Posted on 12/09/2003 11:36:56 PM PST by Swordmaker
Apple Macintosh and iSight Video Conferencing technology . . . There's a lot of junk in technology, a lot of hassle and frustration, a lot of disappointment. But this moment was like a TV commercial. It was an emotional, powerful, simple, perfect example of how technology can change a moment, solve a problem, and despite the gulf of time and distance, bring you face to face with the people you love.
...The iSight is a compact, tubular, high-quality video camera, about the size of a Hostess Ho-Ho. It has a built-in microphone and lens cover. It has no power cord of its own; it connects to a Macintosh with a single FireWire cable. As long as you both have broadband Internet connections, you and another iSight (or camcorder) owner can conduct a videoconference.
The quality is excellent: smooth motion, full screen if you like, and very little delay. It's absolutely nothing like the crude, jerky, stuttering, massively delayed video you may have tried with cheap Web cams.
Tia
You almost got it right. Apple introduced the QuickTake 100 camera in 1994. It was the first digital camera for the consumer market.
You plug it in, it works. It reads the data stream, recognizes the frame rate your connection can sustain, etc, automatically. It's supposedly very intuitive. BTW, this was PC Magazine that made these statements, not me. They also lamented that it was only available for the Mac.
As you know, I'm a Mac head from way back, and I have no idea why this camera is getting so much attention, but everyone who reviews it is raving about it. Apple may have another iPod on their hands.
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