The Minoru 3D Webcam is a stereoscopic webcam produced by Promotion and Display Technology of Salford, Greater Manchester.Contact Page - Minoru3d.com - Retrieved July 25, 2009pdtuk.com - Retrieved July 25, 2009 Released in January 2009, it won the "Fans' Favorite" award at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas.Minoru 3D Webcam ships this week, still looks freaky - endgadget.com - January 5, 2009 According to the company, it is the "world's first consumer 3D-webcam".Although consumer 3D-webcam capabilities had been previously offered commercially through dual-webcam mounting setups, such as the Hytek iVCam, the Minoru 3D Webcam is constructed as a single, integrated unit. It was designed by David Holder.https://www.linkedin.com/in/dholder/?originalSubdomain=uk
The webcam, which hooks to a computer via USB port, consists of two cameras, being "roughly the same distance apart as human eyes", that are held together in a device that resembles Wall-E, a Disney character, in appearance. It is capable of 3D, 2D, and Picture-in-picture graphics. Its image can be output from 320x240 pixels to 800x600 pixels, and is capable of 30 frames per second.Minoru 3D Webcam ships this week, still looks freaky - endgadget.com - January 5, 2009 The 3D imagery can be produced in anaglyph and side by side format.
The camera has two VGA 640x480 CMOS sensors, two high-quality wide-angle lens, and a built in USB microphone.
According to its website, it is most effective when the user is at a minimum of three feet away.Minoru User Guide 1.2 February 2009
It derives its name from the Japanese given name Minoru, which means "to bear fruit" or "to ripen".
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