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I have a Surface Pro 6 with a Windows Hello integrated infrared camera. Months ago, while using app.houseparty.com, a video calling service that has since been shut down, I discovered that it let you change the camera source to the IR camera, called "Microsoft IR Camera Front," and it would turn on the flashing IR light (hurt my eyes a bit) and show the funny camera feed like this (not my face, from here). But now the website is gone, and I can't find any other software that can see the camera. "Microsoft IR Camera Front" appears in Device Manager as a System Device, along with the main front and back camera.

I was wondering if there was any way to get the camera image directly or if there were any software that would see the camera. This use isn't urgent or extensive, I just think it would be funny.

Tbw
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Could OBS Studio or OBS Studio with some plugin achieve that?

EDIT: Added more detailed answer

OBS can be downloaded from their website: https://obsproject.com/download

Instructions:

Click the + symbol under the 'Sources' section. You should see the 'video capture device' option, click on that.

Select the webcam from the 'devices' drop down and specify the desired resolution. For more advanced settings, uncheck the 'use preset' box.

Source from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/obs/comments/d3ejhm/ir_night_vision_camera_options/

Powerful Cat
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I used to play with it on webcamtests, yes it could be selected in some video conferencing apps and probably in OBS.

Anyway, the playtime is over, MS team has probably hidden it behind the scenes so that people do not scare the others on some vital meeting

However it can still be accessed in C# and C++, please see the reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/ryip6o/how_do_i_access_the_microsoft_ir_camera/

Some more info on Media Foundation and Universal Windows Platform.

DiMithras
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I’ve made a way to do this, you can find it on Github.

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