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Open TeleScope VR

A VR-based digital telescope camera application for people with low vision
Open Telescope VR is a specialized VR-based accessibility camera application for people with low vision. The app lets one use their smartphone as a digital telescope, by mounting it into a standard VR viewer and connecting an external keyboard, remote or gamepad. This allows people with low-vision to attend lectures, conferences and meetings.

Key Features:-
1. Immersive VR Mode: The camera feed is shown in a stereoscopic side-by-side view. The application defaults to a "Hide Everything" UI state, with no on-screen buttons and menus, to provide a clean, viewfinder for VR headsets.
2. Telephoto Support: Supports switching to the telephoto lens (if present) on most newer Android devices.
3. Digital Zoom Boost: Increase maximum zoom-levels for each camera-lens.
4. External Hardware Control: Fully mapped to work with wired or wireless keyboards and gamepads, allowing you to control the zoom-levels and color-filters while it is strapped to your head.
5. Experimental: Unlocking Telephoto Access: Supports manually adding camera Lens ID to bypass OEM restrictions hiding these lenses (like telephoto and periscope cameras) from third-party apps.

Open TeleScope VR is based on Open Camera (v1.56.2) code base and is under GPLv3 license.
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  • Version 0.4.6.oc.1.56.2 (6) suggested Added on Sep 23, 2026

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • connect to paired Bluetooth devices
      Allows the app to connect to paired Bluetooth devices
    • discover and pair nearby Bluetooth devices
      Allows the app to discover and pair nearby Bluetooth devices
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • io.github.digvijaylp.OpenTeleScopeVR.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 3.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.4.oc.1.56.2 (4) - Added on Sep 15, 2026

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • connect to paired Bluetooth devices
      Allows the app to connect to paired Bluetooth devices
    • discover and pair nearby Bluetooth devices
      Allows the app to discover and pair nearby Bluetooth devices
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • io.github.digvijaylp.OpenTeleScopeVR.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 3.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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