Comments on: Software Spotlight: Dream Recorder

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:53:43 +0000

right, so i tried this last night out of pure curiosity, and the results were underwhelming to say the least. i now have:

- a couple of completely black snapshots (since i tend to sleep in the dark, duh)
- a number of “sound recordings” which are all of identical length and sound exactly alike (some sort of mechanical beeping that i can neither identify nor have ever heard before; and the first two recordings were supposeldy done while i was still awake)
- a five-second video clip showing 4 seconds of darkness and one second of me getting up
- a list of the points in time at night where i have supposedly been snoring

so, after using this for one night, i can safely say that unless you sleep extremely close to your mac and leave some sort of light on all night, this app is not worth the download and certainly not the price. neat idea, looks kinda nice, is of no use at all.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:07:40 +0000

that has to be one of the most interesting ideas i’ve ever seen for a software. i can’t imagine that it all works terribly well (“professional nightvision” with an isight? i mean… i’m happy to get a halfway decent image at daylight) but it does sound quite cool.

By: The Wizard

The Wizard — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:44:32 +0000

Very interesting Michael. Very interesting indeed. But that means you need to have a mac running in your bedroom all night. That is worth a second thought.