Elgato EpocCam & Multi Mounts
Repurpose what you have
WE ALL KNOW HOW important it is to have a webcam, especially in a pandemic. Staying in touch with loved ones, friends, and work colleagues is essential for keeping the world ticking. As crucial as webcams are, though, nobody wants a PlayStation 2 EyeToy-quality conference call, so upgrading our webcam is a choice a lot of us have made. Elgato, however, has provided an alternate method. It clearly looked in its pocket and thought: Hey, phones have pretty good cameras; they’d make pretty good webcams, right? And so we have the Elgato EpocCam app, with an accompanying assortment of mounts to turn your iPhone into a webcam. Sounds like a reasonable alternative and it makes the most out of what you already have. This could be a great use of an old phone that would otherwise just be collecting more dust than an Xbox 360.