Whenever you go to a gig you keep your phone tightly clutched in your hand, am I right? I know I do. Mainly because I want to Snapchat whoever is singing in front of me. I’ll hold my hands up nice and high and say, hi I’m Alyss and I’m addicted to social media-ing the hell out of everything I do, gigs including.
Apple might have just made it a whole lot harder to do with their new patent, though. Apple are supposedly building infrared sensors into the camera on our smartphones, which will pick up signals broadcast by strategically placed infrared emitters are a concert. The patent reads:
'An infrared emitter can be located in areas where picture or video capture is prohibited.An electronic device can then receive the infrared signals, decode the data and temporarily disable the device’s recording function based on the command.'
Think of it as a click and stop, you get inside the O2 arena and the infrared signals click with the signals in your phone and your ability to take videos, Instagram or record are gone. While this news might be bad for some of us, it’s no surprise that mega stars like Adele or Alicia Keys are in favour of it. Remember that concert in Verona where Adele told a fan to stop recording her? Exactly, we're all missing the moment (sorry, so cringey) because we're too busy snapping away. So while the thought of music venues disabling our cameras might be disheartening for us, it’s all in a bid to make us enjoy the music more, and be in the moment. Which, while daunting that we might not be able to share that moment with our Snapchat following, is a pretty great sentiment.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.