 After the publicity following extensive news coverage about the planned ending of FogCam, SFSU agreed to continue maintaining the FogCam and keep it running.The first commercial webcam, the black-and-white QuickCam, entered the marketplace in 1994, created by the U.S. computer company Connectix.QuickCam was available in August 1994 for the Apple Macintosh, connecting via a serial port, at a cost of $100.