I think it's a really good idea - of course, given that the iSight is IR sensitive, you could use the iSight itself as the IR receiver. Initially, I was certain this was how they were doing Front Row's remote, since it came out on iSight-enabled units.
Except, of course, that means that you can't use it for video at the same time as using the remote, unless, you're willing to put up with bright flashes in the video stream... :}
Wait a minute. My eyes can't see infrared, why should the video show bright flashes from infrared? That doesn't make any sense.
Wait a minute. My eyes can't see infrared, why should the video show bright flashes from infrared? That doesn't make any sense.
Because your eyes (unless you've had some radical surgery I'm unaware of) are not video cameras.
Video cameras pick up IR. I've seen this myself, pointing my DV camera at its own remote control. You can see the IR LED light up on screen, even though you can't see anything as a human.
Because your eyes (unless you've had some radical surgery I'm unaware of) are not video cameras.
Video cameras pick up IR. I've seen this myself, pointing my DV camera at its own remote control. You can see the IR LED light up on screen, even though you can't see anything as a human.
Eww, you're right! Just tried it with Apple Remote and PhotoBooth. It's a white light though.
"Leopard will provide the complete package" Steve said. He said Front Row 2.0 will be bundled. Well you know what that means? It means the new iSight will not only have a camera and the usual speakers built-in, it will also have an IR built-in.
So all you have to do is buy an Apple remote and you're on your way.
I hope you're right - they've also made huge advancements in size for the iSight camera - i hope we can see something similar to this when it comes out. A price drop would also be fantastic.
Perhaps they can rename the Airport Extreme at the same time. It sounds like you need a surf board and a can of Mountain Dew and a voice like Keanu to actually want the thing.
Besides, if this is the "Extreme", what are they going to call the 802.11n version? The Airport OMG? This is where version numbers are a GOOD thing. "Airport 2" would have been a good name for it.
On a separate note, if they're updating the model, perhaps they can support 802.11a now that most of their current lines of computers also support 802.11a.
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I think that the new name will have Mac in its title. Perhaps something like Macport.
Doubtful, since it's a cross-platform product. It's not a MacPod, or MacTunes, afterall.
I think it's a really good idea - of course, given that the iSight is IR sensitive, you could use the iSight itself as the IR receiver. Initially, I was certain this was how they were doing Front Row's remote, since it came out on iSight-enabled units.
Except, of course, that means that you can't use it for video at the same time as using the remote, unless, you're willing to put up with bright flashes in the video stream... :}
Wait a minute. My eyes can't see infrared, why should the video show bright flashes from infrared? That doesn't make any sense.
Wait a minute. My eyes can't see infrared, why should the video show bright flashes from infrared? That doesn't make any sense.
Because your eyes (unless you've had some radical surgery I'm unaware of) are not video cameras.
Video cameras pick up IR. I've seen this myself, pointing my DV camera at its own remote control. You can see the IR LED light up on screen, even though you can't see anything as a human.
Because your eyes (unless you've had some radical surgery I'm unaware of) are not video cameras.
Video cameras pick up IR. I've seen this myself, pointing my DV camera at its own remote control. You can see the IR LED light up on screen, even though you can't see anything as a human.
Eww, you're right! Just tried it with Apple Remote and PhotoBooth. It's a white light though.
"Leopard will provide the complete package" Steve said. He said Front Row 2.0 will be bundled. Well you know what that means? It means the new iSight will not only have a camera and the usual speakers built-in, it will also have an IR built-in.
So all you have to do is buy an Apple remote and you're on your way.
I hope you're right - they've also made huge advancements in size for the iSight camera - i hope we can see something similar to this when it comes out. A price drop would also be fantastic.
http://www.hardware-pacers.com/pages...=343&catType=r
So perhaps we may see a HD iSight??
Perhaps they can rename the Airport Extreme at the same time. It sounds like you need a surf board and a can of Mountain Dew and a voice like Keanu to actually want the thing.
Besides, if this is the "Extreme", what are they going to call the 802.11n version? The Airport OMG? This is where version numbers are a GOOD thing. "Airport 2" would have been a good name for it.
On a separate note, if they're updating the model, perhaps they can support 802.11a now that most of their current lines of computers also support 802.11a.
How about Airport 06 lol