Started in 1991, the first live video from a live streaming webcam, called the CoffeeCam, was pointed at the Trojan room coffee pot in the computer science department of Cambridge University. But this wasn't truly a live streaming webcam, it was however, a webcam that took a picture at set time intervals and broadcast the picture over the internet. Much different than the live video we think of now when we say live streaming webcams.
In addition to use for personal videoconferencing, it was quickly realised that internet users enjoyed viewing live video from live streaming webcams set up by others elsewhere in the world.
Today the world has millions of live streaming webcams and live video cams, and more and more are popping up everyday ! One of the most widely reported live streaming webcam sites was JenniCam, started in 1996, which allowed internet users to constantly observe the life of its namesake, somewhat like the reality TV series Big Brother.
Educators use live streaming webcams and live video to take their students on virtual field trips to museums, zoos, historical places, and anywhere else there are live streaming webcams of educational value. People are even using live streaming webcams to monitor the live video of their homes, especially to check on pets, while they're away at work or away from home.
Today there are millions of live streaming webcams, and live video cams that provide views into homes, offices and other buildings as well as providing panoramic views of cities (Metrocams) and the countryside. Live streaming webcams and live video cams are used to monitor traffic with TraffiCams, the weather with WeatherCams and even volcanoes with VolcanoCams. Just about anything you can think of, there is live video from a live streaming webcam out there.
Do a Google search on live streaming webcams or live video and you're sure to find something that interests you.
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