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3D Printable Stand Lets You Try Continuity Camera With iOS 16 and macOS Ventura Right Now

polyphenol said:
I have just been considering issues of privacy related to remote medical appointments.

A few months ago, I had a phone appointment during which photographs of my issue were requested.

I had to use my phone to take the photos. I stood in front of a mirrored wardrobe door with the screen pointing at the mirror. By doing that, I could see the reflection of the screen and therefore judge the framing, angles, etc. (That bit worked amazingly well - but location on your body will dictate techniques required.)

I ended up with several photos on my phone, which were then copied to iCloud. And, on my Mac mini, I had to pick them up and send as email attachments. Plenty of room for mistakes (e.g. send to wrong email) and security loopholes (copies in iCloud, in Sent Items, etc.)

At some point, I think we will get a dedicated app for communicating with the doctor. It would be good if any such app could use the Continuity Camera feature to capture images/video and tell the phone not to store the images/video - just hand it straight across to the app. That is, you would know any images were as secure as possible. Especially good if the "no storage" mode could be set even without the app needing to be aware.

Obviously privacy can often be compromised in all sorts of ways and I'm not suggesting this is perfect. Just a considerable improvement on what is currently available.
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That’s why telemedicine is distrusted. Some companies got hyped by this stuff in the financial press and their stock completely collapsed after this hype. People want to see a doctor in person. They want affordable care and medicine. They don’t want to speak to some remote doctor who might mishandle private photos and charge $100 a consultancy.
 
teknikal90 said:
Ah my bad - I meant portrait mode and desk view effects. Available on iPhone 11 apparently, but not sure if it needs an M1 Mac:

www.iphoneincanada.ca

‘Continuity Camera’ Turns iPhone into Webcam for Mac, But Features Limited by Phone Hardware • iPhone in Canada Blog

Here are the limitations of Continuity Camera, which turns your iPhone into a webcam for Mac.
www.iphoneincanada.ca www.iphoneincanada.ca
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I can't find a way to change anything my phone is doing (i.e. to change camera mode) once Continuity Camera gets activated. I don't think the issue is with my Intel MBA (as it's going to rely on what the phone provides) but simply that these features can't be enabled and hence aren't compatible with using the camera like this.

I've never heard of desk view. "Portrait Mode" needs me to select it from within the Camera app instead of "photo" but I can't find a way to bring that option screen up without it stopping the output to my laptop. It *could* be an iPhone 11 limitation but I'm going to go with "it isn't compatible with Continuity Camera" as my answer.

For me, what I want is to be able to attend Zoom meetings, or FaceTime my family, with a nice wide-angle camera on top of my TV showing the whole living room so I can walk around and do stuff in the call while still being in shot. I don't care about this enough to actually buy a webcam, but for fun I want to be able to do it "for free" with my phone.

I may try the duck tape method, but the main issue is geting the angle of the phone right as the back of my TV has a slope which if I simply stick the phone to the back of it will end up pointing too far downwards. I'll work something out. Then post back here. It'll probably involve duck tape and bluetack.
 
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reggoboy said:
This is by far the most self-humiliating feature Apple has ever released. There are tremors in California because Jobs is turning over in his grave so aggressively.

Please get what's happening here: Apple is letting you clamp your phone to jut out the top of your otherwise sexy laptop to compensate for the fact that Apple continues to put a sucky camera in the laptop.

Maybe next, to compensate for the fact that iPhone 13 Pro's selfie camera still sucks, Apple will sell a mount so that we can attach a DSLR camera on top of it so we can take a decent selfie when we're out at a party.
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Can you find me a laptop with a webcam that is comparable in quality to the rear camera of the 13 pro max?
 
ponzicoinbro said:
That’s why telemedicine is distrusted. Some companies got hyped by this stuff in the financial press and their stock completely collapsed after this hype. People want to see a doctor in person. They want affordable care and medicine. They don’t want to speak to some remote doctor who might mishandle private photos and charge $100 a consultancy.
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As a resident of the UK, we have a different system. One in which the flexibility to switch doctors is rather more limited. If they are restricting face-to-face (e.g. due to Covid), it isn't easy to demand.

However, we do not have to pay $100 per consultation. And, while there should be still better protection, mishandling is less likely - especially for gain. More likely due to insufficient understanding, care and attention.
 
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Too much chitchat in this thread and nobody actually said, that the tweet and the files are gone. Did anybody saved them and doesn't mind sharing them?
 
polyphenol said:
As a resident of the UK, we have a different system. One in which the flexibility to switch doctors is rather more limited. If they are restricting face-to-face (e.g. due to Covid), it isn't easy to demand.

However, we do not have to pay $100 per consultation. And, while there should be still better protection, mishandling is less likely - especially for gain. More likely due to insufficient understanding, care and attention.
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Neither do we pay $100 per consultation. We pay $200 to $500.
 
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adrianlondon said:
It can be put anywhere. I plan to try attending meetings (such as Teams or Zoom) with the video airplay'd to my telly. Ideally with my phone somehow heath-robinson'd to the top of it.
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For testing/playing, it works great! Phone drops in/out. Just don't look behind the TV :)

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ds2000 said:
There's a guy on Etsy (more than one I'm sure) who will 3d print stuff for like 30e too, he made me an under desk laptop bracket and also a mount for my docking base, access to them has never been easier.
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The PS doesn’t get hot under there ?
 
lostPod said:
The PS doesn’t get hot under there ?
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Its absolutely fine. The brackets have a lot of space where the air vents are. It keeps my office / home space really clean and cable free :)
lostPod said:
The PS doesn’t get hot under there ?
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No its absolutely fine. The brackets have x cut-outs so the vents can still blow easily. I love the 3d printed stuff, it really helps me keep all the cables and mess to a minimum in work / man cave area.
 

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ds2000 said:
Its absolutely fine. The brackets have a lot of space where the air vents are. It keeps my office / home space really clean and cable free :)

No its absolutely fine. The brackets have x cut-outs so the vents can still blow easily. I love the 3d printed stuff, it really helps me keep all the cables and mess to a minimum in work / man cave area.
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Yeah I have a 3D printer -- i Love printing random stuff that would otherwise be way more expensive.
 
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