At WWDC, Glen had the unenviable task of hitting the compatibility lab and testing the upcoming release of iGlasses on as many computers as he could. When checking out the new 2.2 and 2.4 GHz MacBook Pros, he noticed something interesting about the built-in iSight:
It’s a whole new camera. Really!
First, looking at System Profiler:
It has a new USB PID. What I’ll henceforth have to refer to as the original built-in iSight, had the USB Product ID: 0×8501 and reports its manufacturer as Micron. The new built-in iSight has the Product ID of 0×8502 and reports manufacturer of Apple Inc.
Now the cool part: It’s a 1.3 megapixel sensor! I wrote a simple test application to capture a frame of video using an SGDataProc and save it to the Desktop. On my older 2.33 GHz MB Pro with the original built-in iSight, what I get is a VGA (640×480) image. This is the maximum size of the original camera, which I know for sure uses a VGA sensor.
Then, braving the 95 degree the heat, we got on our bikes and cruised down to the Cambridge Apple Store. After fighting our way through the crowds of people asking if they can pre-order an iPhone, we commandeered some MB Pros. The same test program produced a nice, big 1.3 MP (1280×1024) image.
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At WWDC, Glen had the unenviable task of hitting the compatibility lab and testing the upcoming release of iGlasses on as many computers as he could. When checking out the new 2.2 and 2.4 GHz MacBook Pros, he noticed something interesting about the built-in iSight:
It’s a whole new camera. Really!
First, looking at System Profiler:
It has a new USB PID. What I’ll henceforth have to refer to as the original built-in iSight, had the USB Product ID: 0×8501 and reports its manufacturer as Micron. The new built-in iSight has the Product ID of 0×8502 and reports manufacturer of Apple Inc.
Now the cool part: It’s a 1.3 megapixel sensor! I wrote a simple test application to capture a frame of video using an SGDataProc and save it to the Desktop. On my older 2.33 GHz MB Pro with the original built-in iSight, what I get is a VGA (640×480) image. This is the maximum size of the original camera, which I know for sure uses a VGA sensor.
Then, braving the 95 degree the heat, we got on our bikes and cruised down to the Cambridge Apple Store. After fighting our way through the crowds of people asking if they can pre-order an iPhone, we commandeered some MB Pros. The same test program produced a nice, big 1.3 MP (1280×1024) image.
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