Despite the fact that scuba diving is growing in popularity around the world, the closest that most people get to experiencing life under the sea is via video footage. DiveTime is committed to sharing the wonders of marine life with as many people as possible, which is one of the reasons why we host a section for scuba diving videos on our site.
Video clips are submitted by amateur scuba divers as well as members of DiveTime's very own diving team.
DiveTime has a number of categories for the video clips that they receive, including footage from wreck and cave dives, cage shark diving and exotic scuba locations. In addition to submitting clips of long lost wrecks and colourful reefs, divers are also encouraged to submit mini-films, such as action-adventure scuba diving trips, diver safety videos or a series of videos in episode format. As an added bonus, DiveTime can even stream your YouTube scuba diving videos though its web site, all you have to do is tell DiveTime the URL of your video and it'll fetch it automatically.
Sony and Bodica make special video cameras for filming underwater, but there are also a range of watertight or waterproof cases to house video cameras for added protection against brushes with aggressive fish and scrapes against jagged underwater rocks while scuba diving. Bonica, Aquapac and Ikelite make video camera cases for a range of underwater scuba diving cameras, from palm-sized digital cameras to bigger hand-held models.
To help draw in younger generations who spend more time hooked up to computers and playing video games than outdoors, the scuba diving industry has had to enter the virtual world. Nintendo Wii's "Endless Ocean" has received a great deal of praise for its true to life graphics and its game-play video scuba diving scenarios, including night and cave dives. On an educational note, eDiving allows users to practice scuba diving in an online environment with virtual reality marine locations and a number of stories, images and videos, so that users can learn as they play the game.
For those who prefer their videos more real than virtual, DiveTime will continue to encourage divers to submit their scuba diving clips by simply clicking on their "upload" button at the top of the "videos" page.
DiveTime: for your scuba diving viewing pleasure.
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