Tag: WEBCAM

Iris is an OS X app that offers up some cool ways to use your iSight. Of course, it takes still photos and videos. That's useful, but Apple's built-in Photo Booth already offers those features. Iris goes a few steps further, offering a time lapse mode, a security mode (using motion-detection), and a webcam mode (for setting up live streaming). Each mode is highly customizable. In security mode, ...

Have you ever wondered how you could set your webcam up as a security camera and have the images sent to you somewhere else? Maybe you wanted motion detection or noise detection to turn it on automatically? Or maybe that's just us, and we're a little paranoid. Regardless, Periscope is a tool that lets you do all of those things with your webcam, and more. You can trigger it to start recording in ...

CamTwist is a free application for Mac OS X 10.4+ that lets you either add video effects to a physical webcam or simulate a webcam so that you can show your desktop, a movie, or pictures. It currently works in Stickam, Yahoo Messenger, aMSN, Skype, and Ustream -- but not iChat. You can use CamTwist by running the app, then opening your chosen service (like Stickam). Choose your desired source and ...

Have you ever wanted to see what your face looks like on Borat's body? Curious to see if you would have been a good subject for the Mona Lisa? FACEinHOLE lets you put your face in a variety of "scenarios" either with a webcam or a .jpg. Select a scene, choose "Webcam" to enable the Flash webcam application (you may then have to right click in the application, choose "settings" and choose the ...

Mac users have, for quite some time now, been able to kill time with Photo booth, Apple's software that allows you to take photos (and apply fun filters) via the built in iSight cameras. However reader Keifari wrote in to tell us about a neat new site that (whilst still in Alpha) uses Flash to allow anyone with a Flash-accessible webcam to kill time with an online Photo booth. Seenly offers ...

Skype announced a deal that will see their internet calling software loaded as standard applications on select Toshiba notebooks. The software will be loaded onto four model lines of Toshiba computers that have built in webcams (Satellite X205, Tecra M8, Qosmio F45, and the Satellite A215 series), and will display a Skype logo on the case. Its always nail grinding, especially for techies, when we ...

Windows users: if you've ever been jealous of a Mac simply because it comes with Photobooth built in, (you know, that silly webcam toy that lets you make yourself and your friends look ridiculous? Yeah, that one...) well now you have one less reason to be jealous of Macs. A website called Cameroid has taken the Photobooth concept and put it online. And let's just say that if you didn't know ...

Conferences for free, remote meetings at minimal costs, and personal tv shows for nothing, that's what the future of video is about. We covered Ustream earlier this month, but now is the chance to check it out in a live test. Ustream is a free online service that allows users to create and watch live streams, as well as chat with other viewers online. It is extremely simple to setup, and only ...

Just when you thought there were enough tools and talk about social networks, more tools for those crazy social networkers have been unleashed. YouCams embeds video, voice and text chatting with a flash file format. The full featured video format allows users to embed and watch YouTube videos with friends, share links with other users, create and move through a series of public and private rooms, ...

Vlip serves as a social network for video junkie vloggers. It gives its users a way to record and share videos directly through the website from webcams using a system similar to YouTube's. Users can post a video, and have other users respond to it with another video. Adding to the social network sharing theme, Vlip videos can be placed on other social network sites, blogs, and websites. There is ...

Computer scientists from Germany have developed a way to laser-scan an object via a webcam into your computer. The software calculates the 3D dimensions based on the input it receives from the webcam, which views the laser beam being swept over the object you are scanning. At first it looked as though this was too-good-to-be-true, but you decide for yourself. I haven't tried this myself, and I ...

Ever wish you had a little webcam that you could stick in your pocket to use for video conferences, web chats and spying purposes at a moment's notice? No? Yeah, umm... me neither. But if you've got a Windows Mobile PDA or Smartphone with an integrated camera, all you need is some software from Ateksoft and $15, and you've got an instant webcam. WebCameraPlus works through any internet connection, ...

Last week YouTube added a killer new feature that's been a long time coming: Quick Capture. It allows anybody with a webcam to essentially record video directly to YouTube's servers, cleverly taking the sometimes laborious upload process out of the loop. All you have to do is get a YouTube account, head over the Quick Capture page, enter a title and such, authorize Flash to access your webcam, and ...

Ever wanted to send video email to someone? I really can't say that I have ever had a need to. There is always someone who has a email system that blocks content, or the video is too big to arrive safely, that sort of thing so I shy away from sending media in email, I prefer online video services like YouTube. In case you do want to however, GabMail will send video emails to anyone you like with ...

Worried about unsavory individuals lurking around your office or home and jacking your computer gear? Have no fear! With the help of your Windows PC, webcam, some free software, and this handy tutorial from Simplehelp, you can set up a reasonably sophisticated DIY security system. The core of the tutorial is Dorgem, an open source utility that captures images from your webcam and can save images ...