external webcam support - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello all
i was googling for support of external webcam on android , and i mean connecting a webcam to my phone with the micro usb port on the phone so i can use for example if my phone doesn't have front cam or it can allow more felx by moving the cam , can we install the driver of the webcam like we do on linux ?!
ive connected a webcam to my openwrt route before and i used it with mjpg_streamer , i dont think this is gonna be hard with android to achive ...
any clue anyone ??!

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bardem said:
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We have been discussing this at work lately and are very interested as well . We're thinking of creating a virtual android instance on a PC that has no webcam, using a device like the one you mentioned and seeing if we can trick it that way

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