ShakinDave - Portable EVDO WebCam in Eye Glasses |
| Sunday, 26 March 2006 | |
EVDOcam - Portable WebCam in Eye Glasses Have you seen somebody walking around New York with a backpack and thick geeky glasses? You could be running into "ShakinDave" and you might be live on the internet? ShakinDave has built a prototype of something that is a few years ahead of the curve. He has a high tech backback that contains a TabletPC, EVDO Card, WebCam, Microphone and more. While he is walking around, he ia a live broadcast studio. Where is his camera? The tiny camera is mounted in his glasses. Using a GPS Receiver and GoogleMaps integration, not only can you "see", but you have a real-time map updated with his exact location. The estimated cost for all hardware is around $5000 - $6000 and comprises a tablet PC running Windows Media Encoder that accepts a live feed from a pair of video glasses and a microphone. A GPS receiver registers the user's position. The computer feeds all this to a server via a wireless phone card, and viewers can see what he sees and hears, all in real time. It's sort of like "Being John Malkovich," except he is not John Malkovich. The quality of the broadcast is limited not by the equipment but by the available bandwidth. As this increases in the years ahead (EVDO Rev A will increase the bandwidth), the immersion will only become more realistic. Instead of having everyone connect to the WebCam directly (which will severly impact performance). ShakinDave broadcasts his live feed to a server and then remote users connect to this server (instead of ShakinDave's WebCam). For software, we use Windows XP Tablet, Windows Media Encoder, VZAccess Manager, and a custom-written application that transmits the GPS data.  
 ShakinDave is using Windows Media. At EVDOinfo.com, we have accomplished similar feats using QuickTime using QuickTime Streaming Server. For example, during the January 2006 Steve Jobs Keynote in San Francisco, the event was not streamed live. Instead, Apple streamed it hours later. Using QuickTime, iSight and PowerBook, we were able to stream the event live to a few people back home (see QuickTime Live Streaming Over EVDO.) The best time to catch ShakinDave is during the week in the afternoons.  Related Articles:
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