Wired

September, 1998

Just Say CheesecakeIf you like the concept of MTV's Real World but think the show is contrived, check out one of the many homecam sites on the Web. This voyeuristic phenomenon, in which people transmit live pictures from their private quarters onto the Internet, began a few years ago with JenniCam, a camera positioned in the dorm room of Dickinson College student Jennifer Ringley. Prior to JenniCam, live cameras sent real-time snapshots of street corners and coffeepots to the Net. But buzz trave...