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That feels like a total advert; so in that vein I had better results with Mobiola than EpocCam, and Mobiola have software which allows use of a phone as a wireless headset and microphone, which is also neat. (Haven't used it in a long time, might not be current).

I am quite surprised that plugging different bits of software and hardware together is still such an "odd" thing to do. It makes so much sense to have a smartphone, use the camera for two minutes, and then say "wish I could look through this from my desktop" or "wish I could play sound out of my phone headphones" or "wish I could use the touch screen as a mousepad on my desktop" or "wish I could use my laptop/table as a second screen" or etc.

So much hardware, sensors, input and output devices all isolated into their own islands, it's a shame. Over the years I've picked up bits of 3rd-party software to do things like proxy a serial connection or audio connection over ethernet, or use a keyboard and mouse on multiple computers, or use another computer as a second screen, and have occasionally wondered about a connection-graph website for "I have X and Y, what cables, dongles, adapters and software can connect them together?".



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