Logutech AF/MP/Sphere

[jed]

Steve,

I understand you must be very busy but do you think you could spend a 
few minutes to respond to this final query?
Below.....

cheers,
Jed

11/5 jed wrote:
> Do you intend to duplicate all functionality found on windows 
> eventually?*
> Could we use Sphere AF + your driver + Skype for HD video (720p) on OS 
> X eventually?
>
> If the answer is a "yes" and "yes" then I'll definitely pay for your 
> software!
> Provided it's ready within 12 months, beyond that I'll probably be 
> looking at another camera!
>
> For the moment I prefer to run this device in windows XP via Parallels 
> desktop.
> That way I get all the functionality I paid for. Thanks for your 
> feed-back!
>
> Cheers,
> Jed
> *I personally don't care about the face animations
>
> Steve Sisak wrote:
>> At 12:16 PM +1000 4/27/08, jed wrote:
>>> Hello?  See below...
>>>
>>> 21/04/08 jed wrote:
>>>> When you say logitech Sphere/Orbit MP.
>>>> Do you actually mean Sphere/Orbit AF?
>>>> MP is a much older revision, not the latest.
>>
>> Hi Jed,
>>
>> Sorry for the delayed reply -- let me give you a specific answer:
>>
>> All of these are supported with the following caveats:
>>
>> The really old Orbit/Sphere are fully supported.
>>
>> The Orbit/Sphere MP which are UVC-compilant are supported except that 
>> hardware pan/tilt is not integrated with face tracking -- you can 
>> move the camera manually, but face tracking can't tell it where to go 
>> because "move right n pixels" isn't implemented but "move right a 
>> bit" is.
>>
>> For any of the AF cameras (Orbit/Sphere and others), the autofocus 
>> function is not currently implemented and there's no UI for the focus 
>> control (yet) -- everything else should work.
>>
>> Hopefully this clears things up.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
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