Swivl - Your Personal Cameraman For Making Videos

If you have worked to create a video to share, you know that it is very difficult to do by yourself. And if you are doing this with your smart phone, there is no way you can move about and show the background or props without having someone hold your phone and move with you. While technology has moved a great deal to provide the ability to shoot a video with a smart phone, there still exists problems with creating your content by yourself the way you need to do. I recently ran across a product which is going to provide a tool in order to let you make videos by yourself and let you move about when you are doing it.

The Swivl is a stand which will hold an iPhone for use as camera so that you can put together your own video. And you will not need someone else to be holding the camera on the iPhone as you move about the room. If you are like me, holding the camera still on my smart phone as I move it has always been a challenge. With the Swivl, the movement is going to be far more steady than if someone is holding the camera. The only drawback to the Swivl is its support for the iPhone and leaving Android out.

The key to the Swivl, other than the base unit, is the remote device which comes with the Swivl. This lets the Swivl track you as you move about so that you are always in the center of the camera. And there is a a built in microphone that comes with it. With this, you have your own camera crew without having anyone there with you. Being able to move about to show things in the background or other props and have the sound being recorded is quite a neat idea.

All of this may sounds really great, but you may be asking about when you can get one to support your Android smart phone. At the moment, there is work being done on the next Swivl after a recent KickStarter campaign and this model is expected to make its appearance in July. And it will support Android devices some time after the launch of this model. If you like to make videos and don't want to rely on others to hold the smart phone shooting the video, you want to take a look at the Swivl.