Vitamin D today released a beta software application that turns any inexpensive web cam or an IP camera into a sophisticated video monitoring system for home and business security.

HomeCamera is easy to set up with a PC and an inexpensive off-the-shelf Webcam. The system will support multiple cameras, but until HomeCamera comes up with a wireless solution, you must connect ...

However, a webcam-based system can be designed to include all of these types of detection, because it's simply checking for motion within set zones.

1. a PC running Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP (the software is untested on Windows 95 and NT, but should work) 2. a webcam (or two, see advanced) 3. Dorgem - an open source (free) webcam utility. To ...

We've highlighted gobs of tools for turning your computer into a security camera, but if you're interested in building out a serious, multi-camera home surveillance system complete with wireless ...