Dr. Bill | The Computer Curmudgeon

You can buy the full price version for $9.99 to “unlock” and remove the watermark in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Or, use it free if you don’t mind advertising for them a bit. Simply go to your phone’s Appstore, locate iVCam and install it. That part is totally free. THEN, download and install the Windows software side, and be sure that your phone, and your PC are on the same wireless network. iVCam appears as a “regular” webcam in your streaming app, or other application (like OBS for streaming, or Skype for phone use, or maybe Zoom, or Jitsi for conferencing.)

“Why buy a webcam since you already have a Mobile Phone or iPad?

iVCam turns your Phone/iPad into an HD webcam for Windows PC, which has a much better quality than most webcams and is compatible with all webcam-enabled applications. Replace your USB webcam, or integrated webcam, now with your Phone/iPad! It’s also a perfect baby monitor, spy-cam, security camera and pet-cam.

iVCam Software

FEATURES

• High-quality, real-time video with low latency and fast speed
• Automatic connection via Wi-Fi or USB and easy to use
• Multi-instance support, connecting multiple phones on one PC
• Supports common video sizes such as 360p, 480p, 540p, 720p, 1080p and 4K
• Configurable for video frame rate, video quality and audio quality
• Landscape and Portrait mode supported
• Supports front, rear camera and real-time switching
• Supports face beautify, flash, manual focus and video flip/mirror
• Audio supported, use your phone as a wireless microphone for PC
• Completely replaces USB webcam or integrated webcam, compatible with most applications using webcam
• Preview video, take pictures and record video files with our Windows client software
• Supports most software which use webcam, including Apps in Microsoft Store such as Windows Camera App

USAGE

• Use iVCam in Skype
• Use iVCam for video conferencing in Zoom
• Multi-language support for iVCam
• iVCam Features Description
• Connect via USB
• Multiple instances of iVCam
• Broadcasting with iVCam
• Use iVCam in OBS Studio
• Use Mobile Phone as a PC Microphone”

Zoom Conferencing has taken a lot of hits for security issues of late. And, rightly so! There is a great Open Source alternative called Jitsi, that you should look into!

Jitsi Open Source Conferencing

Multi-platform Open-Source Video conferencing

At Jitsi, we believe every video chat should look and sound amazing, between two people or 200. Whether you want to build your own massively multi-user video conference client, or use ours, all our tools are 100% free, open source, and WebRTC compatible.

Go ahead, video chat with the whole team. In fact, invite everyone you know. Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can use all day, every day, for free — with no account needed.

What else can you do with Jitsi Meet?

• Share your desktop, presentations, and more
• Invite users to a conference via a simple, custom URL
• Edit documents together using Etherpad
• Pick fun meeting URLs for every meeting
• Trade messages and emojis while you video conference, with integrated chat.