It dawned on me just after one of the Magic players said he used his iPhone as a webcam.
Since I was unable to make it work I started looking for other alternatives (note, that in the end I made it work thanks to OBS Virtual Cam (read below))įinding an alternative without buying a webcam seemed bleak but that was probably just me not thinking in today's technological terms. The microphone though works everywhere without a problem and is actually better than the integrated one in my ROG Strix G series notebook. I could see the camera option on Discord (and other software) but it simply didn't 'initiate'.
The driver though didn't enable the camera for all applications and even exposing the camera as a DirectShow object didn't help. In the past I had a hard time finding something that would actually work and so I ended up with a CL Eye Driver. The best place to check what is available is PSMoveService at GitHub.
If you want to get the camera working there are several drivers you can get, some are actually free. Under Windows 7, it seems to work just fine and probably will work with older version of Win10 as well). The problem is that PS3 Eye is a Sony Playstation product and was not intended for use in Windows (Win10 in my case) and that is why programs like Skype do not recognize the camera (note, rather it stopped working with a certain Windows 10 update. It worked just fine for what I bought it for so I decided to give it a try for recording Magic as well. The camera records at 640x480 and 60 FPS and does quite a good job for just few bucks. I didn't want to spend too much money on a webcam and I was recommended using PS3 Eye camera which can under some conditions work under Windows. Since I am a rhythm game player and sometimes record videos of me playing I needed a 60 FPS camera. I have an integrated webcam in my notebook but it is not sufficient for paper Magic nor anything where the camera needs to track movement. I wanted to give it a try as well but I had to overcome certain technical difficulties. Paper Magic players can't go to their local game stores to play face to face and that is why some decided to try Magic over Skype or other service like Whereby or Hangouts.
Depending on the room light conditions and the camera used, these are settings combinations that should work: low Gain and Exposure low Brightness and Contrast or low Brightness, high Contrast, high saturation.During quarantine we are stuck home and it's up to us to figure out how to have some fun.
Alternatively, configure through the software that came with your camera, using the Windows Camera application, or other software like YawCam or CL-Eye for PS3Eye (shown below) The Camera Properties dialog may not work for all cameras. Modify the Camera Properties so that the leds are clearly differentiated from the surrounding.
Point the headset at the camera to see the leds You can press the Trinus Start button (on the main tab) if you want to test using the front leds, but you can already test with the leds on the back, which should light up when the headset is on (even if Trinus is not started) Press the test button and switch on the PSVR. Enable Positional Tracking and select your camera Please check the context help for each paramter to have a clear idea of how they work.