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mirror-camera

Current version: 1.0.0 See version history.

This plugin shows a live feed of the participant's camera. It can be useful in experiments that need to record video in order to give the participant a chance to see what is in the view of the camera.

You must initialize the camera using the initialize-camera plugin prior to running this plugin.

Warning

When recording from a camera your experiment will need to be running over https:// protocol. If you try to run the experiment locally using the file:// protocol or over http:// protocol you will not be able to access the camera because of potential security problems.

Parameters

In addition to the parameters available in all plugins, this plugin accepts the following parameters. Parameters with a default value of undefined must be specified. Other parameters can be left unspecified if the default value is acceptable.

Parameter Type Default Value Description
prompt html string null HTML-formatted content to display below the camera feed.
width int null The width of the video playback element. If left null then it will match the size of the recording.
height int null The height of the video playback element. If left null then it will match the size of the recording.
button_label string "Continue" The label of the button to advance to the next trial.
mirror_camera bool true Whether to mirror the video image.

Data Generated

In addition to the default data collected by all plugins, this plugin collects the following data for each trial.

Name Type Value
rt int The length of time the participant viewed the video playback.

Simulation Mode

This plugin does not yet support simulation mode.

Install

Using the CDN-hosted JavaScript file:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@jspsych/plugin-mirror-camera@1.0.2"></script>

Using the JavaScript file downloaded from a GitHub release dist archive:

<script src="jspsych/plugin-mirror-camera.js"></script>

Using NPM:

npm install @jspsych/plugin-mirror-camera
import mirrorCamera from '@jspsych/plugin-mirror-camera';

Examples

Show the camera feed
const init_camera = {
    type: jsPsychInitializeCamera,
}

const mirror_camera = {
    type: jsPsychMirrorCamera,
}

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