Documentary filmmaker plans to use eyeball cam

[Sunspace]

A Canadian documentary filmmaker, who only has one working eye, is building a camera into a prosthetic eyeball so that he can take video from his other eye socket:

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No word about the audio.

[Damfino]

Foretold in The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton in 1974!

[Sage_Rat]

I’m amazed that no one has done this yet.

I think it will suck as a documentary though. The quality probably won’t be all that great and he’ll be blinking over the camera every few seconds. Sound quality will suck because he’s trying to keep the equipment secret.

[Kaio]

@Sage_Rat

I’m amazed that no one has done this yet.

I think it will suck as a documentary though. The quality probably won’t be all that great and he’ll be blinking over the camera every few seconds. Sound quality will suck because he’s trying to keep the equipment secret.

Small wireless microphones can be easily hidden under clothes. Which I just did this morning, and there were no complaints on sound quality from the DP.

Aside from the blinking issue, I imagine the video quality would be at least as good, if not better, than the standard purse-cam that news reporters use for their expose news stories. It won’t be sleek and shiny like high-quality film in a steadicam, but it won’t be worse than other documentary footage we’ve seen.

This is so very very cool.

[CalMeacham]

Foretold in The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton in 1974!

Not to mention the David compton novel (and Harvel Keitel) movie Death Watch

Death Watch (1980) ⭐ 6.6 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

[Diogenes_the_Cynic]

You think that’s crazy, check this out.

A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to research presented this week. Scientists at the University of California developed a tiny rig that receives control signals from a nearby computer. Electrical signals delivered via the electrodes command the insect to take off, turn left or right, or hover in midflight. The research, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), could one day be used for surveillance purposes or for search-and-rescue missions…
…Most previous research in controlling insect flight has focused on moths. But beetles have certain advantages. The giant flower beetle’s size–it ranges in weight from four to ten grams and is four to eight centimeters long–means that it can carry relatively heavy payloads. To be used for search-and-rescue missions, for example, the insect would need to carry a small camera and heat sensor.

Remote control, camera loaded insects. Gives “bugging” a room a whole new meaning.

[Damfino]

@CalMeacham

Not to mention the David compton novel (and Harvel Keitel) movie Death Watch

Death Watch (1980) - IMDb

As far as I know, Death Watch was a filming of the Compton novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe. As so often happens, I presume the novel got renamed after the movie came out.

[Isamu]

@Sage_Rat

I’m amazed that no one has done this yet.

I think it will suck as a documentary though. The quality probably won’t be all that great and he’ll be blinking over the camera every few seconds. Sound quality will suck because he’s trying to keep the equipment secret.

Is there a blink reflex for a fake eyeball?

[Kobal2]

@Isamu

Is there a blink reflex for a fake eyeball?

All the people I’ve ever met who had glass eyes blinked them. It would be very, very freaky if they only blinked the one, don’t you think ?

[Justin_Bailey]

@Sunspace

No word about the audio.

Isn’t it obvious where a microphone-shaped device should be placed?