I think it would be really cool to be able to video call your friends across different worlds and have it mute your mic so other people in the world you're in dont hear you talking to them but can see a phone model in your hand.
Not sure practical; but this is a great idea for the user experience I'd be happy to see
Why do this when you can just visit them and talk virtually face-to-face. Also, I'm pretty sure the voice chat and avatar sync systems are nowhere near set up to communicate between worlds...
Sorry just not a fan of this idea at all.
I think i just seen an asset on the store to have ingame video phones
just call them on discord
@migero: lol what a mood
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Realize this is extra internet bandwidth and can cause lag for some players. Even i see special addons for avatar with live screen, but it can lag others.
The common alternative is use overlay (like OVRDrop) so you can see it yourself. But showing for others is problem, but you can ask other friends for overlay and look at skype or browser for video stream. This is possible with overlay tool. You need let your friends know for that.
This will not lag others because it's local done.
I'd rather go with a cylindrical panel showing you the hologram of another person, like in Star Wars. But then again, as Supra said, letting users create custom items with scripts may be a good idea as well, and I'd love to see the best ones being shared across different accounts in VRChat without having to go through Unity in order to obtain them.
WOAA
What if they replaced the menu with a phone, or tablet type thing then combined the camera features/other menu functions into it? :D
I think this is an excellent idea, but could also be taken one step further. I think it would be great to be able to have a video call in VRChat with someone in the real world on the other end of the call, whether it be through Discord, Skype, Facebook, or some other means. While you can currently do screen sharing in a call, the current problem is not being able to see the other end of the call in VRChat. I think this would be a great addition though!
@Elijah G: it could likely be done if you look through Discord’s API documentation, Im not sure about video specifically but the discord app is basically just a webpage viewer and as such you cna inspect the page elements, including the live screen.
This would be absolutly hilarious. Id be in one world and someone calls me up - "You gotta see what crazyjake is doing! Look!" Then points the camera at shenanigans. I am so for this. XD might also be useful for when you want to see a friend but they are in a full/laggy world. Or for people who see internet celebrities and want to show friends in another world.
This is planned for SteamVR's interface, their video calling feature is on a roadmap with this listed. The new chat ui's roadmap contains this.