Deja View: Odd $400 Camera Glasses from 2003
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Date: 2026-01-23
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josephkanowitz6875
'', wish I'd known this existed with all the hardware in the box when I was looking into video to audio for accessibility use in exactly that era.
This particular application as built was kind of a hot thing then when storage was limited and expensive, and there probably were ideas about sports applications and the prototyping of civil service body cameras as, y'all gotta remember, didn't yet exist then.
But I'd like to imagine the board's engineer halfway had that application in mind.
Remember that even the Android guys originally were thinking you'd maybe want to run studio software, filters, a snake game and Tetris for downtime and maybe accessibility solutions on hardware like this. because they were waiting for smartphones to be thoroughly enough invented.
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'', wish I'd known this existed with all the hardware in the box when I was looking into video to audio for accessibility use in exactly that era.
This particular application as built was kind of a hot thing then when storage was limited and expensive, and there probably were ideas about sports applications and the prototyping of civil service body cameras as, y'all gotta remember, didn't yet exist then.
But I'd like to imagine the board's engineer halfway had that application in mind.
Remember that even the Android guys originally were thinking you'd maybe want to run studio software, filters, a snake game and Tetris for downtime and maybe accessibility solutions on hardware like this. because they were waiting for smartphones to be thoroughly enough invented.
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TheOnlyToblin
Can I just say: You're REALLY carrying that baldbeard look, my man. I've seen you in what I feel like is every shape now. From like.
- I'm 20-ish and have no idea what I'm doing and I'm mostly just imitating Angry Video Game Nerd
- Hi, I'm beard
- Hi, I'm beard hair. I embody the basement dweller
- Hi. Beard's gone. Deal with it
- Hi. I'm bald
And never once have you changed what makes me love you. You being you and your endless passion for weird tech and history. Keep it up Clint, your content is S tier.
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Can I just say: You're REALLY carrying that baldbeard look, my man. I've seen you in what I feel like is every shape now. From like.
- I'm 20-ish and have no idea what I'm doing and I'm mostly just imitating Angry Video Game Nerd
- Hi, I'm beard
- Hi, I'm beard hair. I embody the basement dweller
- Hi. Beard's gone. Deal with it
- Hi. I'm bald
And never once have you changed what makes me love you. You being you and your endless passion for weird tech and history. Keep it up Clint, your content is S tier.
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nobideluxe348
Whoa, deja view. Sorry, sorry. I had to have a go. Sorry.
I don't mind the variety of stories the guy had (made up) as reasons for making the product. The stories are all perfectly believeable -- for a human, if not a CEO.
Hey, at least they didn't tell me it knows what I'm thinking before I think it and then it thinks it's way to knowing what's worth recording after training itself on my emotional responses to events I witness.
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Whoa, deja view. Sorry, sorry. I had to have a go. Sorry.
I don't mind the variety of stories the guy had (made up) as reasons for making the product. The stories are all perfectly believeable -- for a human, if not a CEO.
Hey, at least they didn't tell me it knows what I'm thinking before I think it and then it thinks it's way to knowing what's worth recording after training itself on my emotional responses to events I witness.
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josephkanowitz6875
'', it's really impressive how shitty and unreliable until fiddled and bodged into 'this setup works' early SD (and other flash but I had my most bad experiences with SD, surprisingly) hardware was.
Atomicity was being rediscovered and buffers on everything made performance numbers look good. 'USB sticks' have never been particularly great but less likely to disappear their entire contents by the time they became mainstream.
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'', it's really impressive how shitty and unreliable until fiddled and bodged into 'this setup works' early SD (and other flash but I had my most bad experiences with SD, surprisingly) hardware was.
Atomicity was being rediscovered and buffers on everything made performance numbers look good. 'USB sticks' have never been particularly great but less likely to disappear their entire contents by the time they became mainstream.
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jordan-mn6yy
even though its bulky it still looks infinitely less lame than whatever that thing is that zukerberg is wearing in that picture. They should bring it back, but use one of the nice camera sensors thats in the samsung flagship phones, and use a thinner wire for the recording hardware. It's not a bad idea for ppl who want a go pro style recording but not something as big as a go-pro. It just makes sense.
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even though its bulky it still looks infinitely less lame than whatever that thing is that zukerberg is wearing in that picture. They should bring it back, but use one of the nice camera sensors thats in the samsung flagship phones, and use a thinner wire for the recording hardware. It's not a bad idea for ppl who want a go pro style recording but not something as big as a go-pro. It just makes sense.
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lazygamereviews
This reminds me of a toy I used to have, I think it was called Spy-Gear Spy Camera Anyway it was a pair of sunglasses with a big ass camera on the side! But it was an actual camera with a film in it not digital at all! and how you took a picture it was a switch with an air tube connected to it so it used air pressure to take a picture. It was both so bizarre and cool, look into it if you like.
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This reminds me of a toy I used to have, I think it was called Spy-Gear Spy Camera Anyway it was a pair of sunglasses with a big ass camera on the side! But it was an actual camera with a film in it not digital at all! and how you took a picture it was a switch with an air tube connected to it so it used air pressure to take a picture. It was both so bizarre and cool, look into it if you like.
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jordan-mn6yy
i would sooner buy this thing with an 8k sensor on it than a go-pro that's too bulky for mounting anywhere. Like i would put this camera on my bicycle and the recorder part in the pouch and nobody would even know its there. But a go-pro is bulky, and if it's mounted on my body it would be bulky enough to throw off balance.
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i would sooner buy this thing with an 8k sensor on it than a go-pro that's too bulky for mounting anywhere. Like i would put this camera on my bicycle and the recorder part in the pouch and nobody would even know its there. But a go-pro is bulky, and if it's mounted on my body it would be bulky enough to throw off balance.
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Klikescats
22: 13 One of the very few things I find promising about generative AI and its ability to recognize patterns is that it could help blind people have a little more independence possibly. I wish companies were focusing on this sort of implementation instead of shoehorning it into places it doesn’t belong
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22: 13 One of the very few things I find promising about generative AI and its ability to recognize patterns is that it could help blind people have a little more independence possibly. I wish companies were focusing on this sort of implementation instead of shoehorning it into places it doesn’t belong
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Theonixco
I mean if were being fair, this thing predates the digital GoPro's (first GoPros were film based and released in 04. The viral video phenomenon would eventually become a thing via Vine then TikTok. One of those close to being a right ideas, but with poor implementation due to the tech at the time.
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I mean if were being fair, this thing predates the digital GoPro's (first GoPros were film based and released in 04. The viral video phenomenon would eventually become a thing via Vine then TikTok. One of those close to being a right ideas, but with poor implementation due to the tech at the time.
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MrSirViking
The video it records sort of looks like old home video. Like very old. Cause my father had a video recorder he used in the early 90'ties and that looked a lot better than this, but that also recorded directly to tape. And by the way, never knew you where such a duck whisperer.
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The video it records sort of looks like old home video. Like very old. Cause my father had a video recorder he used in the early 90'ties and that looked a lot better than this, but that also recorded directly to tape. And by the way, never knew you where such a duck whisperer.
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MichalT
Fun fact: Young Stifler used a camera just like this in the 2005 film American Pie: Band Camp. He attached it to the brim of his cap and supposedly secretly filmed pretty girls. Yeah. you couldn't even see the camera, haha! Greetings from Europe/Poland.
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Fun fact: Young Stifler used a camera just like this in the 2005 film American Pie: Band Camp. He attached it to the brim of his cap and supposedly secretly filmed pretty girls. Yeah. you couldn't even see the camera, haha! Greetings from Europe/Poland.
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Phillypop
So. will that little recorder box accept any SD NTSC composite video signal if so that opens up some uses for it, like using it with a stationary video camera, or using it as a kind of game clip recorder for your retro consoles that have composite out.
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So. will that little recorder box accept any SD NTSC composite video signal if so that opens up some uses for it, like using it with a stationary video camera, or using it as a kind of game clip recorder for your retro consoles that have composite out.
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onomato-l9g
The vibe of these are unmatched. No amount of filters can emulate not just the colors, but the interlacing from hell, the general fov, everything. It's magical and looks like the 'loser' video by beck. But digital. Amazing.
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The vibe of these are unmatched. No amount of filters can emulate not just the colors, but the interlacing from hell, the general fov, everything. It's magical and looks like the 'loser' video by beck. But digital. Amazing.
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OldManTheseDays
I had a squirrel rummage through my backpack next to me and grab a package of crackers while at the LA arboretum. Didn’t occur to me that I should have gotten it on video, I just enjoyed the moment
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I had a squirrel rummage through my backpack next to me and grab a package of crackers while at the LA arboretum. Didn’t occur to me that I should have gotten it on video, I just enjoyed the moment
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UltraRobbie
Despite all its issues, I can't help but find the footage and its quality endearing. I think it could make excellent film footage; there's a quality (or, lack thereof) about it that's charming, to me.
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Despite all its issues, I can't help but find the footage and its quality endearing. I think it could make excellent film footage; there's a quality (or, lack thereof) about it that's charming, to me.
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FaithyJo
You take the blue pillthe story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pillyou stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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You take the blue pillthe story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pillyou stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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Jonatho1337
That was good footage. I love low quality digital, and wonder in efforts to recreate it, what is mainly making shapes and outlines blend into each other in that crusty blurry way
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That was good footage. I love low quality digital, and wonder in efforts to recreate it, what is mainly making shapes and outlines blend into each other in that crusty blurry way
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GabeTheGrump
The contrast of using an old camera to record modern day is always so weird. I'm sure you could convince me that these are some old clips from 20 years ago and I'd believe you.
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The contrast of using an old camera to record modern day is always so weird. I'm sure you could convince me that these are some old clips from 20 years ago and I'd believe you.
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negil
I honestly kinda really like the blown out low quality look of the footage, but it really doesn't seem like it would have any real use beyond capturing janky looking footage for fun
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I honestly kinda really like the blown out low quality look of the footage, but it really doesn't seem like it would have any real use beyond capturing janky looking footage for fun
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rollingtroll
30 seconds is not a lot, but I'd love this right now. I say 3 minutes, or 5 minutes, 1080p, stereo sound, maybe a way to install a wind muff. Heck yes I'm all over it.
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30 seconds is not a lot, but I'd love this right now. I say 3 minutes, or 5 minutes, 1080p, stereo sound, maybe a way to install a wind muff. Heck yes I'm all over it.
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