univrsal/input-overlay
Input Overlay
Input Overlay is a system for rendering real-time keyboard, gamepad, and mouse activity as an on-screen visual display. It functions as an input event broadcaster that captures physical hardware signals and transmits them to a rendering client for use in recording and live broadcasting software.
The project includes a layout configuration tool that uses structured JSON files to map hardware events to specific textures and screen coordinates. It also provides a mechanism to convert legacy configuration files into current schemas to ensure compatibility across versions.
The software covers input event broadcasting, gamepad monitoring, and the visual mapping of hardware triggers to on-screen textures.
Features
- Live Stream Overlays - Renders real-time keyboard, gamepad, and mouse activity as a visual overlay for use in recording and broadcasting software.
- Input Overlays - Provides a customizable visual interface that projects input events as animated graphics over the desktop.
- Event Stream Broadcasters - Broadcasts real-time keyboard, gamepad, and mouse events to external rendering software.
- Broadcast Input Visualizers - Shows real-time keyboard, gamepad, and mouse actions on screen for live stream viewers.
- Configuration-Based Mappings - Uses JSON configuration files to map physical input events to specific screen coordinates and textures.
- Input Event Processing - Translates raw signals from keyboards, mice, and gamepads into a standardized format for visual processing.
- Input Event Broadcasters - Captures physical hardware signals and transmits them over network sockets to a separate rendering client.
- Input Event Routers - Captures and transmits raw hardware input signals over a network for remote rendering.
- Real-time Event Streams - Streams real-time input events over network sockets to decouple capture from rendering.
- Texture Coordinate Mappings - Assigns hardware input triggers to precise pixel locations on a visual overlay image.
- Input Visualization Overlays - Renders keyboard, gamepad, and mouse activity as visual overlays for live broadcasting.
- Input Visualizers - Renders user input activity as real-time on-screen graphics via custom textures.
- Input Visualization Overlays - Renders a visual overlay of keyboard, gamepad, and mouse actions for viewers.
- Visual Mappings - Provides a tool to map hardware events to specific textures and screen coordinates using structured JSON files.
- Gameplay Input Overlays - Provides visual overlays of input events for gaming tutorials and high-skill demonstrations.
- Input Configurators - Allows customization of input overlay layouts and behaviors through configuration tools.
- UI Process Decoupling - Separates the input capture process from the rendering engine to ensure a responsive visual overlay.
- Input Activity Visualizers - Maps controller button presses to specific textures and coordinates for real-time gameplay monitoring.
- Input Event Visualizers - Maps physical controller buttons to on-screen textures to visually track gamepad activity.
- Input-Decoupled Rendering Optimizers - Decouples hardware event capture from the rendering thread to minimize input latency.
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