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SeeEye2Eye Fixes The Chest-Staring Problem In Webcams

If you video chat a lot on your computer, you probably realize how awkward it is to fake looking into the person’s eyes by staring blankly at your webcam. And when you shift your gaze back to the screen to look at the person’s face, the other party sees you as looking at their chest. [...]

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Innocent-looking Puppy Webcam

What you do with the Puppy Webcam is up to your own creativity. Just make sure you hide its USB “tail” with care. Support for Windows only and it has 1.3-megapixel of interpolated resolution. Not that great but hey, I’m sure it’s worth the €22.95 (~US$29) for a certain group of people.

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Logitech Quickcam Sphere Changes Your Look in a Fun Way

Here’s a fun way to spice up your Skype video calls. The Logitech Quickcam Sphere is a 1.3-megapixel webcam that is capable of modifying the way you look – put on a pair of glasses, wear a pirate eye patch, or even put on a pair of bunny ears and teeth. All these effects will [...]

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USB OptiCam for Paris Hilton-Style Video

Want your very own greenish infrared night-vision video ala Paris Hilton-style? Now you can, for just 20 buckaroos. The USB OptiCam webcam comes with two infrared lamps for recording in total darkness. Built-in microphone records whatever sound you make, together with an adjustable lens for manual focusing. Other features: 350K pixel CMOS sensor (VGA) Snap Shot trigger button 3 [...]

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Webcam turns Beasts into Beauties

Ok, I was exaggerating. What this Elecom UCAM-E1W30TNWH (woah… can’t they shorten that?) really does is perform real-time image retouching, in an attempt to make the subject prettier. For the narcissistic video chatters, this has got to be a godsend. The Elecom UCAM-E1W30TNWH uses CMOS chip, runs at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480, [...]

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