Using Droid as USB webcam

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  1. vwpanda [OP]
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    01-09-2010 03:51 PM
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    Using Droid as USB webcam

    I searched and have seen this asked before but its been a while and didn't see any direct resolution yet. Does an app exist that allows you to use the Droid as a USB(or even wifi or bluetooth) webcam? If not, is that app possible to make even? This is just for things like AIM chat, not looking for anything too fancy, I'm just too cheap to go to BestBuy and spend $30 on one when my cellphone is magic and from the future.
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    01-09-2010 05:25 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by vwpanda View Post
    I searched and have seen this asked before but its been a while and didn't see any direct resolution yet. Does an app exist that allows you to use the Droid as a USB(or even wifi or bluetooth) webcam? If not, is that app possible to make even? This is just for things like AIM chat, not looking for anything too fancy, I'm just too cheap to go to BestBuy and spend $30 on one when my cellphone is magic and from the future.
    dude, I was having this same thought this morning...I haven't seen this topic on here before...I'll search again just in case...glad someone else was thinking the same thing
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    01-09-2010 06:28 PM
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    It hasn't been done on g1 yet or any android device so I doubt its possible
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    01-09-2010 06:59 PM
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    If you are willing to use ustream then you can broadcast using your phone camera but I haven't heard anything outside of that. I have tried it and it does work well.
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    01-09-2010 07:25 PM
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    qik allows you to broadcast live
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    01-09-2010 07:36 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdritzer View Post
    qik allows you to broadcast live
    Qik is awesome. Give it a try.
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    01-10-2010 02:02 AM
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    those are both really good and atleast give me some sort of webcam capabilities which is great
    still not exactly what im lookin for. since they are their own sites, i cant exactly use them elsewhere, like stickam
    i suppose this will at the very least hold me off until i decide to spring for a real webcam
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    01-10-2010 10:01 AM
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    It's bound to be feasible...all the components are there. I'm not a programmer, but I'd imagine all that needs to happen is have the CPU be able to read the Droid's camera as a webcam independent from the phone. We shall see...
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    01-10-2010 12:06 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdritzer View Post
    qik allows you to broadcast live

    Bambuser works too. In fact I like it better than Qik.
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    01-10-2010 03:03 PM
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    Qik is awesome, especially since they updated it for Droid users and took advantage of the high res video quality. Before that, it still seemed nice but the video looked like crap.

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