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Yes. It just acts like a web cam; does live video interpolation of yr actual cam and so Msft Teams can't tell the diff.
The only app that virtual webcam tools won't work with is FaceTime on macOS (supposedly for security reasons).
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It took me a while to figure out what this product is. Much more time than I was willing to spend on it. - Be the star you are! - Level up your presentations! - Make high-quality video content in minutes! - Direct everyone's attention! What do you guys offer? Bullhorns? Public speaking training? Pro camera rental? I feel like an old fart.
I guess I'm old too. Unless you're presenting to children, I'm not sure who wants this. Adding funny visual gags to your content isn't going to do much for me except make me annoyed with you. If you have something worthwhile or compelling to say, that will stand on its own.
> A Screen share slide is also a great way to show the screen of your iPhone or iPad to quickly demo an app, for example. To use your device in a Screen share, first plug it into your computer, then select it with “Add Screen Share”.
This potentially provides an easy way to use your far better iPhone camera as an external webcam for your Mac.
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The only app that virtual webcam tools won't work with is FaceTime on macOS (supposedly for security reasons).
FaceTime and Safari does not allow Virtual Cameras. I spend quite a lot of time trying to make it work on Safari :)
Installed to tryout it out. I dislike it requires yet another user account just to try it out[1][2]. Overall it is pretty simple to use with a decent UI and worked fine for my quick test of a Signal desktop app video call by selecting the mmhmm virtual camera in Signal. It did not work in FaceTime as there is no way to change the camera from the built in one (however I was able to change the audio source to mmhmm aud…
As someone who has previously worked on real time audio apps on Mac, I find the price justified. Supporting MacOS with anything that needs kernel drivers requires constant updates and the potential market is so small that it kind of needs to be expensive per customer or else you need to cut corners with the quality. Windows has 5x the market share, so there you can sell for 80% less per user because you'll sell more…
It get's really silly to the point that a snipping app has a yearly subscription (xnip), calendars have subscriptions (fantastical) and many other tools which once would have been a $20-$30 purchase all now want $3-$10 a month.
Personally I'm sick of it. I'd rather go back to the 'old days'...
The coolest feature is kind of hidden away in its support article[1]: > A Screen share slide is also a great way to show the screen of your iPhone or iPad to quickly demo an app, for example. To use your device in a Screen share, first plug it into your computer, then select it with “Add Screen Share”. This potentially provides an easy way to use your far better iPhone camera as an external webcam for your Mac. [1] h…
https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/26/tip-record-your-i...
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As someone who has previously worked on real time audio apps on Mac, I find the price justified. Supporting MacOS with anything that needs kernel drivers requires constant updates and the potential market is so small that it kind of needs to be expensive per customer or else you need to cut corners with the quality. Windows has 5x the market share, so there you can sell for 80% less per user because you'll sell more…
in most cases, tools with subscriptions do not need more maintenance than products with a one-time purchase (don't know anything about this specific case, so dunno if it applies here). It's just that after adobe/jetbrains and others opened pandoras box, slowly but surely more and more devs try to make their tools to a continuous income stream... It get's really silly to the point that a snipping app has a yearly subs…