It's insane to me that virtual effects and backgrounds are a feature integrated into video conferencing to begin with. Why couple these things instead of having

It's insane to me that virtual effects and backgrounds are a feature integrated into video conferencing to begin with. Why couple these things instead of having them live as a separate application that exposes a virtual camera to any software that needs it. This way you're choosing video conferencing software based on how good it is at being video conferencing, and camera effects software based on how good it is at doing camera effects (if you even want them).