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> Because it uses face rec, you can ONLY show your face, and if you disappear from view your audio will stop after a while, to avoid situations like when you ne
by bambax 4y ago
> Because it uses face rec, you can ONLY show your face, and if you disappear from view your audio will stop after a while, to avoid situations like when you need to go the the restroom but forget to mute.
Of course, the real killer app for Zoom calls is the opposite of this: some kind of deep fakery that makes it seem we're there when we're not.
Yet as it is, this is a fantastic idea. It's surprising video codecs deal so little with the nature of the images (AFAIK) and try to be generalists.
As this demonstrates, not all pixels are created equal.
- punnerud 4y agoIf you have a helmet with a camera pointing at you, this could work. Then it could look like you are at home in the meeting, but you are out in the forrest walking.
- cupofpython 4y ago>and if you disappear from view your audio will stop after a while I sure hope this "feature" can be turned off in the settings
- kordlessagain 4y agoWouldn't this be an "auto mute"? I haven't tried it, but maybe it unmutes when it sees your face again.
- jacobgorm 4y agoYeah that is a feature, but I have plans for adding a button that disables it. I like not having to worry about muting my mic when I leave the camera, but there are times where you want the opposite.
- willy_k 4y agoWell if you just want to trick people into thinking you’re present when you aren’t, you can just use a video file as your camera feed. There are a bunch of tools to do this. Now, the main issue would be if you want to speak using this setup, but I guess one solution to that would be to use a model to lip sync your non-speaking video on-the-fly, which seems to be being discussed here[0]. [0] https://github.com/Rudrabha/Wav2Lip/issues/358 https://github.com/Rudrabha/Wav2Lip/issues/358
- telesilla 4y agoOBS virtual camera is another easy way. Load a video of you paying attention and have a quick key assigned to a scene of your live cam if needed.
- lostgame 4y ago>> Well if you just want to trick people into thinking you’re present when you aren’t, you can just use a video file as your camera feed. I’m immediately reminded of the classic Simpsons episode where Homer plays a clip of him, Carl and Lenny; on a poorly-edited 5-second loop, of them clearly from 10-15 years before, overtop of the security cameras. If faking webcam presence ends up being a thing, it’ll just be another bit of the future the Simpsons nailed.
- pvillano 4y agoOBS allows you to create a virtual webcam, where you can use the live compositor to switch between, say, a looping video of you sitting still and your actual webcam. Smoke and mirrors could include a low frame rate and heavy compression to hide the transition
- TranquilMarmot 4y agoSomebody tried this and had pretty good success https://youtu.be/b-VCzLiyFxc https://youtu.be/b-VCzLiyFxc
- Nowado 4y agoNow that's mixing up user and client.
- gfodor 4y agoI have a prototype thing that creates a virtual webcam and drives an avatar off of your microphone. It's not photorealistic, but it works.
- bambax 4y agoPlease share!
- billiam 4y ago>It's surprising video codecs deal so little with the nature of the images (AFAIK) and try to be generalists. This. A small number of pixels matter, the rest don't.