openFrameworks is an Artists open-source toolbox for C++ Projects. I used the framework for many of my projects. It has a growing and strong community.

In this thread, I would like to talk about:

  • projects
  • templates
  • examples
  • procedures

using Chordata with openFrameworks.

Furthermore, this thread can be used to talk about building a Chordata addon for openFrameworks (which possibly works around the need of Blender3D?).

As soon I ll receive my beta tester package, I am going to start working on openFrameworks examples. Hope to hear from you and your projects. Cheers

Hey @DigitalStages, welcome to the forum!
I'm really glad of knowing you have intentions of applying Chordata in ofx! I always wanted to develop an addon for it, but never had the time.
I have though, used it in some projects:
This is a very simple app that serves as a visualization aid for testing KCeptors: https://gitlab.com/chordata/ofx-testcube

and one of the first (small) public presentations we made with the suit was made with ofx

I will search the code I used there and share it.
Disclaimer: none of these apps were meant to be clean neither expandable, they were developed using the dirty-but-working style. Yet they might serve as a reference.

The only thing binding the capture to Blender is the in-pose calibration which is currently implemented only in python. It would be a matter of translating it to C++ if you want to sidestep Blender (It has some quaternion math, so it might be a little tricky )

Looking forward to see how this thread grows!

7 days later

Ahh many thanks for your reply!

Yes, I already downloaded your code from GitLab and as soon I have the beta system with me, I will test it.

I know dirty-but-working, which is the way of experiments. Comments and clean-ups comes with those examples I hope to achieve.

For a starter I will use Blender to get the rotation from the gyros, while working on the examples.

Later, I hope to work on an add-on to get the data straight from the modules (I hope to find a math teacher to help me out, or I try to dig it myself). The examples can then be transformed to add-on examples.

Well, that is the plan anyway.... :-) Cheers!

a month later

I looked at OpenFrameWorks today. It look interesting and it is written in C++. Myself I am going to work on Iclone+UE4 but some of it is closed on the Iclone 7 side but not impossible get by without the Iclone 7.

This bring an important point: have a pipeline that includes real-time motion control, non-linear editing, and a can run in bvh/fbx input and output. With the minimum you can open up all 3D software for an imu interface and just interface the animation server.

I would add one more thing for your OpenFrameWork-- python3 like Blender has.