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---4/27/2004---this is the website feedback I just sent to O'Neill----any one have another idea for a company that might develop this??--- I just read about O'Neill Europe's "wearable electronics" snowboard jacket here: http://www.gizmo.com.au/public/News/news.asp?articleid=2520 Which inspired me to contact you. I want to work for you to develop a water-proof wearable audio/ video recorder cell phone. The initial idea that led to this idea is here: http://whynot.net/view_idea.php?id=992 Imagine: stereo video cameras and microphones on a wetsuit collar, linked wirelessly via a cell phone. Get camera-angles from inside a tube, and share it with multiple people instantly on their color cell phone screens. Also record your own super-realistic surfing experience (suitable for virtual reality). Now the whole world can hear, see and feel what it is like to surf. It is the combination of the latest technology and fashion that makes this so exciting. I have the perfect background (EE), contacts and leadership experience to lead this project and make it a reality for O'Neill. Let's do it. I am living in San Diego but would relocate to Santa Cruz to work on this. My fiance and I just visited SC this past weekend after a Silicon Valley job interview... what an awesome town! Please let me know if you are interested. Nate Johnson n_johnson@yahoo.com 858-824-9003 (h) 520-405-9286 (c)
n8johnson, Apr 27 2004
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Cell phone service might be sketchy or not available, so we should focus the first suits on recording everything internally on an iPod-like device.
It would be awesome to use this video and audio live when covering big surf events.
To capture the wide frequency ranges of the rumble and spray of the surf, we could enlist http://earthworksaudio.com to design some killer mics... how to keep them water proof?
We could start with the iRiver HP-120 as a recording device: http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/iHP-120.asp"
Now we just need to wire it up with some USB-controlled cameras, and update the firmware in the iRiver to get it to record it all in one stream.
With information from two cameras and two mics, we can send it all into a virtual reality headset. You could use the data to make a killer surfing arcade game.
my friend cam commented:"Sounds like a cool idea, but it won’t catch on in the best surf spots (there is no need for a wetsuit in HI, south pacific)"
So we'll need a warm weather version that is not hot, maybe just a little backpack like thing with a slim head band for the cameras and mics. I don't think everyone is going to buy their own, but it would be nice to rent for a day and then have your video afterwards. And it would kick ass for live coverage of surf events.