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"Almost all laptops have built-in cameras and the convenience factor is pretty high." How do you think the internal camera on most laptops is connected to the
by throwaway09223 4y ago
"Almost all laptops have built-in cameras and the convenience factor is pretty high."
How do you think the internal camera on most laptops is connected to the rest of the computer? (Hint: It's permanently wired to the USB bus. It's a non-removable USB webcam)
Given this fact, it seems you should actually agree with my original statement.
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- adrian_b 4y agoThat is correct for most older laptops. However, many newer laptops have begun to use cameras with a MIPI interface, like the smartphones. This has created problems with bad device driver support for non-Windows operating systems, as discussed in a recent HN thread.
- voxadam 4y ago> This has created problems with bad device driver support for non-Windows operating systems, as discussed in a recent HN thread. That story for the interested was "The growing image-processor unpleasantness" and can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32516826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32516826