LGR Oddware - Reality Fusion GameCam (Patreon)

https://youtu.be/NEptWXui7RU

Greetings folks, it's time for more Oddware! It's the first one filmed completely at the new place so there are some teething issues, mostly regarding audio that I'm still sorting out since I'm setting up several recording areas at the same time and none of them have been full treated for sound yet. But overall I think this one turned out nicely! It sure was a whole lot of fun to put together at any rate, heh.

Much of it thanks to the device itself: the 1999 Reality Fusion GameCam, built in partnership with Logitech! There have been many similar ideas and related devices in the world of computer vision and gesture-controlled gaming over the years, but Reality Fusion was at the forefront in terms of bringing it home to the masses. The appeal of the GameCam is that it took what previously required costly, specialized video equipment and software, and pared things down to work on a standard USB webcam. In the late 90s! You may have even owned a webcam or two that had some of this capability bundled from the factory as a freebie in the early 2000s, whether you used it or not :)

And that is all for this episode! At this point I'm not sure what's next since I'm at a production crossroads, as unavoidably occurs every so often. The "main big thing" I was working on for the past few weeks has been stopped dead in its tracks for a while until I can either source parts or get existing components repaired that go beyond my skill level, so that sucks. So I'll have to begin working on something else and I don't have anything lined up yet. Meaning that the next video will likely be somewhat smaller in scope, but eh, we'll see.

Enjoy this Oddware in the meantime and have a nice week!