Lets go way back to wearcomp [0] with steve mann [1] and cyberman [2] before we get all misty eyed. I'd really like to see something more than just a camera. Mann has gone a step beyond mere transmission with augmentation. Better still go look what students & mann are looking at now. [3] The tech details are here. [4]

Q. Does jtv have the ability for users to communicate? Or is it unicast?

Reference

[0] Wearcomp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann#Mann_as_Cyborg

[1] Steve Mann 'quick bio'

http://wearcam.org/bio.htm

[2] Steve Mann, Cyberman, film, 'Steve Mann is the world's first real cyborg, 2001, 87min'

http://wearcam.org/cyberman.htm

[3] eyetap.org, Seeing Eye People, 'Research on remote guidance for visually impaired'

http://eyetap.org/tpw/index.php

[4] eyetap.org, 'hardware list for eyetap users ~ /proc/wearcomp_hardware'

http://eyetap.org/tpw/wearcomp6.htm

Justin clearly proves you don't need an original idea to get buzz, sponsors, and funding. Execution and timing can take you far.

Very true. I think the commercial worlds just seen a glimpse of Stephensons gargoyles [0] and blinked at the possibilities.

Reference

[0] Neil Stephenson, 'Snow Crash contained Gargoyles that where constantly wired for sound, images and other sensors selling the information to the highest bidder.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

What kind of valuation are we talking, here?

If Steve Jobs got on a board like this in the '70s, and announced that he was going to start a company building PCs when mainframes were sexy, he probably would've been downvoted too.

Regardless, it looks like other comments w/ negative karma are grayed out (like http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=13764 ). So I imagine this comment was probably deleted by the author...

It's the 90's all over again...