Interoperability
The devices, protocols and software tools that TouchDesigner interfaces to, via native Operators and Palette components.
TouchDesigner supports a wide range of devices, protocols and external tools that interface via their respective Operators, Palette components, and TouchDesigner Python methods, also known collectively as Interops.
Video Capture and Output Cards[edit]
Blackmagic | AJA | Deltacast | Bluefish | Datapath | Point Grey | Windows Media Foundation |
IP Cameras[edit]
see Video Device In
Movie File Codecs[edit]
Many codecs supported by FFMPEG | H.265 H.264 | Hap, Hap Q and Hap HDR | NotchLC | EXR | Apple ProRes (new) | GoPro Cineform |
Video Streaming[edit]
Newtek NDI 5 with audio | H.264 and HLS/DASH Streaming | RTMP | Syphon and Spout | WebRTC | RTSP | SRT | ZIG CAM (Apple AR NDI) |
DMX-Based Protocols[edit]
Audio[edit]
Steinberg VST | ASIO | DirectSound | macOS Core Audio | Dante | MP3 AIFF WAV | LTC TimeCode | OpenVR | WebRTC |
Ableton[edit]
Bitwig Studio[edit]
Camera-based Tracking[edit]
Orbbec (including Kinect replacement) (new) | Kinect Azure | ZED camera with body-tracking (new) | NVIDIA Face tracking | Stype camera tracking | Mosys camera tracking (new) | FreeD | Leap Motion | Intel RealSense and Cubemos | NatNet OptiTrack | BlackTrax | PosiStageNet | ZIG CAM (Apple AR NDI) |
LIDAR Scanners[edit]
Hokuyo Scanner | Ouster LIDAR | SICK LIDAR (new) | Leuze ROD4 |
ML Cameras[edit]
Luxonis OAK-D ML Camera (new) |
Graphics Languages[edit]
GLSL | Compute Shaders | Vulkan | CUDA | C++ Custom Operators |
Materials and Renderers[edit]
Virtual Reality[edit]
OpenVR | Vive | Oculus Rift | OpenVR Audio |
3D Scene Data[edit]
Physics and Dynamics[edit]
Bullet Rigid Body Dynamics | NVIDIA FLow | NVIDIA Flex |
Network Protocols[edit]
OSC | TCP/IP | UDP | UDT | WebRTC |
Web Browser and Tools[edit]
Embedded Chromium/CEF Renderer and Browser | WebSockets | Socketio | Web Server/Web Client | WebRTC |
Projection Mapping and Calibration[edit]
Vioso | Scalable Displays | kantanMapper | camSchnappr | projectorBlend | (key)Stoner | Lens Distortion | MPCDI projection mapping files (new) |
Unreal Engine[edit]
Python and Files[edit]
Python 3.11 | JSON | XML |
Lasers[edit]
Laser | EtherDream | Helios DAC | Pangolin | ShowNET (new) |
Arduino[edit]
Arduino | Firmata | Serial Ports |
Controllers[edit]
MIDI | Joystick | 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse | ZIG SIM PRO (iPhone iPad data stream) |
Internet of Things[edit]
MQTT IoT |
Timecode[edit]
Multi-Touch[edit]
Windows Multi-Touch | TUIO | TouchOSC | ZIG SIM PRO (iPhone iPad multitouch) |
Open Software Systems[edit]
OpenCV | openFrameworks | numPy |
Image, Color, Text[edit]
OpenColorIO | Slug Font Rendering | Photoshop Live | SVG ( Web Render TOP) |