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The bump would go towards the keyboard, I'd think.

masklinn 4y ago
There's very little clearance in that direction, and the clearance which there is is necessary for the screen / lens not to touch the keyboard / case and get scratched. So if you have a bump on the inner side, you also need to have a notch in the topcase. And unless you move the webcam something weird (an edge or below the screen), you need to have that notch through or below right below trackpad, which is less than optimally comfortable before you even consider that the accumulation of crap in that notch can then damage the camera lens.
- alexb_ 4y ago
  If Apple released a notch in the bottom side of their macbooks for a camera bump to fit in, everyone would be calling them visionary geniuses and they would use it to jack up the price 200 dollars more.
- eknkc 4y ago
  I have an Apple studio display. That thing is pretty new, thick and has an A something chip running iOS inside. The camera quality is shit. Just garbage. I don’t understand how they manage to do it. I understand your comment about laptop screens and it makes sense however none of the third party external webcams and even a non space constrained Apple webcam performs ok. It’s weird.
  - madeofpalk 4y ago
    The Apple Studio Display has a notoriously bad camera. https://www.theverge.com/23044788/apple-studio-display-webcam-update-testing-comparison https://www.theverge.com/23044788/apple-studio-display-webca... It's suspected it's because they're using a wide angle and cropping it tight to do the Center Stage feature. It's pretty astonishing just how much they managed to screw up that monitor's webcam, but it's known to be terrible.
- Ar-Curunir 4y ago
  Isn’t there already a notch on most MacBooks where you can stick your finger to pry open the screen?
- lloeki 4y ago
  > move the webcam something weird (an edge Would it be so weird? I mean: top corner/edge is less of a problem than bottom (nostril+big hands) Assymertic? let's go nuts: two webcams, one on each side... suddenly, no notch, double the amount of light, stereoscopic vision. Combine that with some software processing and probably two very cheap sensors could produce decent results without bumping the price as a thin and tiny high quality sensor would.

There's very little clearance in that direction, and the clearance which there is is necessary for the screen / lens not to touch the keyboard / case and get scratched. So if you have a bump on the inner side, you also need to have a notch in the topcase. And unless you move the webcam something weird (an edge or below the screen), you need to have that notch through or below right below trackpad, which is less than optimally comfortable before you even consider that the accumulation of crap in that notch can then damage the camera lens.

alexb_ 4y ago
If Apple released a notch in the bottom side of their macbooks for a camera bump to fit in, everyone would be calling them visionary geniuses and they would use it to jack up the price 200 dollars more.
eknkc 4y ago
I have an Apple studio display. That thing is pretty new, thick and has an A something chip running iOS inside. The camera quality is shit. Just garbage. I don’t understand how they manage to do it. I understand your comment about laptop screens and it makes sense however none of the third party external webcams and even a non space constrained Apple webcam performs ok. It’s weird.
- madeofpalk 4y ago
  The Apple Studio Display has a notoriously bad camera. https://www.theverge.com/23044788/apple-studio-display-webcam-update-testing-comparison https://www.theverge.com/23044788/apple-studio-display-webca... It's suspected it's because they're using a wide angle and cropping it tight to do the Center Stage feature. It's pretty astonishing just how much they managed to screw up that monitor's webcam, but it's known to be terrible.
Ar-Curunir 4y ago
Isn’t there already a notch on most MacBooks where you can stick your finger to pry open the screen?
lloeki 4y ago
> move the webcam something weird (an edge Would it be so weird? I mean: top corner/edge is less of a problem than bottom (nostril+big hands) Assymertic? let's go nuts: two webcams, one on each side... suddenly, no notch, double the amount of light, stereoscopic vision. Combine that with some software processing and probably two very cheap sensors could produce decent results without bumping the price as a thin and tiny high quality sensor would.