Error while shooting with MeteorCamera.getPicture () when testing on laptop

I am working on adding photography ability to my application using Meteor mdg: camera plugin. I don't have PhoneGap settings yet, so I'm testing my laptop. I thought that somewhere I read somewhere that the Meteor implementation would fall away and use a simple file dialog when the camera is not available, but when I try to run the following code on my laptop:

var cameraOptions = {
    width: 800,
    height: 600
};

MeteorCamera.getPicture(cameraOptions, function (err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
        // TODO Need to handle the error
    } else {
        if (!this.photos) {
            this.photos = [];
        }

        this.photos.push({ submitted_by: Meteor.userId(), submitted_on: new Date(), photo_data: data});
    }
});

      

        
        
        
      

    

I am getting the error:

Meteor.makeErrorType.errorClass {error: "unknownError", reason: "There was an error while accessing the camera.", details: undefined, message: "There was an error while accessing the camera. [unknownError]", errorType: "Meteor.Error"…}

      

        
        
        
      

    

I would really like users to be able to upload photos using the same button when using a laptop. For what it's worth, I do have a built-in camera and am developing on a 15-inch MacBook Pro.