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Posted by DBrown on 01-16-2001 04:32 AM:

Want to know the names of all the people who worked on the Eyemodule and it's software?

Run the eyemodule application.
Tap the top left where it says Image List.
Pick About.
Tap on the IDEO part of the "design by IDEO" square at the bottom right of this panel.

You should get a long list of names. I know for a fact that some are IDEO employees, as I've had email from them. I'm assuming all are, or perhaps at least employees of any company that worked on at least part of the eyemodule.

Dave

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Posted by bkbk on 01-21-2001 04:05 PM:

Yeah, I got this.
Good catch.
Still, as it doesn't scroll, or animate ...
... I can't help but think: "Wha'd you expect from the people who made such a low-quality product?"

Posted by DBrown on 01-21-2001 04:38 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by bkbk
... I can't help but think: "Wha'd you expect from the people who made such a low-quality product?"

With all things I buy, I expect performance and quality to match the advertised claims and specifications. A scrolling or animated easteregg of product developer names was NOT in the advertised specifications. It came free, as it should have.

My Visor is a Platinum. I would not have been happy with the eyemodule in a deluxe or solo, since they only support 4 shades of gray. I got the Platinum specifically for it's 16 shades. In experimenting with photos on my PC, it was clear that reducing color images down to 16 shades of gray would leave an exceptible and recognizable image. At 4 shades this is rarely true.

There is a contrast slider on your visor. I found with the slider set about 1/3rd from the left, eyemodule pictures were brighter and looked better.

All the Eyemodule claims to do is give you a way to capture pictures you can see on your Visor. It does. It's also a neat little package. As small as I imagine it could be.

With a $2000 3Megapixel digital camera you can still take crappy pictures. To take good pictures with ANY camera you need good lighting, an artistic sense for framing the view, and something "photogenic" to shoot. If you're only getting crappy pictures on your Eyemodule, then you aren't trying hard enough. No professional photographer I know blames his equipment when he takes a bad photo.

Personally, I'm happy with the eyemodule. It does what it claimed to. $149 seems a little high compared to similar low resolution cameras, but I didn't pay that much. My intent for owning one was to give me a way to attach faces to my contact list. It is perfect for that. No one I've shown it to has thought anything other than "That is SO COOL!" when they realized I had a way to take pictures with my Visor.

Dave

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Posted by bkbk on 01-23-2001 05:23 PM:

Yeah, I agree w/most of your thoughts.
I wasn't taken, but ... I sure wish the $99 deal was out there when I bought mine.
I have a Dlx, though.
Never seen the photos on the Plat.
When the Prism came out, I tried to beam the app & photos over, but it wouldn't let me.
Since Plat has 3.5, too, would that also be the case? Maybe I'll see next time I'm in one of the places that has batts. in their display Plats.
If the quality's good enough, I might upgrade just for that (and a bit more speed, and some 3.5).
I'd have to see 1st, tho.

Posted by DBrown on 01-24-2001 06:00 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by bkbk
...Still, as it doesn't scroll, or animate ...

Ask and you shall receive...

Open eyecontact.
Tap the top menu bar.
Tap Options.
Tap "About eyecontact..."
Tap the IDEO logo.

Scrolling namelist.

;-)

Dave

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Posted by bkbk on 01-25-2001 03:02 PM:

I don't have E.C. loaded (long story), but I'll take your word.
So I guess their skills are growing ... in the dir of motion ... and hopefully that means they're working some video SW for the E.M.?...
I can dream, can't I...

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