If you were like me, then it wasn’t long ago that you were prophesying that “before long” we’d have implants or cameras on us at all times that recorded everything we see. Well, welcome to the the future. They’re not implants, and of course you look like a Cylon if you actually sported these suckers, but the spectacles pictured here are getting closer to the future of 24/7 coverage of human life.
There have certainly been a number of prototypes out there for a while, but it looks like they’re starting to hit their stride. IMHO the marketing vids for these guys are…er…ah…yeah. But the tech specs of these Immortal glasses are getting interesting:
_4GB storage space
_ Resolution 736×480 (Video)
_ 3 Mega Pixels
_ 25 frames per second
_ Two-button control for ease of use
_ Built in 500mAh battery (2.5 hours of running time) Voltage 5V DC
_Interchangeable lenses; polarized flame orange, polarized dark gray and clear.
On one hand, it’s clear that these glasses are pushing POV and helmet-cam to the next dimension. On the other hand, and perhaps more interesting is that we’re finally having to face the question: do we want our lives recorded all the time?
Personally, I’m …excited at the application of what becomes curated and shareable from all those bits and bytes, and it certainly could get really weird fascinating if when you begin to think of tapping into a live feed of from your Facebook friends. Imagine RSS-style video coming at you from my any number of your Facebook friends in real-time. Whoa.
Such a great outcome! Congrats!
CJ, Those are hideous! I’ll wait for the Ray Ban version.
News story on the U.K. police head mounted camera which is helping them acquire convictions.
Read more here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19750278/
The movie “Truman” comes to mind here…
@Callum – you know, I agree with you 1000000% (doesn’t exist, I know, just to emphasize). The problem today is not the availability of cameras, it’s the noise to quality ratio.
And that’s not because most people aren’t gifted, its that there is little thought that goes on between the idea and the art. Something like this only weakens the already tenuous link between the two.
Anything that strengthens the link is good – like having your camera with you at all times to conciously take pictures, or if you haven’t got it with you, that you at least pretend you do, and create art in your thoughts.
But just putting this on and walking out and forgetting the art, is going to lose art.
On the other hand; putting this thing on and going out to look at the world in a new way is going to give some way cool results, with some way cool art.
Art cannot be destroyed by anything, except thoughtlessness. Camera’s don’t take pictures, people take pictures (to paraphrase a rather different slogan) 😉
Cheers Joe