webcams

Cameras

iPevo Point 2 View USB: The Webcam That Thinks It’s A Luxo Lamp

5:40AM Jesus Diaz | I usually don’t pay attention to webcams because I assume all computers come with them nowadays. The flexo-like iPevo P2V USB Webcam, however, caught my oh-look-so-cute-Pixarised eye. See it in action here. More »
Cameras

Astak Mole Webcam Shares Your Shameful Secrets Online

4:52AM Sean Fallon | The Mole webcam infiltrates your inner sanctum, records the goings on and automatically sends the footage to YouTube. It can also notify you via email or Twitter. More »
Cameras

World’s First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams 1080p Video

1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Point Grey demonstrated a new webcam using USB 3.0 that yields totally uncompressed video in 1080p at 60fps. It’s definitely the sharpest webcam image I’ve ever seen, giving crystal-clear picture even on the huge 42-inch demo monitor. It’s pretty stunning. More »
Games

Japanese Erotic Game Uses Webcam For Boner Detection

12:40AM Adam Frucci | How’s this for a bad idea: Japanese erotic game Love Death 4 is using face tracking and shape detection to add a nice dose of horror to the game’s already-questionable content. More »
Software

Affective Interfaces’ Webcam Software Reads Emotions

7:20AM Joanna Stern | You don’t know me, webcam! You think you can just see my face and read my emotions!? Yea, that is gonna be the fight I have with my webcam if Affective Interfaces ever releases its emotion sensing software. More »
Cameras

Yoostar Green Screens You Into Classic Movie And TV Scenes

8:00PM Danny Allen | Now you can desecrate your favourite movies and TV shows by using Yoostar’s bundled Webcam, green screen and software to insert yourself into famous scenes. The results are easily uploaded to YouTube, and you can buy more scenes online. More »
Cameras

Coming Soon: 720p Microsoft LifeCam Cinema Webcam

3:30PM Danny Allen | Looks like Microsoft’s working on a snazzy new glass lens Webcam capable of 720p video at 30fps (in full 1280×720 resolution). Other features are expected to include 4x digital zoom, and a built-in noise-cancelling microphone. More »
Online

Webcam Suicide Hoax And Bad Acting Result In Arrest

12:20PM Rosa Golijan | So this guy turns on a web cam and lays still on his back. Either he’s related to your ex-girlfriend or he decided to fake a suicide. No matter, NY authorities didn’t care and charged him for aggravated harassment. More »
Peripherals

Logitech Vid Easy Videoconferencing Comes To Seven New Webcams

1:00PM Jason Chen | Logitech’s Vid system is hitting these seven new webcams, and signals that they really want the Vid system to be ubiquitous with Logitech webcams. More »
Gadgets

Doritos’ Late Night Augmented Reality Bags Like A Party At Taco Bell

8:00AM Jason Chen | These new bags of Doritos Late Night Taco-flavored chips (I just ate 50) are special not just because of what’s inside, but what’s on the bag. If you have a webcam, you can simulate a concert in a bag. More »