Editing QuickCam (section)

== History ==
The original QuickCam was developed by [[Connectix]] in 1994 for [[United States|US]]-wide commercial sale and was the first widely marketed webcam-like device, although its original advertising did not use the term "webcam" or refer to the [[World Wide Web]], then in its infancy. [[Video conferencing]] via computers already existed at the time, and client-server based video conferencing software such as [[CU-SeeMe]] was gaining popularity. Eventually, it evolved from an RS-422 connector to a parallel connector then eventually to a [[USB|USB connection]].

The initial model was available only for the [[Apple Macintosh]], connecting to it via the serial port. It produced 16 [[grayscale|shades of gray]] at a [[Display resolution|resolution]] of 320×240 [[pixel]]s, and could record video at about 15 [[frame rate|frames]] per second; it cost [[USD|$]]100.

The software that originally shipped with the camera included ''QuickMovie'' for recording motion pictures and ''QuickPICT'' for capturing still images.

The QuickCam product line was acquired by Logitech in August 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logitech Buys QuickCam Unit Of Connectix |url=http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980811S0003 |website=techweb.com |access-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203040113/http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980811S0003 |archive-date=3 Feb 1999 |date=11 August 1998}}</ref> The company has gradually decreased support for the Macintosh platform, with only one model as of 2010 officially supporting Mac or including Mac drivers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Webcams |url=https://www.logitech.com/en-us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413080900/http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/webcams/&cl=us,en |archive-date=April 13, 2010 |access-date= |website=[[Logitech]]'s official website |language=en}}</ref> This could largely be the result of Apple building webcams into their laptop and desktop computers, negating the need for external third party devices {{Dubious|reason=Apple first integrated iSight in CoreDuo Macs in the fall of 2005; Logitech dropped OS X support for the cameras in question back in the fall of 2003.  The fall 2003 was also when USB-Video-Class (AKA UVC) was released as a standard.  It is far more likely that the reason Logitech dropped support for non-UVC compliant cameras, was because those products were legacy.  Logitech's roadmap was to sell and support USB UVC cameras.|date=August 2019}}.  Many recent models implement the [[USB video device class]] standard and work under Mac OS without additional drivers.

In October 2010, QuickCam was elected to [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]'s Top 100 Gadgets of all Time.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite magazine |last=Peter Ha |first= |date=25 October 2010 |title=Connectix QuickCam — All-TIME 100 Gadgets |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023703_2023628,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126163729/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023703_2023628,00.html |archive-date=26 January 2011 |access-date=2024-10-28 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>