online chat into an even more social experience with the LifeCam series, offering photo swapping and “on-touch calling.”