obs-v4l2sink VS virtual_webcam_background

There a temporal workaround but it's quite old and honestly I don't know if it still works on modern systems. It's basically to use this plugin https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink If you manage to install it it should give you the ability to choose what of your loopback devices should be the virtual cam. Good Luck!

well the easiest way I can think of is just using the OBS virtual camera thing (Unsure if they released it officially on Linux, but there is a plugin for that [1]).

Use chroma key to remove the background and add a video there, possibly on a loop.

[1]. https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink

Trying to install this: https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink

In case the built-in filters are not sufficient or unavailable, the workaround would be to install OBS. In OBS, set up your webcam as a source, and set up a view that has all the effects that you want. Then set up a virtual webcam: if you're using Windows, using OBS Virtualcam; if you're on a Mac, using the "Start Virtual Camera" button built into OBS; and if you're on Linux, using the v4l2loopback kernel module and the obs-v4l2sink plugin. You can then configure Zoom to use this virtual webcam, which has all the extra effects that you configured.

It also links a plugin thing for linux https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink and mentions that something might be in development for macOS

PS: Seems the feature is now part of OBS 26.1! I have not seen it in my version. I'll look further. Thank you for your reponse!

Try using OBS studio along with something like v4l2sink.

I've been using https://github.com/allo-/virtual_webcam_background

There are many others similar to the above. They all basically work by using the v4l2loopback driver to create a loopback video device. Then you have the program consume video from the real webcam video device, apply a deep learning model that subtracts the background and replaces it with an image or video of your choice, and outputs the vide to the loopback device. Then you configure your video conferencing software (zoom, teams, webex, whatever) to use the loopback device instead of the real one.