HoloTuber Kit for Kinect V2

This is a simple volumetric video capture & AR visualization kit. Real-time 3D image is reconstructed from RGB-D images wihch are broadcasted via YouTube

[YouTube Video]


If you'd like to try HoloTuber Kit with other version of Kinect, please see following repositories.

For Kinect Azure Kinect:
https://github.com/TakashiYoshinaga/HoloTuberKit-for-AzureKinect
For Kinect V1:
https://github.com/TakashiYoshinaga/HoloTuberKit-for-KinectV1

Files Included

Hologram Viewer

Following version of hologram viewer application are avairable on Android devices.
・ARCore
・Vuforia

Hologram Capture

This application captures RGB and Depth image from Azure Kinect and generates RGB-D conbined image.
To broadcast hologram, Kinect V2 SDK, OBS Studio and your own YouTube account are also necessary.

Kinect V2 SDK: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44561
OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com/download
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

How to Live Streaming with HoloTuber Kit

Sending Hologram (PC -> YouTube)

0. Install Kinect v2 SDK into your PC.
   

1. Set display scale to 100% in display setting of Windows.
   

2. Download and unzip KinectV2Capture.zip
   

3. Connect a Kinect V2 with a PC.
   

4. Launch KinectCapture4PC.exe.
   
   

5. Open and login YouTube
   

6. Click Go live button
   
   

7. Click CREATE STREAM button after finishing to input a name of the streaming and set some propertis.
   
   

8. Copy Stream name
   
   

9. Launch OBS Studio.
   

10. Open Settings
    
    

11. Open Stream and select YouTube, Primary TouTube ingest serever.
    

12. Paste Streaming Key which you copied earlier.
    
    

13. Open Video to set resolution referring to following information.
    Base Resolution : 1024x424
    Output Resolution : 1024x424
    
    

14. Click OK button.

15. Click Add button of Source area placed lower area.
    
    

16. Click Window Capture.
    

17. Click OK.
    

18. Select [KinectCapture4PC.exe]: Viwer from Window.
    

19. Clik OK.
    
    

20. Click Start Streaming
    
    

21. Back to YouTube Live and click Go Live afater aroud 1min.
    
    

Receiving Hologram(YouTube -> Smartphone)

1. Check the URL of the Streaming.
   
   
2. Launch application on your smartphone.
   
3. Tap input text field and input URL of your YouTube live.
   
   
4. Tap Connect button.

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Contact Me
Twitter: @Tks_Yoshinaga (https://twitter.com/Tks_Yoshinaga)
LinkedIn: Takashi Yoshinaga (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tks-yoshinaga/?locale=en_US)