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the first digital wigglegram camera

nobody needs one. everyone asks who took it.

designed in switzerland

01shot on merged.

the night's over. the photo isn't.

  1. midday, someone's directing
  2. blue hour, no plans yet
  3. peace signs, as is tradition
  4. midnight, zero indoor voices
  5. last one, everyone squeeze in

pov: you had to be there.

Portrait of founder Alexander Rieser in low light, glasses on, looking up toward a glowing light source at the top left.
Alex Rieserfounder, merged.

02made by alex

hey, i'm alex. i like inventing things.

Wigglegram cameras like the 90s Nishika N8000 were never digital, and died out with film. I wanted one I could actually carry around, and nobody made it.

03the flash

built-in flash, made for 1am.

Two front diffusers keep it soft on purpose. Your friends still look like your friends.

01two front diffusers

what 1am looks like.
  • grin now, ask later
  • shades, meet flash
  • hearts, zero irony

04how it works

one press, four angles, one moment.

press once. that's it.

merged into a loop, right there.

No app, no laptop, no homework.

  1. lens 1
  2. lens 2
  3. lens 3
  4. lens 4

05the size

small enough to bring everywhere.

Shorter than your phone and 30 mm deep. Plane, bus, club: the plus-one that never flakes.

wrist strap

Hang it off your wrist until someone yells “get one of us.”

06see it, send it

replay it on the spot.

Pass it round: it's already playing on the 5-inch touchscreen. You might not get it back.

06see it, send it

straight to your phone.

Over USB-C or wireless. Whichever's closer.

the group chat gets it first.

the post everyone asks about.

01 — street crowd, midday sun

07camera roll

real loops. zero filters.

Beach days, street stuff and parties that ran way too f**king late. All of it shot on the prototypes.

02 — masquerade, a kiss hello
03 — main stage, whole crowd
  1. lens 1
  2. lens 2
  3. lens 3
  4. lens 4
04 — three friends, all pointing

one loop, taken apart

Lens one, two, three, four, and back again. That's the whole trick.

hover to flip through all four lenses.

05 — three friends, club lights

Fresh ones drop on Instagram first.

more on instagram@merged.camera (opens in a new tab)

08the build

so i built it, as my matura thesis.

The audience felt like they were at a Steve Jobs keynote — only better and funnier.

Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterlandnamed best final-year project in the canton
An early merged. prototype in a clear housing, held in hand at a desk: green circuit boards, LED rows and four lenses visible through the case.
A hand holds the black merged. prototype, its four lenses in a horizontal row, against an alpine lake and mountain range on a clear day.
On stage, the founder photographs a volunteer with the camera while the capture screen is projected behind them.

earlier prototypes, and the talk

now it's my full-time thing.

I finished gymi in June and I've been on merged. full time since. The current design is slimmer than any prototype, and still in development.

The black merged. prototype held at a desk: aluminium top plate, shutter button, two white flash bars around the four-lens strip.
Camera capture screen: a blurred live preview with a large white shutter button on the right and Flash off / Night toggles.
On-camera library in daylight mode: a grid of wigglegram thumbnails with Camera, Send to phone and Select in a left rail.
01the prototype, on the desk02the camera's software, in progress03every loop, kept on the camera

call dibs on yours.

09the waitlist

merged. is still in development. Call dibs, and next time the group chat asks who has the pics, it's you.

from the build · june finished gymi. merged. is full time now.

follow @merged.camera (opens in a new tab)

for the friend who asks.

touchscreen, passed around
5inch
wigglegrams, no phone needed
1,000+
on one charge
5h
camera type
digital wigglegram camera
lens array
four lenses, horizontally arranged
display
5-inch touchscreen
storage
1,000+ wigglegrams on the camera
battery
5 hours
export
USB and wireless to your phone
connector
USB-C
flash
integrated, two front diffusers
body
black, clear-anodized aluminium plates
dimensions
134 × 73 × 30 mm