Heidegger and Camus offer opposing models of consciousness.
In Being and Time, Heidegger describes consciousness as a clearing where Being reveals itself to us. The universe is the active agent—it steps forward into our awareness.
In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus describes consciousness as a spotlight we aim at phenomena. Here, we’re the active agents—we choose where to direct our attention to illuminate the world.
The key difference: Heidegger makes the universe the revealer, Camus makes us the illuminators.