Certainly, we haven't seen a lot of innovations going on in the webcam world besides the upgrade to
half-baked HD and Carl Zeiss auto-focus lens. For business video conferencing alone, the 1.3MP integrated video camera on your laptop should serve you just fine. That might suffice if you want a 2D video representation of yourself, but to add another dimension to what often regraded as a boring video chat, Minoru 3D is moving forward with its dual-lens webcam.
Right now, the
Minoru 3D is still a proof of concept in that it can create a stereoscopic effect for your videos (eg. Windows Live Messneger, Skype & YouTube) and photos, which can only be fully appreciated with an old-school blue and red 3D glasses. The London-based company will reveal more pricing and availability details when it finally ships the first 3D webcam in December.
By Ian Chiu on October 21st, 2008
