What Can I Do With My Webcam

Do you know what’s kind of sad about modern technology? How little we take advantage of it. I probably use 5% of the features on my cell phone. I make calls, I get calls. I haven’t taken any pictures with it, never surfed the web, and haven’t even opened the calculator application. That’s just a cheap little phone. God knows what I missing out on with my computer. I bet most of you right now have a webcam staring you in the face, and you’ve barely scratched the surface of what you can do with it.

Lets start with video recording. Now, you’re going to have to download some software to make this one work, but it can be worth it. Once you have your software downloaded, you can record anything your webcam can see. “What’s so great about that?” you may ask. Well, only that you now have an affordable, easy to use, no hassle video camera. Youtube was built off of recordings like these. Forget that, careers have been built off of recordings like this. Check out Julia Nunes. She started off posting music covers with nothing more than a ukulele and a webcam, and just over a year later she has a record deal and is performing across America. There are many stories of musicians like this. And it’s not just musicians who have made careers out of web recordings. Look at iJustine. She streams her life live and posts the most interesting parts on Youtube. May sound dull to you, but she has become an internet phenomenon. She’s not the only one. More memes than you can count have been born out of people singing, dancing, or doing some else that’s either weird, funny, or stupid into their webcams.

Maybe you don’t want to express yourself through song, or have the entire internet population in your room at any given time. Maybe you just want to express yourself, period. Have you ever thought about a video blog? It’s a completely different experience than a typed blog. You don’t have to worry about your grammar or spelling, you just talk like you always do. You’re able to make far more of a connection with your fans, and most people find it easier to get their point across through talking instead of writing.

Another feature is home security. There are times when we all would like to have a live feed into our homes. Maybe we want to keep an eye on our child’s babysitter. Maybe we want to make sure no one has broken in while we‘re on vacation. Or maybe we just want to see what our cats are up to while we’re at work. There are nanny cams and the like that you can buy to do the job, but like video cameras, they’re expensive. Also like video cameras, why not replace your nanny cam with your webcam. Setting it up is actually not that difficult.

Of course, the best feature of a webcam is the reason you bought it in the first place. Talking to people face to face. Whether it be friends, family, or strangers, nothing can be as great as that sort of live interaction you can receive from your little webcam.