FCam released for the Nokia N900 | Download FCam

University and Nokia Analysis Center, Palo Alto, have created and released a new, open-source agenda photography platform, alleged FCam, (short for ‘Frankencamera’). It allows developers to actualize new capabilities for agenda cameras, and users to yield advantage of a accomplished new chic of photography apps. The platform is accessible as a chargeless download for the Nokia N900, http://fcam.garage.maemo.org/

FCam allows the conception of new agenda camera applications that advice users affected some of the shortcomings of their accessories or actualize absorbing new types of imagery. It is allotment of the Camera 2.0 project, created in accord amid Nokia, Stanford, and added partners.

Nokia Fellow Kari Pulli said: “The N900 is a camera phone, but it runs a version of Linux almost as complete as that installed on personal computers”. For this reason, it was called as the host accessory for the FCam platform.

The advisers accept already created a alternation of new photography apps for the platform, some of which will aswell be chargeless to download. These three will be accessible from the FCam activity pages .

FCamera is an archetype camera appliance that uses FCam libraries and drivers. It is appear in antecedent cipher to serve as a starting point for programmers to actualize their own camera applications.

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