

It’s the virtual camera that can enable an otherwise incompatible machine to work with the virtual background effect inside Zoom without a green screen. A virtual camera takes the form of an augmented camera display and acts as your computer’s webcam. Or you can integrate a tool that is called a virtual camera to enable virtual filters which can add more flair to your calls. You can go out and purchase a green screen, we recommend these options: click here for a green screen from WebAround or click here for a green screen from Amazon. It’s 2021, and everyone’s permitted to have some fun online.If you are unable to remove the checkmark from the “I have a green screen box” and it looks like the background itself is blending in to you, that happens because your machine is not compatible with the virtual background without a green screen effect and instead Zoom is trying to force the effect. While we might not combine a handlebar mustache, halo, and yellow lip gloss, feel free to try using Zoom’s Video Filters and Studio Effects to experiment.

Previously, the only way to add some of these virtual overlays was by downloading the Snap Camera plug-in, and combining Snap Camera with Zoom for fun, weird combinations like an animatronic potato. Zoom can “see” your lips, and color them appropriately. Finally, you can even touch up your virtual lip gloss. You can add thicker eyebrows of varying shapes and sizes, as well as a mustache and beard. Clicking this opens a sidebar that provides various ways to touch up your face.

(No “cat lawyer” masks, though, yet.) Play around and find one that works for you.Īt the very bottom of the screen is yet another link, to Studio Effects (Beta). Here you’ll see a number of self-explanatory overlays, including “Theater” and “Analog television,” among others. You can try on any number of virtual accessories for size, such as hats, halos, animal ears, masks, and even 3D goggles. Instead of selecting Virtual Backgrounds, though, select the Video Filters option to the right. Going for a “Weekend at Bernie’s” vibe here.
