Ecamm Network Demos Remote iPhone Camera at MWSF

MacRumors · 06:37 PM

The folks at Ecamm Network in the West Hall were showing off their suite of products. Many probably know them from their product iChatUSBCam, which has allowed USB webcams to work with iChat for some time.

However, what was probably the coolest software that they were demoing in their booth was a proof-of-concept that used the iPhone's camera as a remote webcam for iChat. Beyond just being a cool concept, it can be useful if you want to show the other participant of the conference something in the other room.

The technology currently works as a 3rd party application installed on the iPhone. When the iPhone is connected to your WiFi network and the application is loaded on the iPhone, your computer can use Bonjour to detect the iPhone's camera and voila.

In its current incarnation, it isn't ready for prime-time. After a few minutes, the picture would freeze, and connection would have to be manually re-established. There's also no word on availability as of yet, though a trip over to Ecamm's website would be good if not just for this product, but to check out their other software as well.

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iBLAKEE · Jan 17, 2008, 04:17 PM

Wow!
That is awesome...
Hopefully apple would consider this into the SDK.

quinney · Jan 17, 2008, 04:20 PM

wallah???
pardon your French

Brianstorm91 · Jan 17, 2008, 05:21 PM

As implied before, "wallah" is supposed to be "voila".

bigandy · Jan 18, 2008, 06:24 AM

this would be rather cool, especially if you can hook anything remote in to it, like ip cams...

lazyrighteye · Jan 18, 2008, 01:32 PM

The ability to take the iPhone (aka: your camera) away form your Mac during video chats presents some legit potential.

While this could be done (to an extent) with the original firewire iSights, the cable limited these kind of options.

I look forward to seeing how this shakes out.

mrscholar · Jan 18, 2008, 09:03 PM

Is if Ecamm updated they're iChatUSB software to integrate fully with Leopard. After shooting off 11 emails back and forth to their tech support, I finally gave up...

Oh well

Jan 17, 2008, 02:53 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Ecamm Network Demos Remote iPhone Camera at MWSF The folks at Ecamm Network in the West Hall were showing off their suite of products. Many probably know them from their product iChatUSBCam, which has allowed USB webcams to work with iChat for some time. However, what was probably the coolest software that they were demoing in their booth was a proof-of-concept that used the iPhone's camera as a remote webcam for iChat. Beyond just being a cool concept, it can be useful if you want to show the other participant of the conference something in the other room. The technology currently works as a 3rd party application installed on the iPhone. When the iPhone is connected to your WiFi network and the application is loaded on the iPhone, your computer can use Bonjour to detect the iPhone's camera and voila. In its current incarnation, it isn't ready for prime-time. After a few minutes, the picture would freeze, and connection would have to be manually re-established. There's also no word on availability as of yet, though a trip over to Ecamm's website would be good if not just for this product, but to check out their other software as well. Article Link Last edited by arn : Jan 17, 2008 at 06:37 PM.

Jan 17, 2008, 05:21 PM	#4
Brianstorm91 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hampshire, England.	As implied before, "wallah" is supposed to be "voila". __________________ 12.1" PowerBook G4; 23" Apple Cinema Display; 40GB Playstation 3; 16GB iPod Touch

Jan 18, 2008, 06:24 AM	#5
bigandy macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Soho, London	this would be rather cool, especially if you can hook anything remote in to it, like ip cams... __________________ "any day that involves cat pee is a really bad day" - iBlue ǝןƃooɹɯ

Jan 18, 2008, 01:32 PM	#6
lazyrighteye macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denver, CO	Wow The ability to take the iPhone (aka: your camera) away form your Mac during video chats presents some legit potential. While this could be done (to an extent) with the original firewire iSights, the cable limited these kind of options. I look forward to seeing how this shakes out.

Jan 18, 2008, 09:03 PM	#7
mrscholar macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2007	Hmmm, What would really be cool... Is if Ecamm updated they're iChatUSB software to integrate fully with Leopard. After shooting off 11 emails back and forth to their tech support, I finally gave up... Oh well

Jan 17, 2008, 04:17 PM	#2
iBLAKEE macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2008	Wow! That is awesome... Hopefully apple would consider this into the SDK.

Jan 17, 2008, 04:20 PM	#3
quinney macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2007	wallah??? pardon your French

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