Build interactive light systems from idea to installation. In this 2-part workshop, Stephen Bontly shares workflows for TouchDesigner and DMX/Art-Net—centered around the powerful DMX POPs featuring The Banyan Tree as a real-world case study. June 3 + Jun 17, 2026, 6 – 9 PM, Berlin Time
Lidar
Stream NDI depth video, ARKit face & body tracking, motion, audio, and speech from your iPhone (and Apple Watch) into TouchDesigner over Wi-Fi. No cables. No cloud. No accounts.
TDLidar — Turn Your iPhone Into a Realtime Depth, Tracking, and Audio Sensor for TouchDesigner
POPs Case Study – Interactive Light Sculptures June 3 + Jun 17, 2026, 6 – 9 PM, Berlin Time 2 modules at 3 hours in English language – Live Online via Zoom or as Recordings.
POPs Case Study – Interactive Light Sculptures

Slamtec-RPLiDAR Support for MacOS Have rebuilt the Slamtec LiDAR CPluPlus Chop by Vasily for MacOS.
Slamtec-RPLiDAR Plugin for MacOS
https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws24-td-04-beyond-vision-mastering-sensors-and-tracking/
Beyond Vision: Mastering Sensors and Tracking

Hello! I made an iOS application that captures and sends depth and color through NDI in real time. You can download it for free on the Apple App Store now. And also you can check example project files on my GitHub.
iDepth NDI - Free Download until July 25
July 19th 2023 6-9 PM (CET) / In English Language / Online via Zoom Depth cameras like the Microsoft Kinect give a set of extra senses to your TouchDesigner machine. They can be used to acquire much more information about the space they surveille than normal cameras.
Daniel Molnar– Tracking and Depth Sensors - SS23 – 16

TouchDesigner Slamtec Lidar support CPlusPlus CHOP for TouchDesigner to read data from Slamtec Lidar. Supported: RPLIDAR A1 / A2 / A3 / S1 / S2 / S3 Allow use of network versions also as S2E.
Slamtec RPLidar support

A lidar tool made with Touchdesigner C++ CHOP, which can support HOKUYO, SLAMTEC, EAI and SIMINICS. Connect multiple lidars. Multiple lidars merge. Add trigger range TUIO & UDP This version is only available in Touchdesigner 2022+.


