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Thanks! We're looking at integrating Ola, Grab's not on our list yet but maybe in the near future :)

We'd all much rather just be an open standard for it, but the reality is the platforms will never give this control away without a fight - we're trying to take it, piece by piece :D

thanks for your input! at the moment, we have a couple of features that improve the face region quality, but we'll be adding more complex features in the future as well.

We'll be looking to build these types of features in the near future, as our engine evolves. It's challenging yes, but not impossible.

yes, the Head Bubble puts your head in a bubble, making your background black and tracking your head. it's a great way to hide your background and it really takes away any distractions from video calls.

thanks for the feedback, tomp. we didn't tailor the article for a specific audience, we tried to be as transparent as possible with our vision & mission. we'll think of ways of improving communication both for casual users and users like the HN audience.

awesome, hope it works well and it brings value to your video call experience :)

we want to make this app usable for most people in the free version too. we see styles as the core component of the overall UX and being able to select the right style for a given setting is quite useful. we think that many users will appreciate a wider choice. we’ll be adding additional features to the Plus version in the future while also continuously improving the tech.

guessbest replied perfectly regarding the background question.

about the gesture guard, we believe there are many scenarios in which it would be useful. We realize sneezing or coughing might not be the worst to witness during a video call, but other actions like picking your nose, biting your nails, etc might be perceived as inappropriate, so we're aiming not just to hide those moments, but to help users get rid of the bad habits on the long-run. and then there's the nudity detector, which I covered in one of the other comments.

yes you may :) however, Android is much more fragmented platform and it’s only really possible to run the advanced ML algorithms we’re using on the newest Android phones. so.. we’ll probably have some level of Android support in the future, but it’s not clear which of the features on which devices.

hey xutopia, thanks for the feedback. the only ad in the app is towards our other app, NeuralCam NightMode. we do have a 7-day trial option available, you can try out all the features with it and cancel at any time if they're don't bring you enough value.

thanks for the feedback, juliann. we'll be adding a "restart setup" button in Settings. in the meantime, you can download the plugin directly from here: https://neural.cam/live/NeuralCamLive-installer-1.0.0.pkg

thanks, jimmies! we do not have a dedicated microphone feature at the moment, and we did encounter a small amount of lag, but it varies based on device model. we hope it won't be an issue for our users. regarding the setup, we're aware of the driver dependencies, we're planning to build a complete Mac app instead of the plugin we have now, and to add Windows support soon as well. about Linux, it's not supported at this point but on the long-term, we want to have compatibility with all operating systems.

The Macbooks webcam is a lot lower in quality when compared to even older iPhones, so the image quality would be really low. Also, Macbooks do not have a Neural Engine at the moment, so running advanced machine learning algorithms in real-time is not really an option, when compared with the low quality webcam. The iPhones & iPads, though, have both a Neural Engine and a very high quality camera, and we're making full use of them with our solution.

Make sure the app is running on your iPhone and your iPhone is connected to your Mac with a USB cable before you select the virtual webcam in video call apps. Regarding Zoom support, the latest version Zoom version (5.2.0) should work with no issues. If you're still encountering any sort of issues, send us an email at support@neural.cam and we'll look into it asap.

We'll be updating the Support Center with full troubleshooting information until tomorrow. In the meantime, try opening up a video call in Chrome / Firefox (as Safari does not allow any kind of virtual webcams) and if your iPhone is connected with an USB cable to your Mac, and you installed the plugin, you shouldn't have any issues using the app as a virtual webcam.

The 'nudity' scenario is somewhere along the lines of you being in a video call, and your loved one walking naked in the background, or just forgetting to close the webcam while you change, etc.

We realize it's not a common scenario, but even if it would work once or twice per year, it would still be saving you from a very awkward situation, thus the value we see in this.