Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

Post by sho_hn » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 2:17 AM UTC

atoav wrote: post #31

I wonder: does anyone know of a solution which does something similar in a more software agnostic way? I imagine a software that takes a webcam manipulates the image and emulates another webcam which one could select then in every software that supports webcams. Does such a thing exist?

Post by rhcom2 » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:15 AM UTC

Post by zhoujianfu » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 6:22 AM UTC

atoav wrote: post #31

I wonder: does anyone know of a solution which does something similar in a more software agnostic way? I imagine a software that takes a webcam manipulates the image and emulates another webcam which one could select then in every software that supports webcams. Does such a thing exist?

Post by bradknowles » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

stonogo wrote: post #58

soylentcola wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's super easy...if you have a suitable chromakey backdrop and decent lighting on it. What I'd love is a plugin that replicates (or at least approximates) some of the "virtual chromakey" features of Zoom et al. I don't currently have access to a good chromakey backdrop and it really is much easier to do it well with a bright green matte screen behind you. It ain't important, but it would sure be nice!

https://www.xsplit.com/vcam and https://www.chromacam.me both work with OBS, but only for Windows or Mac.

Post by ric2b » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #47

logane wrote: post #2

Hi HN, author here! As students facing online instruction, we built ZoomerBackgrounds to solve firsthand the everyday problems of having subpar backgrounds and spoke with several friends working in industry about their background needs. The result is a product we really think you're really going to love. We had a lot of fun making this over the weekend and hope you all enjoy :) For the tech stack we used react on the…

This is probably a trademark infringement on Zoom, in my personal opinion; this is not legal advice. You might want to ensure you're doing what you need to for safe harbor provisions on copyright too. Edit: I see you addressed the later.