Spirit Cam

Spirit Cam

Nine imaging modes run as a single-pass WebGL fragment shader over your camera feed: heat map, night vision, edge detection, static, low-light gain and more. Each is real image processing on the live frames, with a HUD, CRT treatment, and capture to photo or video.

Video never leaves your device - the shader runs on your GPU and captures are written locally. The modes change how the image is rendered, which means anything unusual you see is a product of the processing you selected, the lens, or the room.

How to use Spirit Cam

1. Press Initialize and allow camera access. The feed is processed on your device’s graphics chip and never leaves it.
2. Pick an imaging mode: NORM, N/V night vision, HEAT heat map, IR infrared, NEG negative, EDGE edge detection, STAT static cam, LOW low light or CRT monitor.
3. Open ADJ to tune gain, contrast, exposure, CRT intensity, scanlines, noise and distortion.
4. Use FLIP to switch between front and rear cameras and the zoom key to cycle digital zoom.
5. Press PHOTO to capture a still or REC to record video. Turn on MIC if you want sound in the recording. FULL switches to fullscreen.

Tips

• LOW and N/V amplify a dark image and its sensor noise together, so grain, flicker and dust in the air become much more visible. That is the processing, not the room.
• Hold the phone steady or prop it up. Edge detection exaggerates every small movement into outlines.

Questions

Is the heat mode a real thermal camera?

No. Phone cameras see visible light, not heat. The HEAT mode maps brightness to a thermal-style colour palette, and the display says SIMULATED — NOT THERMAL. A real thermal camera needs a dedicated infrared sensor.

Is the X-ray mode real?

No. EDGE is edge detection: it highlights sharp changes in brightness, which gives an X-ray-like look. It cannot see through anything.

Does night vision work in total darkness?

No. Night vision and low light boost whatever light the camera does receive. In complete darkness there is nothing to amplify, only sensor noise. Real night-vision cameras add infrared illumination, which phones do not provide.

Are photos and videos uploaded?

No. Captures are created in your browser and downloaded directly to your device.

Why do I see shapes in the image?

Processed, noisy images invite the eye to find faces and figures — visual pareidolia. Gain, noise and edge effects all increase it. Compare with NORM mode at the same moment before reading anything into a shape.

This is an instrument and a sound tool, provided for entertainment and experiment. It describes what it measures and does not identify the cause of anything it shows.

Related tools

• EMF Meter — Reads the device magnetometer on a five-band scale, in milligauss or microtesla.
• Anomaly Scanner — A counter that clicks with magnetic intensity, on a 1990s instrument panel.
• EVP Recorder — Records takes, scans them for voice-like segments, and marks what it measured.
• Spirit Box — A scanning receiver with a procedural formant voice and a live static bed.

Guides

• Can Your Phone Be an EMF Meter? What a Magnetometer Measures

Also available as an Android app: Spirit Cam — Find Paranormal

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