Hacking The Logitech Quickcam Orbit

The geeks over at Make: Technology on your time have an interesting post on their blog about hacking the Logitech Quickcam Orbit. If you own this cam and ever thought it would be cool to make your own avatars or use the camera for something else, this is the article for you.

The discussion talks about how to open the avatar files and there is a demo video in the post that shows off the Orbit's face tracking capabilities. In the demo several of the avatars and glasses available for the webcam are used to give you an idea of what yo can do with the thing. The post also promises more ideas in the future on things you can make and use the Orbit for.

The QuickCam Orbit MP's sensor has been upgraded from VGA to 1.3 megapixels, with interpolation up to 4MP for still shots of your goods to be sold on eBay. The high quality sensor, combined with RightSound echo cancellation for headset-free video conferencing, and RightLight technology because not all of us have a halogen lamp behind our monitor, and your video conferencing should reach an unprecedented level of quality at 30fps thanks to the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection.