WVIL concept: Digital SLR meets mobile phone, with an ingenious twist

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When the lens in mounted, the camera can be operated as those of today but when unmounted the touchscreen display wirelessly controls the functionality of the lens

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The Camera Futura concept comprises a touchscreen display, an outer frame and interchangea...

When the lens is unmounted, it can communicate wirelessly with the camera body

The touchscreen display and lens can be detached from the outer frame

The touchscreen display and lens can communicate independent of the outer frame

Camera Futura would run on a mobile operating system and opened up to a world of applicati...

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By throwing a whole lot of camera wants into a pot, Seattle design house the Artefact Group has come up with a groundbreaking concept that combines all the connected usefulness of a smartphone with the interchangeable lens capabilities of a digital SLR. There's also a novel approach to using wireless technology for communication between the combined lens and sensor and the main body.

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