Capturing experiences anytime, anywhere

Abstract

What's the future of mobile experience-capture technology? One problem with mobile blogging is that it requires a lot of user interaction: the user must manually record some media, annotate it with text, and upload it to a server. While applications such as LifeBlog enable this process, there's still room for improvement. One potential way to lessen the burden on the user is to automate capture. This is the goal of Microsoft's SenseCam project. The technology needed to implement SenseCam, with the possible exception of the IR sensor, is already present in several of today's mobile phones. By adding wireless data transfer capabilities, SenseCam could semiautomatically blog for the user. Combining SenseCam technology with a good user interface could allow for much more efficient on-the-go blogging.