Point Grey has developed the “world’s first” Superspeed-enabled USB 3.0 digital video camera and has plans to show it off at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in San Francisco next week.  The camera takes advantage of the massive throughput advantages USB 3.0 is expected to offer.

As a prototype, the camera uses a Sony IMX036 CMOS image sensor capable of 3 megapixel video.  The Sony sensor also boasts a raw output format streaming video at full 1080p with 60 frames per second.  "One of the potential benefits of the increased bandwidth of USB 3.0 is that it allows the main processor to handle compression," explained Point Grey spokesperson Vlad Tucakov.

“This demonstration gives users insight into some of the other applications that are possible with SuperSpeed USB in addition to the high-speed data transfers with external storage devices that we have seen so far," added Jeff Ravencraft, Chairman of the USB Implementers Forum.