2d texture to pointcloud

[guest]

Hey, is there a simple effect-node in VVVV beta to convert a 2D texture to a kind of simple pointcloud?

[tonfilm]

Not exactly what you are asking, but here is a video tutorial for point clouds. You might be able to swap the source data for something else:

vvvv beta Tutorial | Real-time Pointcloud

[guest]

Thanks for the link. I would like to try to generate some kind of 3D representation from a 2D texture, for example a portrait.
Something similar to:

[guest]

my main question is how to generate depth information from a 2D texture?