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vanderZwan · 2018-03-23 00:15:55+00:00

The camera has to be behind the screen and pointing through it

keyme | karma 1112 | avg karma 4.81 · | 2023-01-27 02:48:16

So point the camera at a screen?

BenjiWiebe | karma 2161 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2020-04-18 15:47:37+00:00

That's when you point your camera at a screen.

ricardobeat | karma 18682 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2020-08-23 13:50:50

Some have the camera behind the screen, but still at the top, far away from the center.

quickthrower2 | karma 24182 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2020-06-04 06:37:14

Point the camera at inanimate object, or back at the screen!

breakingcups | karma 4652 | avg karma 4.12 · | 2017-12-12 08:26:39

I can point the camera at a high-resolution screen or printed out photo though.

Confusion | karma 7759 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2009-04-08 01:59:20

By installing a very small camera aimed at the numberpad.

iagooar | karma 2774 | avg karma 4.35 · | 2015-03-17 17:00:35+00:00

Well, if the device is tablet-like it probably will be near the camera / screen.

colanderman | karma 15615 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2021-01-30 18:51:57+00:00

If I can figure out how to aim a camera at my keyboard I'll try to do so later today.

johnflan | karma 161 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2022-01-22 18:42:59

Very cool, how do you get the camera to point to the right place?

nsx147 | karma 234 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2019-02-24 17:32:25+00:00

If the camera is on it has to be shown on the screen right?

pests | karma 3959 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2022-11-20 20:22:06

In the apps that allow it I just move myself under the camera on my laptop so it looks like I'm just looking into the camera. Or I hope that's what people think!

isostatic | karma 5044 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2019-05-12 08:33:42+00:00

Get an autocue and set up your screen below and reflected, and camera as an external input.

oliv__ | karma 1857 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2017-04-18 20:39:33+00:00

Yeah, this is so awkward. I don't get why no one has blended a camera into the middle of the screen already.

mytailorisrich | karma 6395 | avg karma 1.01 · | 2020-08-14 07:04:16+00:00

Last year showed a smartphone that was exactly like that: The camera was embedded behind the screen. [1]

[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/xiaomi-shows-off-camera-built-into...

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jskakalal | karma 1 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2023-09-07 09:18:15

Open camera and point here. Done.

cj | karma 10933 | avg karma 5.3 · | 2013-03-30 22:11:25

Ah, ok. I missed the part about the camera not being hidden.

msellout | karma 935 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2015-10-06 09:41:40

Why bother pointing the phone, just use the camera built into your eyeglasses.

tomcam | karma 20387 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2020-08-14 00:15:10+00:00

Or you can just look at the camera instead of the screen

jrockway | karma 72069 | avg karma 3.74 · | 2013-12-25 09:33:36+00:00

Even simpler. Point a camera at your screen and snap a photo.