Pivothead
In early June 2013 the researcher began testing and providing online examples to interested educational technologists keen to trial the Pivothead body worn camera glasses (Alexander Hayes 2013).
The Pivothead company had provided EDUPOV Pty Ltd with a set of the first HDR sports glasses and the researcher trialed these in a range of public and non-public settings with limited success. Of most interest to the researcher from these trials were the records of conversations with others who appear as subjects in these short videos, an insight into the manner by which these technologies stultify conversation or intimidate others once they become aware they are being recorded, the ‘chilling effect’
