Hi there I am a new Unity user and I am big fan of webcam games. I am curious that if Unity supports some api or script which can “read” or calibrate camera’s data and then convert the data as a user input to make some gesture based webcam games. I know Flash can do that, but not sure about Unity.
If anyone knows about it, please share your experience and idea, really appreciate about that!
Yes - but only in the Pro version.
Thx absolutebreeze, It’s good to hear that. could you plz paste some demo or link from website which explain how does it work?
This thread has a plugin a few posts down… http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=5436&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=webcam
thx for the thread, but the webcam game I am trying to make is totally based on the physical gesture, like the game made by Camgoo http://www.amazon.co.uk/Camgoo-Webcam-Game-PC-CD/dp/3828777368.
(check the game play pic)
or did I missed something on that thread?
That’s fine - but you can only render to texture for video with the pro version of Unity - either using libraries that have been built (as in the example) or by coding your own via c++.
I haven’t done it - as I am not a pro user, but I was just pointing you in a direction that you might find useful.
thanks for your help anyway.
Unity can do it as well, we have developed a tool in the Asset Store that grabs the webcam from flash (can be hidden) and gets it back to unity then you gets it as a texture and it works perfectly with Unity 3 and even with the new sandbox and does not require pro
Here is a demo of it and you can find it here at the asset store
Awesome! Now to find a game idea I can get the ex to play lots and have it snap pics of her in that smexy low cut tank top! 