jean-baptiste labrune
work

earbud camera


2009 · MIT media lab

A modified bluetooth earbud extended by a white 3D-printed part
prototype — modified earbud with embedded machine vision
3D render of the two half-shells of the casing, in blue and red
rhino model, 3D printed on CBA equipment

A machine-vision earcam for domestic mixed reality.

A prototype made for a scenario of domestic mixed-reality activities such as cooking a meal, described in The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices.

Modelled in Rhino and 3D printed on CBA equipment before rapid prototyping machines were common. Electronics integrated into modified earbuds, with embedded signal processing for machine vision — deictic gesture recognition synchronised with voice cues, in a put-that-there scenario.