Your next webcam could be a Game Boy Camera

Overlook your cellphone cameras and laptop computer built-ins; your subsequent webcam could possibly be your outdated Recreation Boy Digicam. The workforce (type of) bringing this peripheral into the trendy age is Epilogue. The corporate makes the GB Operator, which lets folks play authentic Recreation Boy, Recreation Boy Advance and Recreation Boy Shade cartridges on a present PC or a Steam Deck.

As we speak, Epilogue introduced that it’s engaged on an replace that may make the Recreation Boy Digicam right into a webcam, however one which’s a fuzzy, lo-fi, 16 kilopixel expertise. The magic occurs via the Playback emulator app that powers the GB Operator.

“We now have a reside feed from the Recreation Boy Digicam, however nonetheless must fine-tune some issues and permit for configuration choices,” the corporate mentioned. “We needed to share this replace as a result of it was thrilling to see it lastly work, and [we] cannot wait to see everybody having enjoyable with it. It is the worst and one of the best webcam you will ever have.”

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