/ofxDepthKit

addon collection for working with RGB+Depth post production data

Primary LanguageC++

ofxRGBDepth Addon

** Addon for combining with high definition video and depth data. Companion add on to the RGBDToolkit **

The RGBDToolkit is an experiment in a possible future of film making, where photographic data captured in 3-dimensions will allow for deciding camera angles after the fact, combining the languages of photography and data visualization. This hybrid computer graphics and video would allow for a storytelling medium at once imaginary and photo real. The RGBDToolkit is a software work flow for augmenting high definition video with 3D scans from a depth sensor, such as an Xbox Kinect, to create a hybrid video and computer graphics. First a recording application allows you to calibrate a high definition video camera to the depth sensor, allowing their data streams to be merged. Secondly a visualization application allows for viewing the combined footage and applying different 3D rendering styles, camera moves, and exporting sequences.

This software is a science fiction, a seed of a potential future functional just to the point of allowing a community, you, to share in imagining the possibilities.

Projects

Curious what this looks like? Check out some project created using the toolkit:

Background

RGBDToolkit is an ongoing labor of love by the main developers:

Development has been assisted by the expertise, guidance and advice of Elliot Woods and Kyle McDonald

Inspiration

The Toolkit was inspired by many authors, futurists, and theorists who think creatively about the future of imaging, technology and culture:

Support for the Toolkit

The Toolkit has been made possible by the ongoing and generous support of:

Very special thanks to the Art && Code 3D, Resonate Festival, and Eyeo Festival