You can now watch on the go! Check in on your baby, home, business, or anything else you care about by using the new Dropcam app from the iTunes Store. It's free and works automatically with your Dropcam - you don't need to do anything extra!
All of your Dropcams are accessible from the app, as well as a few sample video feeds from public cameras around San Francisco. The video is in full resolution with smooth video playback and will work on all iPhones and iPod Touches over Wi-Fi and 3G.
Go download the app today, and thanks for being a Dropcam user!
Dropcam is happy to introduce our new video player! We listened to your feedback and improved the player so you can more easily watch your recordings and scan hours of video footage.
If you have a Dropcam, you're ready to go! If not, you can now access some publicly accessible Dropcams set up around San Francisco and try the new Dropcam player.
Easy Recording Navigation
The viewer now shows you the current time as well as how much video is recorded. Just click on the navigation timeline to view video from the past, or click Jump to Date/Time if you know exactly when you wish to review.
Quick Video Scanning
You have lots of video, and Dropcam knows you don't have time to sit and watch hours of recordings. With the new navigation timeline, just hover over the timeline to view a snapshot. You can even Zoom Out and go through days of video in minutes using your mouse.
Sharper Video Quality
Over the next week your Dropcam will automatically upgrade to a higher video quality. We've been working to make the video sharper and quicker to load on the Dropcam website, and we think you'll love the change!
Joe Gregorio over at Bitworking writes about CCDs becoming ubiquitous (along with digital imaging technology in general) and used for lots of things, from 2D barcodes to gaming. When he starts talking about putting lots of cameras everywhere to track the things you care about, though, he's describing a future we see as well. The opportunities to help businesses learn more about themselves and become efficient are clearly there with inventory tracking, general security, and employee and customer metrics. More uncertain are the personal, private things you could watch, measure, and do with ubiquitous video devices like Dropcam. Joe mentions controlling your lights or measuring your food intake. One thing I'm looking forward to is a mosaic of the folks who have come over to my apartment. That's my pet project. What would you track?
Jeremy Roy, one of our beta users, decided to create time-lapse footage of his video using some of the new functionality we're introducing to Dropcam. Check it out!
Dropcam makes easy-to-use internet cameras you use to watch the things you care about. Just plug one in, and it connects to the Internet so you can watch it from anywhere using a browser. Use Dropcam as a baby monitor, a video peephole for your front door, or easy surveillance for your small business.
The viewer now shows you the current time as well as how much video is recorded. Just click on the navigation timeline to view video from the past, or click Jump to Date/Time if you know exactly when you wish to review.
You have lots of video, and Dropcam knows you don't have time to sit and watch hours of recordings. With the new navigation timeline, just hover over the timeline to view a snapshot. You can even Zoom Out and go through days of video in minutes using your mouse.
