Night Vision Camera releases on Nintendo Switch utilizing IR Camera on Joycons

Bl4aze · Feb 24, 2021

Night Vision Camera for Nintendo Switch allows you to use the Right/Red joycon's IR Sensor to actually see things in the dark.
The night vision allows you to see for about .5 meters away from you. its fully black and white/ Green and black so its not very clear.
Night Vision is out now on the eshop for $10 and allows you to capture photos in black and white with your Joycons.
This is surprisingly not homebrew.

Azael_inf · Feb 25, 2021

Huh, that's pretty neato

Spandaman · Feb 25, 2021

Wonder how much data it's logging

Bl4aze · Feb 25, 2021

Spandaman said:
Wonder how much data it's logging

Yeah I had the same thought..

xXxSwagnemitexXx · Feb 25, 2021

i could count the pixels, the quality is so awful.

1B51004 · Feb 25, 2021

Spandaman said:
Wonder how much data it's logging

Not sure if you can really use much of it, since it's so
c h u n k y

KiiWii · Feb 25, 2021

This would be like ghost hunting with the GB camera :rofl2:

Deleted member 514389 · Feb 27, 2021

Needs a thermal addon..

Yknow... like JoyconTools' implementation.

Edgarska · Feb 27, 2021

So Nintendo is still using the same 128x96 IR camera they used on the Wii remote. I guess if it's enough to track position accurately there's no point in buying something more expensive, though I wonder if it's actually the same part number, I haven't really seen anything about it.

zoogie · Feb 27, 2021

Alternate thread title: Homebrew breaks containment and lands on the Eshop, demands $10 ransom to return.

https://github.com/switchbrew/switch-examples/blob/master/hid/irsensor/

AncientBoi · Feb 27, 2021

I had a line for this, but I forgot it.

Veho · Feb 27, 2021

I wonder if it can see through clothing like that IR filter on that mobile phone recently

Oh well, one way to find out...

Spandaman · Feb 28, 2021

Veho said:
I wonder if it can see through clothing like that IR filter on that mobile phone recently

Oh well, one way to find out...

Reminds me of the late 90's Sony recall lol

In 1998, the tech giant had its biggest product recall in history when it had to recall 700,000 video cameras after customers discovered the product inadvertently boasted ‘X-ray’ capabilities.

The video cameras were equipped with night vision, infra-red technology that allowed users to take pictures in dark.

However when the infra-red lens was used in daylight it was able to see through certain clothes, revealing tattoos, underwear and body parts underneath.

catlover007 · Feb 28, 2021

Edgarska said:
So Nintendo is still using the same 128x96 IR camera they used on the Wii remote. I guess if it's enough to track position accurately there's no point in buying something more expensive, though I wonder if it's actually the same part number, I haven't really seen anything about it.

it's probably not the same camera as it even supports up to 320x240 (https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/blob/master/nx/include/switch/services/irs.h#L54).

Edgarska · Feb 28, 2021

catlover007 said:
it's probably not the same camera as it even supports up to 320x240 (https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/blob/master/nx/include/switch/services/irs.h#L54).

Is that native resolution? Because the one on the Wii did software interpolation to output 1024x768.

catlover007 · Feb 28, 2021

Edgarska said:
Is that native resolution? Because the one on the Wii did software interpolation to output 1024x768.

yes, the picture is noticably better at the higher resolutions.

Deleted member 323844 · Feb 28, 2021

You can toy around with the camera on using Joy-Con Toolkit.

Tho it is pretty SLOW refreshing the image and it tends to disconnect often.

stanleyopar2000 · Feb 28, 2021

Wonder how long Nintendo will let this last on the eShop before pulling it due to "unintended use"

chrisrlink · Feb 28, 2021

stanleyopar2000 said:
Wonder how long Nintendo will let this last on the eShop before pulling it due to "unintended use"

probably if they realize it's unofficial code/homebrew (if it is that is)

Bl4aze · Feb 28, 2021

zoogie said:
Alternate thread title: Homebrew breaks containment and lands on the Eshop, demands $10 ransom to return.

https://github.com/switchbrew/switch-examples/blob/master/hid/irsensor/

lmao

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