Look (and record) how far we’ve come…
In perusing my feeds this morning, this photo and article caught my eye (click to read about it after you’re done here):
When I was a kid, I don’t remember how old, I kind of “designed” the Looxcie. I’m sure I wasn’t the first, but it seemed like it at the time. As far as I know, there were no wearable camcorders on the market, at least not on the consumer level.
I had this thought that you were always likely to miss something by holding the camera out in front of you as a secondary perspective. Not only could you miss a shot, but you were also missing whatever was happening because you were too concerned with getting the shot. It also seemed to me that the body’s natural stability and support for the head would be the perfect movable tripod.
My design housed the lens on a type of headgear that put it next to the user’s eyes. A cable then ran down to a pack on the user’s waist. I don’t remember the tape format that was available at the time… Hi8 or DV probably; but the camcorders to date were still bulky as ever. I might have the sketches somewhere in a box…
And now? You can wear one on your ear and use your smartphone as a viewfinder. And it’s a bluetooth headset. For $199.
That’s pretty incredible. I’ll be expecting my paycheck in the mail…?
How about you? What did you “invent” as a kid?
