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In case you haven't heard by now, there's a guy in San Francisco with a camera on his head hooked up to the net 24/7. He's been at it for a little over a month and is getting a lot of mainstream web attention and now radio and tv are picking it up.
It's kind of like The Truman Show in reverse -- he knows he's got the camera and his intention is try and make this start-up it into a real business, the next generation of online media.
As I watched him traverse the city yesterday, go to a peace rally, have lunch go back to work, etc...I was intrigued first by the technology and how it actually worked. He's got a computer on a backpack with four wireless network cards and is streaming at 10 frames per second. Pretty impressive and while it cut out from time to time, it was generally reliable.
It was also interesting to see how people reacted to a guy with a camera on his head coming onto the bus, as well as the general observations which occurs from being a part of an event.
Justin could become our man on the street, a reporter of the future, the documenter of our world. We could send him to shows, major world events, weddings, funerals, skydiving competitions. Is this the future of tv? Maybe. Is it is kind of eerie? definitely.
But there's something sociologically intriguing about it nonetheless.
Decide for yourself:
It's kind of like The Truman Show in reverse -- he knows he's got the camera and his intention is try and make this start-up it into a real business, the next generation of online media.
As I watched him traverse the city yesterday, go to a peace rally, have lunch go back to work, etc...I was intrigued first by the technology and how it actually worked. He's got a computer on a backpack with four wireless network cards and is streaming at 10 frames per second. Pretty impressive and while it cut out from time to time, it was generally reliable.
It was also interesting to see how people reacted to a guy with a camera on his head coming onto the bus, as well as the general observations which occurs from being a part of an event.
Justin could become our man on the street, a reporter of the future, the documenter of our world. We could send him to shows, major world events, weddings, funerals, skydiving competitions. Is this the future of tv? Maybe. Is it is kind of eerie? definitely.
But there's something sociologically intriguing about it nonetheless.
Decide for yourself:
posted by Andy at
9:04 AM
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