Foto Jockovic puts a 1994 VHS camcorder in the browser, no upload required
The Belgrade shop's free tool shoots live video, degrades existing clips, and renders the whole 1994 treatment locally with a WebAssembly ntsc-rs fork.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
VHS Camera shows how far a single-purpose browser tool can go without an app install or a server render: a Belgrade photo shop accelerated an open-source analog signal simulator into WebAssembly, wrapped it in a camcorder interface, and shipped live capture plus full-clip export for free.
Foto Jockovic in Belgrade has put a simulated 1994 VHS camcorder at fotojockovic.com/vhs, free in a mobile or desktop browser with no sign-up and no app to install. The VHS Camera page lets people record live video, take photos, or run an existing clip through color bleed, tape noise, tracking artifacts, a running date stamp, and optional degraded sound.…
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