Our discussion about picture tagging got me thinking again about an idea I've had on the backburner.
Imagine for me this scenario--
20 clustermates line up for a group photo and someone asks a passerby to snap the photo. Seems like an innocent request, right? But then the other 19 people ask, "can you take one with my camera too?" and a 10 minute photo session ensues involving a poor guy with 10 cameras hanging from either arm and a lot of people barking instructions on how to use their particular camera.
In the age of networked info sharing, doesn't this seem at all wrong to you?
Two solutions:
1. Camera Social Networks. The same way your iPod can talk with and exchange songs with nearby iPods, your camera can potentially do the same. One snapshot from one camera can be shared wirelessly amongst the other 19.
2. Useful Tagging. It is nice to receive the "you have been tagged" message from Facebook, but it really doesn't give you easy access to the original photo. What if there were a feature on Facebook or Flickr where you could with the click of button download all the full-rez pictures that you have been tagged in? Again, one person could upload and tag the group photo, and 19 people could easily download it.
There you go. 1 problem, 2 solutions. Now how to monetize?
2 comments:
Without commenting on the feasibility of adopting your solution(s) I must say that your description of a genuine "problem" is right on the mark. You've provided a classic example of a situation that everybody has experienced -- either as photographer or subject -- and where there is a problem, smart ideas and the application of (simple) technologies can create a new must-have feature in either products or networks. Great idea. Time to get funding. LOL.
how bout cameras with blue tooth ? networked.
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