jommy More complicated than this. In addition to being old generation VR Cams as you said, there are other factors that can cause these issues to VR Webcams like:
1- Defected from long time use.
2- Not identically calibrated out of the box.
3- Most of these budget old 4K VR Webcams (3840x1920 @30 FPS @160° FOV) are using cheap image sensors that can be defected overtime. Also they are of poor performance to handle both low light and high light conditions, so you need pretty balanced/ ideal lighting condition for them to work optimally without causing visual artifacts like the ones we mentioned previously.
Fortunately, Dreamcam started to provide 6K VR Cams to performers like "Mandi4pole" and I really hope they will replace all of these awful old 4K VR Webcams for all the performers, since this newer 6K VR Webcam image is really very good in terms of visual clarity, scale, focus and vivid colors.
And you're right, VR Webcams are still a super niche market.
