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OTG Webcam USB-C Support for FPV RC Remote Control Car or Drone - Oculus Quest
Hello Everyone,
I did extensive search but the information is super noisey so I straight up ask: Is it possible to connect a webcam to the oculus quest via an OTG cable like with any other android phone?
Webcam OTG Support to access inside Unity?
I would like to know if the oculus quest inherited webcam otg behavior from android? Has anybody tried to get this (into unity)?
FPV 5GHz Receiver (Emulates a Android Webcam)
Anybody who has seen drone videos may know that FPV (first person view) is a thing. The video of a camera is transmitted via a 5GHz transmitter and can be received with a FPV receiver. What many don't know: There are FPV receivers out there that present themselves as a webcam to android and iOS. It is rather straightforward to access this camera feed. I'd like to stick this on to the oculus quest. (Gif is not me; its from this youtube video id yES-lKj66aE — can not post links yet)
What I plan to do
I want to control a small RC Card with the Oculus Quest while seeing the Video Feed if the Video Receiver (Webcam) inside a 3d environment with Unity. I hacked some stuff phone based; which worked great. Controlling the RC car via a web connected audorino and seeing the video could be a fun exercise from within the quest. The oculus quest is cheaper than normal FPV headsets while having magnitures better quality. Anyway, here a video I did some time ago
I do not plan to project the video directly onto the eye, but rather have it floating in space since the resolution of FPV isn't great. But this is super small tech.
If you are interested in things like this as well, give me an add on linkedin/in/dinoscheidt — something todo in our COVID lock down ??♂️
I did extensive search but the information is super noisey so I straight up ask: Is it possible to connect a webcam to the oculus quest via an OTG cable like with any other android phone?
Webcam OTG Support to access inside Unity?
I would like to know if the oculus quest inherited webcam otg behavior from android? Has anybody tried to get this (into unity)?
FPV 5GHz Receiver (Emulates a Android Webcam)
Anybody who has seen drone videos may know that FPV (first person view) is a thing. The video of a camera is transmitted via a 5GHz transmitter and can be received with a FPV receiver. What many don't know: There are FPV receivers out there that present themselves as a webcam to android and iOS. It is rather straightforward to access this camera feed. I'd like to stick this on to the oculus quest. (Gif is not me; its from this youtube video id yES-lKj66aE — can not post links yet)
What I plan to do
I want to control a small RC Card with the Oculus Quest while seeing the Video Feed if the Video Receiver (Webcam) inside a 3d environment with Unity. I hacked some stuff phone based; which worked great. Controlling the RC car via a web connected audorino and seeing the video could be a fun exercise from within the quest. The oculus quest is cheaper than normal FPV headsets while having magnitures better quality. Anyway, here a video I did some time ago
I do not plan to project the video directly onto the eye, but rather have it floating in space since the resolution of FPV isn't great. But this is super small tech.
If you are interested in things like this as well, give me an add on linkedin/in/dinoscheidt — something todo in our COVID lock down ??♂️
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- Hi, Im looking into the exact same thing now with our COVID lockdown restrictions, have some extra time on hands.
Have you managed to find anything on how to connect a webcam with USB OTG?
I have managed to build a unity app where I control a small Tello drone with hand tracking, but the problem is im only seeing the drone feed, and need to be able to see a camera looking at the drone as well. Managed to get a web stream IP camera going, problem is I need wifi to see this feed on the quest, and the tello drone also requires it to be connected to its wifi. Thus a no-go. The only other option I can think of is thus having a usb webcam feed show through USB?
