terminal-webcam

a webcam that can be run on a bare terminal, please maximize your terminals!

setup

Tested on Ubuntu 13.04

sudo apt-get install python-opencv libncurses5-dev libncurses5 ncurses-term

usage

python capture.py
python capture.py WIDTH_IN_CHARS

# For colored version which may be slower, needs optimizing
export TERM=xterm-256color && python color.py WIDTH_IN_CHARS

demo

http://showterm.io/1e036bb3ba91b8cf40335