19 Sep 2014

I love Wikipedia, not just because I use it every day, but also because it reflects the value that can be created when a large community works together. When each member of a community contributes a small part, the result is monumental. I saw an estimate somewhere that it would take a million pages to print out Wikipedia.

Is there an opportunity to leverage video in the same way; that is, to tie together the capabilities of millions to create a central repository that could be useful? Consider the proliferation we’re seeing of smart phones that – we keep getting reminded – have higher resolution than many of the professional video surveillance cameras our industry provides. Consider that these smart phones can provide better quality video every day because of new features that accommodate low light and other challenges.