The problem with modern technology, some sickos seem to think, is that it’s just not fleshy enough. Previously, some sulfur-smelling portal linking the netherworld to our plane of existence vomited up Skin-On Interfaces, a horrific solution to some serial killer’s mumbled complaint that phones just don’t have enough human-like skin on them.
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Now the same people behind Skin-On (and a creepy, phone-mounted robot finger) have returned with Eyecam, which seeks to switch up the design of a typical webcam by encasing it in a disembodied eyestalk.
Created by a Human Computer Interaction Lab research team led by Marc Teyssier, the Eyecam sits atop a monitor and just kind of stares at you while you try to get something done other than dwelling on its continued existence. A video that runs down its features asks us to “Imagine Eyecam waking up on its own” before showing us just that. The clip tells us to “Imagine Eyecam observing every one of your steps” and to