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elvissteinjr / DesktopPlus

Advanced desktop access for OpenVR
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Feature Request: Support for adding Overlays from connected webcams #13

Open aliquis0001 opened 3 years ago

aliquis0001 commented 3 years ago

I'd like to have optional overlays that show a feed from a connected webcam (either the built in Index one or my normal webcam). It seems there's not many programs that support this, the only one I found being OVRDrop, and it's questionable at best.

elvissteinjr commented 3 years ago

What exactly do you need this for? Supporting both HMD-attached cameras as well as normal webcams would require two code paths (Index camera works as normal webcam, but not while SteamVR is accessing iirc it and it's distorted). And I'm honestly not too keen about adding either. HMD camera support seems somewhat straightforward at least, but I'm not sure how Desktop+ would enhance the head-controlled camera experience over using room view. I'll have to admit, my Index' cameras are not detected 99% of the time, so that might be a factor for my lack of interest in this.

Mirroring an app on the desktop displaying your webcam feed should be somewhat viable in my eyes. Using Graphics Capture it doesn't need to be in front or anything either.

aliquis0001 commented 3 years ago

It's less for seeing the full room, and more for just being able to quick check on what's happening in the real world without having to pause the game. I'll have to try finding an app to mirror it instead.