For each image, the face/body is cropped using TensorFlow.js Bodypix, and merged with the specified background. What the code is doing essentially is grabbing image frames with Python and OpenCV.
These instructions were originally posted by and IMO is a super fun and neat project, especially if you are into computer vision. The solution below helps achieve the similar effect, and since it creates a virtual webcam, you can most likely use this solution for any apps that use a webcam, for example, Microsoft Teams.
Edit: Zoom 5.8.0 supports virtual background without greenscreen!Īs of writing this, Zoom does not support person/face-detection based virtual background in their Linux-version software.
