Velox XR introduces tools of Volumetric Video workflow from mobile devices into Unreal Engine 5.
Velox Player is a code open-source FREE plug-in that imports volumetric video files in the VLX format recorded on mobile devices with depth cameras. The VLX format allows creators to bring photorealistic appearance of people and environments into Unreal Engine scenes. The video frames are turned into animated geometry with textures which is fully compatible with the real-time rendering pipeline of Unreal Engine. With added benefits of the camera tracking and elimination of the background it makes a perfect tool to virtual production and gaming studios for creating immersive experiences based on real-life performances.
In order to record a 3D video you need an app installed on a device with a depth camera. There is an official iOS app “V3L Camera ‘’ available in the App Store for FREE. The process is fully mobile and requires:
NO green screen
NO special studio
NO camera calibration
This is a summary of all Velox Tools for Volumetric Video workflow
Hi. Thanks for the question. It’s a nice feature. We will add that in one of the next updates. Although there is a workaround how you can replace the generated masks with your ones.
If you have the Velox Player Plus plugin all your generated masks are always placed into your local temp folder for cache before saved into your VLX file.
The temp folder location can depend on your platform and OS version but for Windows you can find it here: C:\Users<your user name>\AppData\Local\Temp\VeloxPlayer then find a folder starting with the name of your VLX file + .tempdir:
For example: Dataset2023_09_29_12_39_57.tempdir
There you can find the mask folder where you can replace the files with your version. Each file corresponds to one frame.
Thank you for your quick reply, much appreciated!
I would like to ask another question, I’ve downloaded the demo and really liked the virtual background remover from webcam, results looks great!
My second question is, instead of having the effect (background removal) applied from the live feed of the webcam (or from video), how can i make it apply from a material instead?
And thanks again for your reply.
Sorry for my late reply. In fact the background removal is done by applying a mask texture in a material already. A mask texture is in the Grey format from 0 to 1 which you can use as alpha transparency.
If you look at the NeuroSample there are two Blueprints:
DisplayMask - function OnNewTexture
DataPlayer - function OnInitMask
where it shows how mask texture is obtained and applied into the material.
Hope that helps.
Velox Player plugin version 0.7
Velox Player Plus plugin version 0.4b
VELOX RECORDER
Present your game play and content directly from the game!
Create a video of yourself walking through the live action and environment in 3D
Velox XR is excited to introduce a new feature for recording VLX videos of a live gameplay.
In the Velox Player Plus plugin we added a new Blueprint Actor: Velox Recorder which can be placed into a scene to automatically record a gameplay footage of a Player from the Recorder’s camera view.
This is a runtime feature which can be built into a standalone UE application running on any UE compatible platform including VR.
By combining the game VLX footage with another VLX video of real people you can produce a never-seen-before experience of putting reallife performances into live 3D games by just using your mobile device:
no green screen is required
no studio is required
no hardware calibrarion is required
Install Velox plugins from Epic Marketplace now and start filming with V3LCamera iOS app from App Store.
