Hi! I’m creating a live visuals settup for DJ sessions and I’d like to use camera capture of the DJ for some particle magic in Gamma. I was thinking about Kinect 2, but wanted to explore some other options first. Probably an RGB or IR camera would do the job; I’m looking for something compact and possibly wireless. Does anybody here have some experience with this? I’d be grateful for any tips. Cheers K!!
Hello @matka , I would suggest to stick with kinect or any other IR camera if you are planning to do camera effects that are mostly based on depth and image segmentation.
RGB in general for an environment that light is constantly changing and it can also turn completely black (completely in terms of sensors’ low light capabilities) the common RGB have no luck.
Just to note here that I tried ZED in the past for that purpose, I have to admit that it would be great if light was otherwise but it turned out to be ultra problematic.
Another option that is being used relatively often (suffers from the same exact issues but gives a bit more of control) is ptz cameras, they are RGB cameras, but you trade of their deficiencies with their capability to change your subject, make some nice close ups and add few interesting moments.
For what you usually do, I wouldn’t go that way either..
Regarding wireless now, I can think of complicated systems where you would use a barebone to transmit wirelessly the depth and color from a kinect, but that would be an awful idea as well, latencies, .
Wireless in crowded spaces (especially if FOH is more than 10-15 meters from the stage) can be a terrible idea. It might work but is not guaranteed, no matter if it is a hidden network all the mobiles gathered in the venue will hit it’s SSID this wont introduce any traffic but it might harm the stability of your connection, then you have to add on top the bodies interfering with your signal and so on.
In conclusion, to my opinion staying with kinect2, femto, azure etc. will function much better than any random RGB camera under these conditions, combining a kinect with a barebone and an ethernet cable to transmit the signal is much safer, cheaper and it has been tested extensively.
1 Like
Hey @nissidis, thanks a lot for your valuable insights, will keep that in mind. Greets!!
1 Like