Apple to Move iSight Behind the Display?

A recently published patent application could make the iSight itself not only disappear, but move to the middle of the screen, writes AppleInsider.

Submitted in July 2007, the filing details plans for a camera mounted behind a display that could capture an image "while the display elements are in an inactive state (in which the display elements are darkened and at least partially transparent)."

According to the document, a similar, additional system could involve two or more cameras, with software combining the two images into one. Video would also be possible by cycling the display "between the active state and the inactive state repeatedly."


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