How to use an android phone as a webcam

Prerequisites

• An android phone with a decent camera
• Windows PC
• A USB cable to connect that phone to your PC
• A way of positioning your phone such that it can capture your face. I used a clamp to attach my phone to my monitor

Setup steps

• (Optional step, recommended if you plan to use your phone only for this and nothing else) Perform a factory reset of your phone, put phone into silent mode
• Install the Reincubate Camo app on your PC
• Install the Android app on your android phone
• Follow the instructions in the apps to get the phone configured to transmit video
• Confirm you can open your video calling app and use Camo as a video source
• Install Scrcpy by downloading the windows executable and extracting it somewhere
• Run Scrcpy. You should be able to control your phone's screen with the mouse. Middle click to press the home button, Alt+P to lock the screen, right click to wake.

Daily process to use the webcam

• Launch the windows Camo app
• Launch Scrcpy and use it to open the phone Camo app
• Make your video call
• When finished, in Scrcpy press Alt-P to lock the screen