Ask HN: Why cant someone invent a screen with a webcam hidden in the center?

[lazyeye]

Video-conferencing will never fully take off until you are looking people in the eye when talking to them.

[atirip]

AFAIK Apple has patented that already.

[martey → atirip]

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=q9WyAAAAEBAJ

It looks like it quickly switches off the display, takes a photo, and then turns the display back on.

[retroafroman]

A much easier idea would be to use something like a teleprompter. That way the camera is looking through the glass, but the image you want to see is reflected up on the screen. Not high fidelity, but it works.

[hexley]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/08/apple_files_pa...

[artursapek]

I've thought about this. Unless a sort of one-way glass LCD screen is invented I don't really see how it's possible.

[david927]

I always thought you could put four cameras, one on each corner, and then merge the images.

[petervandijck → david927]

Or easier, just identify the eyes and adjust the position of the pupils on-the-go. Shouldn't be too hard.