Announcing Woopra’s New Webcam Enablement Feature
I wanted to take a moment to share our latest press announcement with you guys. The entire Woopra team has been hard at work building this exciting new feature for months. Finally, all that hard work has paid off and as we ready the next release of Woopra we wanted to give you a sneak peak at things to come.
Woopra to Launch World’s First Webcam Spy Feature for Web Sites
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Woopra, the world’s fastest growing Web Analytics provider, today announced that the next version of its wildly popular real-time Website monitoring application will allow users to remotely activate and view Website visitor’s built-in Webcams.
The company’s chief scientist, Dr. Lirpa Sloof, said, “Woopra already provides the most robust, feature rich and easy to use Web analytics available. Today we extend our market lead by integrating our latest patent-pending technology to give Webmasters more information about their visitors than ever before.”
Combined with Woopra’s unique abilities to display individual Web site visitors in real time and track them by name, this new technology levels the playing field by enabling companies and individuals alike to gain unprecedented visibility into user demographics and preferences.
According to John P., iFusion Labs CEO, “Governments have been using this technology for over a decade. What we’ve done is simply made it available to the general public.”
The new feature is due to be released in the next version of the Woopra desktop application. For more information or to sign up for a free account, visit http://woopra.com.
Since it can be difficult to imagine what this new feature can do, I put together a short demonstration video. On behalf of the entire team, we hope that you guys enjoy the new functionality!
Note: For those who want the real story behind this, check out this note from the Woopra CEO. :D You can also follow John P. on Twitter to get all the latest updates straight from the source!
Ha Ha! Happy April Fools (Eve?)
Ha Ha – Happy April Fools (Eve?) — you’re a little early guys!
I am sure the visitor’s browser will ask for permission for me/my website to use visitor’s cam?
can I view more than one site?
I am sure many people surf my sites on their bathrobes, maybe wearing their boxers (don’t ask) or other things like that. Think privacy.
P.s. what’s the tentative/exact date for 1.3?
If this had been posted on April 1st, 2009 rather than March 31st, 2009… I would’ve understood!
Funny though :)
APRIL FOOLS BUDDEH!
This must be a 1 april joke :)
NICE ONE GUYS… YOU HAD ME FOR AROUND….. 5 Seconds!!!!
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U gotta suckered Miroslav… hahahaha :)
Early aprils fool? :)
It’s a part of the woopra chat or a standalone feature?
I’ll counter this by starting to surf the web in the nude.
Hey Miroslav,
check the date!
hint: April
Funny Stuff Guys – Happy April Fools Day!
Dr Lirpa Sloof?????
You couldn’t do better than that?
Nice try though…..
If tomorrow wasn’t April 1st, this would be the end of your wonderful product, company and organization.
Thankfully, tomorrow is April 1st, so I know you’ll be around for some time to come, and I can continue to use your wonderful application. – Cheers. Wonderful put-on.
It seems like its more of an April fools day! :)
April fool day !!
Haha, nice April Fools Day joke.
Things can get a little confusing when you post these the day before rather than the day of April 1st.
That just makes me uncomfortable. I would hesitate to visit a site if I though someone was watching me watch their site. That is kind of voyeuristic, isn’t it?
i think this is an april fool’s guys…
We are looking at integrating it into the chat functionality in the 1.4 release
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To the first 2 commenters – think of the privacy implications of this. Woopra would get their ass sued into oblivion if they allowed you to view live video into people’s homes without their permission. It’s obviously an early April fool’s joke :P
April 1 comes a lot earlier where you are than where I am — still funny though :)
Apirl fools?
Hi,
I would have to agree with Peggy on this. Not sure if I would visit a site where someone else could be watching me through my WebCam. It just feels strange knowing that you can be watched by someone while browsing his site.
Regards,
Stefaan
sounds great ! :)
but an option to switch it (and chat option) off and on would be good, too.
This has got to be April Fools right?
Are you all FOOLS?!?!?
It’s April 1st…
hehehe in germany we call something “april, april” :)
April fool :-)
Wow, some people above me took this seriously? :)
LMAO! :)
Look at the date fellows.
What a coincidence today is April 1! :P
That’s great – I have created a plugin that you may also be interested in – it allows you to teleport to any place of your choice – I think we should chat and get this built into Woopra afterall there is nothing better than face to face analytics.
1st April?
April fools.
HA HA APRIL FOOLS
funny .. CHECK OUT THE datE
April Fools?!
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Erm, is it April 1 over there yet?!!!
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April Fools!
Seriously, I know it wasn’t posted exactly on April 1st, but consider the time zones people. Think!
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HAHA, need to see more customer examples!
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April Fools?
Wow, can I smell the room they are in too? Instasmellawebavisionlytics.
LOL :P
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Hehehe……
Just a pity you got it posted up a few hours early…….
Which, quite seriously, is something that should be addressed in your program. Why isn’t there a timechange feature under options so you can localize the time to your own specific timezone….. WOuld be much appreciated, and would save the problem of funny posts like this getting put up on 31/3 instead of 1/4. (Sorry, I’m being Aussie in my dates now… Transl American – 3/31 instead of 4/1.)
Local is good! Option is good!
I have to agree with the people saying it’s voyeuristic. It’s also an invasion of people’s privacy if it doesn’t instruct or request access. I am certainly not going to implement this at Gamers Daily News and if it becomes part of the standard package we will simply stop using Woopra and move to some other real-time stats.
I’m certain this is illegal in most countries…
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LMAO!! beats Google’s April Fool’s!! there is Lebanese humor in that!
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Happy April Fool’s Day!
April Fools! Not possible :)
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Very funny! Come on people, WHAT DAY IS IT!?!?
hey great april fools joke…lol
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Hey, that’s Cali Lewis!
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And what’s the date today everyone??!!
Brilliant!
just an april foolsday joke i hope!
Greatz,
Gerald
April fool
April foolsday joke?
Is that Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.tv in the video?
looks like her and she is a fan of woopra.
Looks like Cali Lewis of Geekbrief.tv in video, she is a fan of the service so could be her!!!
do all of these people commenting seriously not realize this is an april fools day joke?
I love April Fools’ Day :)
I think this feature is useful and can enable you to see who is viewing your site. Some may consider it a voyeuristic feature that enables violation of privacy, but I think if one keeps their webcam turned off then it probably wouldn’t work at that time.
Does that mean I have to stop surfing the net with my thumb in my bum????
Very cute April 1st joke!
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rofl so handy!
Its funny because all of you people think its real! :D April Fools!
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Oh how that would be fun! April Fools..
Is this an april fools joke or is this for real?
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Hi John & Lorelle,
either of you please answer my question, what about the privacy thing? what if I go check on my site and all of a sudden I see this naked fat hairy guy? Nothing against naked fat hairy guys, but I don’t want to have nudity on my computer while at work. If you want to look at nudity porno then go for it, but I will not risk me getting fired. Specially a guy, I don’t swing that way, not that there is anything wrong with that.
John/Lorelle…let’s say you are surfing the web, and someone is watching you. What if you are eating poutine and someone catches you with your mouth wide open?
There should be a request option. My webhost and my mcaffee A/V have that LIVECHAT option, text based.
I also have 3 posters of women in bikinis, it’s classy and not trashy, I did a photoshoot for those models, that was part of what I got. I don’t want someone to see them while I am surfing, I have posters all over my office.
From now on…I will go with showmethefacts: NUDE SURFING.
please take privacy concerns/issues when you do that.
It’s scary people took this seriously.
I love April…;)
Miroslav, just simply don’t activate the web cam feature.
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Ok, we all helped building up the necessary emotions on this, but by now ‘April’s Fools’ day is almost over here in Belgium :-p
Regards,
Stefaan
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What does some form of defication have to do with my and other people’s concerns on the privacy? We all stand to lose visitors if they know we can watch them whenever we feel like it and don’t ask them for permission first.
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Ok folks, for those of you who didn’t figure it out yet and who are concerned about privacy, this was all an elaborate April Fool’s day joke.
This technology is NOT being built into Woopra, and never will be even if it was possible. Indeed, just because something is possible, it doesn’t mean you should do it!
The biggest clue that this was a prank was the name of our company spokesperson, Dr. Lirpa Sloof. If you read the name in reverse you get Dr. April Fools! :-)
Got ya!
John P.
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Good evening, Miroslav.
good one. but yes it would be possible.
Well I must say, this Beta version is unbelievable! We installed the new upgrade and turned it on and VIOLA! We have video. Just one small problem, we it seems the traffice we had was from Sweetbush Seniors Hideaway Swingers Center. All it took was one look to realize I need different clients if I want to see what is going on with them! I feel as if I am not emotinally scarred for life! I must go now as I need to take a pair of red hot knitting needles and ram them in my eyes so I may never see the things I have just see again!
I will recommend this to everyone!
Great Job! Keep up the good work. I would say I look forward to future upgrade, but it looks like I won’t be seeing them!
Thanks!
Jim
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Hmm, I’m pretty sure Flash could tap into a webcam. Tends to be difficult to manage though even when you want to get it working.
When the stable Version will coming out finally ?
even the light one … ?
the version that will be stable ?
when is your DEAD LINE ?
We will let everyone know when it’s available. Thanks.
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I could tell as soon as i saw the email.
Not to mention, wouldn’t that be a spectacle? Knowing that I sometimes am online @ home in the nude, could you imagine what kinds of pictures you would’ve gotten?
LOL
Hope it will be in woopra !
Also About Privacy For All Off You with privacy ppl that think that there still is privacy in internet :)
You can add notification in your website and in your privacy terms that you have cameras around it like you go in to the mall you have hundred of cameras that are watching you and nobody is noficates you that there are watching.
So this is the same. If someone is coming to my mall or my shope i have cameras there and yes i watch. there is no privacy broken. Don’t want that you will be watched don’t go to shops where is cameras around if there is place like that in the word.
So pleas stop talking about Privacy and have no idea what privacy is…
Hope this future WILL BE IN WOOPRA !
Will pay for it !
LOL. This was a great April’s Fools Joke, and while we might consider it a few years.
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The scary think about this “joke” is that I am sure there are people that would develop this technology if they could. Hopefully it will stay safely locked away in the April Fools Joke Day archives.
Althought it was well executed by the team at Woopra – that video and “integration” was very real. Good to see a sense of humor from technogy guys.
When I read about this feature I thought that it was pretty funny. I was amaze to see that a “chat only” version is actually included within Woopra. It is pretty amazing the think that I could monitor someone on my site and then “chat” with them by engaging them – it’s a totally new concept in website interaction – Push communication.
good its gonna work