# \[FREE PLUGIN\] \[VELOX PLAYER\] Import and Play Volumetric Video from iOS devices with LiDAR **URL:** \ **Category:** UE Marketplace\ **Tags:** video, unreal-engine, Code-Plugins, Machine-Learning, fab\ **Created:** [October 29, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955 "2023-10-29T14:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/1 "2023-10-29T14:04:33Z")
[Velox XR](https://v3lox.com/) introduces tools of Volumetric Video workflow from mobile devices into Unreal Engine 5. Velox Player Plus is a code open-source 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](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/v3lcamera/id1662079944) 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 ![MicrosoftTeams-image (7)](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/c/d/6cd9446e0becc38d9b42a06501286415d220edc5.png) - [Velox Player Plus](https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/velox-player-plus-volumetric-3d-video) - an extension plugin to edit and save VLX files with generating masks and object detection - [Velox Neuro](https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/velox-neuro-machine-learning-inference-engine) - a FREE utility plugin to run ML inference in UE The Volumetric Video workflow has 6 simple steps: ![MicrosoftTeams-image (5)](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/8/e/d8e78214f7afac3727fd7b9a56b138885864e2dd.jpeg) Watch this example of a video created with Velox Player tools in Unreal engine 5 Also learn this tutorial before get started: Also watch this workflow with the Velox Player Editor from the Plus Plugin Documentation links: - [Velox Player](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dU-7CMYIN0CBA5Q5CqYlH4PcKYg3yIxgpJZRDH1nQ3A/edit?usp=sharing) - [Velox Player Plus](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eFauVw6H8gmk8gVmKQDSuQVLCZAlfi2YlqD6D8rCz0s/edit?usp=sharing) - [Velox Neuro](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zmHYbH_-wKmB_48vpADC5SmWBQ7PfRgpFYiNjbvQfr0/edit?usp=sharing) Sample UE5 Projects: - [Velox Player](https://v3lox.com/demo/VLXDemoUE5.2.zip) - [Velox Neuro](https://v3lox.com/demo/VeloxNeuroSample.zip) ---
**Author:** ![Goldenzero123](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Goldenzero123](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Goldenzero123)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/2 "2023-12-16T20:31:47Z")
This looks amazing! Awesome efforts! I wonder how I can apply the mask from texture (not video, nor live feed). ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/3 "2023-12-17T12:18:28Z")
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\\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. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Goldenzero123](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Goldenzero123](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Goldenzero123)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/4 "2023-12-19T18:18:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/5 "2024-01-13T11:05:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/6 "2024-01-16T12:25:42Z")
\*\*\* UPDATE \*\*\* 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. [Example Video](https://vimeo.com/903233824?share=copy) [Tutorial Video](https://vimeo.com/v3lox/recorder?share=copy) [Documentation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6GErcCPVvN7iL3qSEtFUm8e_kEWy3WbopOZZ4kcMYE/edit?usp=sharing) ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/7 "2024-06-06T10:24:03Z")
UPDATE Velox Player Pro: version 0.5 is available on Epic Marketplace We removed dependency on the Velox Player Plugin. The old Velox Player will stay in its current state as a free player. The new Velox Player Plus is a brand new standalone plugin with lots of new quality and performance improvements: Top features 🥇 Unreal Engine 5.4 🥈 iOS / Android / VR 🥉 Relight with AI normal maps New ➡ Mesh animation with faster rendering ✅ Materials: Basic, Color Correction, Chromakey ➡ Runtime filters for depth correction ✅ Pipeline UI ➡ ROI track Actor ✅ VeloxModBox Culling ➡ Recorder Check out the new Tutorial [Video](https://youtu.be/s-niGDXLeO0) New [Documentation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_BQXnMQW-ff8sT7sYn1eztgsCNcbnJjl3a_I57IN7-Q/edit?usp=sharing) New UE Demo [project](https://v3lox.com/demo/Demo_53.zip) ![VeloxPlusUpdate1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/f/b/efbaae83d27e7423171c408c167b02df241946c6.jpeg) ![VeloxPlusUpdate3](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/e/e/1ee2a80cce694312b8305a737d37bad77b0a5a82.jpeg) ![VeloxPlusUpdate4](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/a/a/0aa5ad7ac968c642ceea4a2b351822a601464cb7.jpeg) ![1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/0/8/908fa52713010eb00af5529143ff032c3e5295d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/8 "2025-01-14T15:31:52Z")
> [@Using Gen AI video to replace metahumans in your Unreal Engine scene! Runway Gen-3 with Unreal!](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/using-gen-ai-video-to-replace-metahumans-in-your-unreal-engine-scene-runway-gen-3-with-unreal/2276693): > > I’d like to share with the community a new way of applying Gen AI video-2-video content directly in your Unreal Engine scene: This could be a great a tool for fast and efficient production of films and vfx. And the main point, you as are a creative have a full control what to use from videos generated by AI! Just take a snapshot of your latest prompt you like and continue working with it in your Unreal Engine scene! Watch this post from Velox XR for more details about the workflow: … ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/9 "2025-02-09T11:24:06Z")
Added a showcase about the new Gen AI characters workflow in unreal. > [@Re-skin Metahuman actors with AI generated characters. 1-person virtualproduction with Velox XR Tools](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/re-skin-metahuman-actors-with-ai-generated-characters-1-person-virtualproduction-with-velox-xr-tools/2324041): > > Calling all animators, vfx and AI artists interested to explore a new workflow for populating Unreal Engine scenes with digital humans generated by AI. If you’re familiar with Metahumans, motion capture and are really good at prompting in Runway get in touch for a live demo. :man\_dancing:Drive Digital Human animation directly from Unreal Engine and populate your CG scene with digital actors from GenerativeAI tools like video-to-video of Runway-Gen3. A complete tool-set for 1-person Virtual Pro… ---
**Author:** ![AlexVelox](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/alexvelox/32/768720_2.png) [@AlexVelox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexVelox)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-plugin-velox-player-import-and-play-volumetric-video-from-ios-devices-with-lidar/1350955/10 "2025-03-20T16:12:09Z")
!!UPDATE ALERT!! Stream Live Volumetric Video from mobile devices into Unreal Engine in MP4 format ![Mp4_Tutorial](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/c/4/5c4e320f67233331c2db2ad4540303d1667d0154.jpeg) 🚀 [Velox Player Plus](https://www.fab.com/listings/0be39ab0-586e-4167-bece-3301c6aaf426) Plugin Update! 🎮 is available of the Fab Marketplace Version 0.8.56 Live Volumetric Video → Unreal Engine 5.5! 🎥✨ 🎮 Velox Player Plus (UE 5.5) ✅ Full Unreal Engine 5.5 support! 📂 Velox Media Source 🎞 MP4 Format Import – Convert ANY MP4 to VLX instantly! 🌐 Velox Stream Source 📡 Stream Velox MP4 from URL ⬇ Download & Play MP4 from any URL 🖥 Recorder Enhancements 🎭 Mask Channel (Stencil Buffer Support) [Watch MP4 Tutorial](https://youtu.be/-g8DyqjHdt4) [MP4 Documentation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7T5XnHy-jI2xQCC6Q4y2auztBPD6PyG8d-4j09NPfI/edit?usp=sharing) ![image (22)](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/a/6/1a654455568f8cb8aef218cb022e625d6cd93f70.jpeg) 📱 [V3LCamera App](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/v3lcamera/id1662079944) Update! 🎥 is available on App Store Version: 0.6.21 Capture, Stream & Download Volumetric Video on Mobile! 📹 MP4 Video Recording – Save your captures in MP4 format 📡 Stream & Download MP4 files via URL 🕵 Auto Masks for Human Actors (AI-powered!) 🚀 Live Streaming (Beta) – Apply for Early Access! 🌍 HLS Streaming ⚡ UDP Streaming 📢 Upgrade today & experience next-gen volumetric capture! Live Streaming is available in Beta. Get Early Access NOW (DM me or apply at [beta@v3lox.com](mailto:beta@v3lox.com)) [Watch video](https://youtu.be/zrxwKlDa0bA)