Be a “Snow Crash” Gargoyle with the Help of VHoldR’s New Wearable Accessories

Posted on 24 January 2010 by


You’re a skydiver, and want to record POV video, but are tired of clunky, low-fi cameras.  You’re a hang-glider pilot, and want to share with you 80 year-old Mom the thrill of flying.  You’re a sail boarder, but you’re bff is scared of getting eaten by sharks.  You know what you need?  You need to be a Snow Crash gargoyle!

“It’s not exactly like being a gargoyle. Remember when you gave me shit about spending all my money on computer stuff?”

“Yeah?”

“I decided I wasn’t spending enough. So I got a belt-pack machine. Smallest ever made. I’m walking down the street with this thing strapped to my belly. It’s really cool.”

[Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash]

Okay, well, maybe not quite yet.  But VHoldR is trying to get you there with their new selection of accessories for the (extreme sports) gargoyle wannabe.  VHoldR is offering a waterproof case, handlebar mount, vented helmet mount, and a lens kit to their accessory line-up for their ContourHD and recently released ContourHD1080p models.   The waterproof case gives you sail boarders (and hang glider pilots who flop into the ocean instead of landing on the beach) the confidence to know that, while you may be wet, your cam isn’t.

So if these are needs you share, go on over to the VholdR web site and check their stuff out.  Because we all want to live in the Metaverse a little bit, don’t we?

Full info after the jump.

The award winning ContourHD and recently released ContourHD1080p models are adding a waterproof case, handlebar mount, vented helmet mount, and a lens kit to their accessory line-up. The much-anticipated waterproof case means ContourHD can capture Lifelike HD video while surfing, river rafting, kayaking, or any sports going less than ten meters deep. “We are excited to introduce the first waterproof case for the ContourHD camera lines,” says Marc Barros, VholdR’s CEO.  “Now we can bring our crisp HD video and easy to use camcorders underwater!”

Along with the announcement of the company’s new waterproof case, VholdR is introducing the first lens kit to the HD Wearable Camcorder market.  The new lens kit includes a replacement lens cover, as well as adaptable rings for standard 37mm lens filters.  In conjunction with being the most configurable wearable camcorder (video resolution, bit rate, lighting, and microphone sensitivity), ContourHD is now the only camera on the market to enable the user to configure their lens.

All of the new accessories will be available through the hundreds of VholdR retailers this holiday season.  Visit www.vholdr.com to learn more about these new additions as well as the ContourHD and ContourHD1080p camera lines.

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Doug is a nerd from way back, falling for a Commodore PET at the age of 15, and never looking back. Riding the nerd wave, he got a Computer Science degree and entered the tech industry at a young age, deciding after a year and a half of front-line phone technical support that he should try something, *anything* else. He settled on technical writing, and has been cranking out documentation for companies like Unisys, SGI, Cisco, Juniper, and many others ever since. The fact that he commutes between his family in Austin and his day job in California is something that he is simply trying to live with. (Isabelle the Corgi helps.)

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