Taking pictures with device webcam

Hi guys,

I am a PhD student and I am just starting to learn how to develop with Unity and HoloLens 2. I am trying to develop an app that can take pictures with the device's webcam and save them to a file. So far I can visualize my camera stream using very simple code but I am stuck. I have been looking for more documentation on this but there is so much outdated code out there that I thought it would be better to ask in a forum. Maybe this question has already been answered but I would like to verify first.

My code for initializing the camera is:

WebCamTexture webcam;
Renderer rendererX;

void Start()
{
//Initialize the webcam and apply the stream as a texture to the current object through its renderer
webcam = new WebCamTexture();
rendererX = GetComponent<Renderer>();
rendererX.material.mainTexture = webcam;
webcam.Play();
}

Thank you in advance for your answers.

 

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Hello!

I've read your post a couple of times, but it's not clear to me what your question is.

(I doubt that I can help personally, as I have no experience in this area, but I think you might have a better chance of finding those who can help if you clarify.)