Livestreamer Rubber‑Bands Two Phones and Literally Inserts Himself Into Red Dead Redemption 2

Streamer and modder Blurbs inserted a live video feed of himself into Red Dead Redemption 2 during a livestream on Aug. 4, using two cell phones rubber-banded together and a custom setup to place his real-world image inside the game’s 3D world.

What happened, when, and where.
The tools and method he used.
Short excerpts from Blurbs about the project.
What he plans to do next.

Who did this

Blurbs is a streamer who broadcasts on Twitch. He also posts videos on YouTube and has a history of making unusual mods and live projects.

https://www.youtube.com/@Blurbs/videos

The livestream and the clips

During an Aug. 4 livestream, Blurbs used a setup that projected his live video into Red Dead Redemption 2. Clips shared from the stream show him riding in a hot air balloon, getting splashed by an NPC, and lying down on in-game train tracks. He shared those clips on social media.

I modded my physical body into RDR2
Getting drinks with Lenny later pic.twitter.com/e9kme8IP8c
— Blurbs (@Blurbstv) August 5, 2025

How he described earlier projects

Blurbs has previously made other mods and live projects, including inserting a stock market into Grand Theft Auto V, allowing Twitch chat to voice Skyrim NPCs, and livestreaming from The Elder Scrolls Online’s world.

How he did it

Blurbs says the setup combined a custom Red Dead Redemption 2 mod, OBS, background-removal software, visual filters, a custom Unity app, and “a really shitty selfie stick I had laying around.” He also used two cell phones stuck together with a rubber band to capture his own live image and place it into the game’s 3D space.

The project took three days to complete. In his description of the work, he noted the complexity of coordinating multiple tools at once.

“The most challenging part by far is managing all of those moving parts at once,” he said. “To get the effect just right everything has to be perfect. It’s quite the headache.”

Blurbs also referenced OBS as part of his toolset: https://obsproject.com/

What he said about the idea

“I was supposed to be working on an upcoming ‘I made your dumb ideas into mods’ video on YouTube, but got sidetracked thinking of ways to make more unique short-form content,” Blurbs said. “I wondered if I could film stuff from within the game. Not just a green screen, but actually projecting myself into the 3D space. So I started coding to see if it was possible!”

“For me, the most fun thing about any of my projects is accomplishing what I set out to make, getting to share it with people on Twitch/YT/etc., and seeing people’s reactions,” he added.

What’s next

Blurbs said he plans to post a full YouTube video once he refines the method, and that he intends to keep improving the Red Dead mod and take viewer requests. He also noted why he chose Red Dead Redemption 2:

“The fact that we have access to so many tools means I can ruin the game in so many stupid ways,” he says. “And that brings me (and hopefully others!) so much joy.”