Photography · Open source
SpaceBeam
Kaleidoscope Camera Fun with Shaders for live visual performances!
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About SpaceBeam
SpaceBeam transforms your camera feed into a psychedelic, real-time geometry pattern generator. It transmits the image as a second screen
to be shared over miracast or hdmi.
Features:
* kaleidoscope effects
* Front/Back Camera as Input source
* RTSP as input-source
* Image/Video (playlists) as input-source
* Generative Shaders as input-source
* Feedback as input-source
* Different merge modes (add, subtract, multiply ...)
* Hand tracking: control parameters with finger pinch, hand tilt and hand distance
* Face tracking: control parameters with head tilt, distance and mouth width
* Accelerometer/Gyroscope as modulation for parameters, look around in the tunnel effects
* Bluetooth MIDI controller as modulation source
* BPM tap and beat synced LFOs
* 9 presets slots with smooth transitions between presets
* Auto-Play mode
* Undo/Redo buttons
Recommended Setup:
Run this app on a Samsung Android device (e.g. Samsung S20 FE). Samsung is the only system still supporting miracast. Look for the option "Smart View".
Connect to any smart TV/Projector that supports miracast. Or connect to a miracast-hdmi-dongle.
Optional: Use a second phone as remote camera. Take the second phone, install "IP Webcam" app.
On main phone, host a wifi hotspot, or bring both phones into the same external wifi.
Select the rtsp input in the app and enter the address "rtsp://192.168.30.40:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp" (the IP adress is shown on the remote cam phone when the server is running).
You should get a remote image from the second phone through quite some distance.
What's new in 5.0
-Hand tracking: steer parameters with finger pinch, hand tilt and hand distance -Face tracking: head tilt, distance and mouth width -Gyro button, look around inside the tunnels by tilting the phone -All factory presets react to hand, face and gyro -Performance mode (720p) and faster rendering -New feedback defaults, smaller app, updated help
How to install SpaceBeam
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open SpaceBeam from your app drawer.





