The Narrative camera is either a really good product idea or a really bad. I’ll try it out and draw my own conclusions… Narrative is a small wearable camera and it shoots one photo every five seconds, stores it and when you sync it, it’ll push the photos to your cloud storage. You can then share the photos that turned out OK. It’s really a lifelogging device. CNET has posted a thorough first look video. Until I’ve shot my own, do check it out:

My assumptions are that it’ll be good to actually capture some of the moments that I’ll treasure in the future. My concerns are that people around me will feel uncomfortable and that I may end up in awkward situations in which I actually shot photos which shouldn’t have been shot. Imagine forgetting the camera in the restroom or when passing through airport security. Good thing is that if you put the camera upside down or put it into a pocket, it won’t shoot any photos.

Regarding privacy concerns, we’re just about to buy into the Google Glass-idea and that’s really not very different from this Narrative camera. In fact, some people argue that the Narrative camera really should just have been a Google Glass app. We’ll see. I’ll test it for a few days and then post a video review of my experience and some of the photos my Narrative has shot.

PS. The Narrative manual is work of art. Cute design and easy to understand.