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A VR-based digital telescope camera application for people with low vision
Open Telescope VR is a specialized VR-based accessibility camera application for people with low vision. The app lets one use their smartphone as a digital telescope, by mounting it into a standard VR viewer and connecting an external keyboard, remote or gamepad. This allows people with low-vision to attend lectures, conferences and meetings.
Key Features:- 1. Immersive VR Mode: The camera feed is shown in a stereoscopic side-by-side view. The application defaults to a "Hide Everything" UI state, with no on-screen buttons and menus, to provide a clean, viewfinder for VR headsets. 2. Telephoto Support: Supports switching to the telephoto lens (if present) on most newer Android devices. 3. Digital Zoom Boost: Increase maximum zoom-levels for each camera-lens. 4. External Hardware Control: Fully mapped to work with wired or wireless keyboards and gamepads, allowing you to control the zoom-levels and color-filters while it is strapped to your head. 5. Experimental: Unlocking Telephoto Access: Supports manually adding camera Lens ID to bypass OEM restrictions hiding these lenses (like telephoto and periscope cameras) from third-party apps.
Open TeleScope VR is based on Open Camera (v1.56.2) code base and is under GPLv3 license.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Open TeleScope VR?
A VR-based digital telescope camera application for people with low vision
Who develops Open TeleScope VR?
Open TeleScope VR is developed by Digvijay Lalwani Prakash.
Which Android version does Open TeleScope VR require?
Open TeleScope VR requires Android API 23 or later.
What is the current version of Open TeleScope VR?
The synchronized F-Droid version is 0.4.6.oc.1.56.2.
Which license does Open TeleScope VR use?
The signed F-Droid metadata lists GPL-3.0-only.
Where is the source code for Open TeleScope VR?
https://github.com/digvijaylp/OpenTeleScopeVR
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