This was developed by Pat Flyn who's been around the youtube space and I believe may have done a talk at VidSummit.
This is a very interesting video on the development behind the tripod![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqfeBIMMqY
Camera conspiracies did a video on it pointing out some of the flaws of the concept, but overall it's pretty cool if you want to get into it![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This is a very interesting video on the development behind the tripod
Camera conspiracies did a video on it pointing out some of the flaws of the concept, but overall it's pretty cool if you want to get into it