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Ask HN: Why cant someone invent a screen with a webcam hidden in the center?
Video-conferencing will never fully take off until you are looking people in the eye when talking to them.
- artursapek 15y agoI've thought about this. Unless a sort of one-way glass LCD screen is invented I don't really see how it's possible.
- atirip 15y agoAFAIK Apple has patented that already.
- martey 15y agohttp://www.google.com/patents/about?id=q9WyAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=q9WyAAAAEBAJ It looks like it quickly switches off the display, takes a photo, and then turns the display back on.
- david927 15y agoI always thought you could put four cameras, one on each corner, and then merge the images.
- petervandijck 15y agoOr easier, just identify the eyes and adjust the position of the pupils on-the-go. Shouldn't be too hard.
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- joeycfan 15y agoAnd how long before this will be surveilling all of us?
- retroafroman 15y agoA much easier idea would be to use something like a teleprompter. That way the camera is looking through the glass, but the image you want to see is reflected up on the screen. Not high fidelity, but it works.
- hexley 15y agohttp://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/08/apple_files_patent_for_camera_hidden_behind_display.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/08/apple_files_pa...