Eyecams….hmmmm

Well, I didn’t make it to the DIA this weekend…another day perhaps.

I was reading an article about a documentary filmmaker (Rob Spence) that is planning on having a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye to record people for an upcoming project.  I think that is the coolest idea.  He’ll (hopefully) be able to record the same things he sees with his working eye by using his muscles to move the camera eye around just like with his real eye.   Of course he’ll have to receive permission from the people he films before including them in his film, but it’s still very cool.

The camera is being provided by the Santa Clara, California-based OmniVision Inc, a company that specializes in miniature cameras (cell phones, etc.)  After perusing their website, I found out there’s another person (Tanya Vlach) looking to be the first with a “bionic” eye…before you know it, everyone is going to want one.

Just imagine having a camera eye.  Sort of a reverse on the movie EDtv; instead of having your life filmed, film everyone in your life.

But, I’m sure it would have a downside, especially among people you interact with everyday.  Just like it says in the article, people wouldn’t know if you had the camera on or off.  A lot of people out there are camera-shy and probably wouldn’t like the idea very much.  Maybe if his pupil had a little flashing red light to let people know when he’s recording?