Most of the important ones, like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams are but some require you to use the browser versions of these apps and only on Chrome. Metal Gear For Macĭoing that will let video conferencing apps see the camera as a USB webcam but it may or may not work for all video chat software. The software promises to be as easy as installing the program and plugging in a supported camera model. This new LUMIX Webcam software is Panasonic’s more formula jump into this new world of camera-as-a-webcam train that the likes of Canon, Olympus, and Fujifilm are already onboard. It was still just a tool to control your LUMIX camera from your computer. The update simply hid the distracting UI but it was pretty much just that. Last July, Panasonic announced an update to its LUMIX Tether software for Windows PCs that already let you see what your camera sees from your computer. This free Mac app was originally designed by Samsung.ĭon’t worry if you get confused. This Mac download was checked by our built-in antivirus and was rated as clean. The current installation package available for download occupies 234.2 MB on disk.
Gear 360 for Mac is included in Audio & Video Tools. Gear 360 ActionDirector is free for all Gear 360 owners and can be downloaded on your computer.
If you happen to have a Panasonic LUMIX camera lying around, now might be the time to prop it up again and plug it into your computer with the new LUMIX Webcam software that’s now available in beta form. You’ll need a webcam for that, of course, and the best webcam might not be a webcam at all.
The latest trend, given how people aren’t going out as much these days, is meeting up over the Internet for pleasure as well as business. Camera makers feared how smartphone cannibalized their lower-end products but that only pushed them to adapt and hop on trends quickly.