Quickcam
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Quickcam is the brand name of a line of webcam video camera products from Logitech.
The Quickcam was developed by Connectix in 1995 and was the first widely marketed webcam-like device, although its original advertising did not use the term "webcam" or refer to the World Wide Web, then in its infancy. Video conferencing via computers already existed at the time, and client-server based video conferencing software such as CU-SeeMe was gaining popularity.
The initial model was available only for the Apple Macintosh, connecting to it via the serial port. It produced 16 shades of gray at a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels, and could record video at about 15 fps; it cost $100.
The software that originally shipped with the camera included QuickMovie for recording motion pictures and QuickPICT for capturing still images.
The Quickcam product line was acquired by Logitech in 1998. Ironically the company has gradually decreased support and new models for the Macintosh platform, but many of them are supported by the macam open source drivers.
Today, the Logitech Quickcam is one of the world's most recognized instant webcams.
[edit] Cameras
- QuickCam Orbit/Sphere
- QuickCam Zoom
- QuickCam Messenger
- Quickcam Express
- Quickcam Communicate
- Quickcam Communicate STX
- Quickcam for Notebooks
- Quickcam for Notebooks Pro
- Quickcam Fusion
- Quickcam 3000
- Quickcam Pro 4000
- Quickcam Pro 5000
- QuickCam Chat
- Quickcam Video
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