Motion Control Particles (e-motion software)
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i'm also seeing a shift on the am-cb website. there is a programme of performances http://www.am-cb.net/agenda/calendrier/ and members of a team now. i wonder if we might have to wait a while for a stable version of emotion to be available.
i have to admit to thinking that if they aren't ready for emotion to be played with by other interested parties that possibly the programme should't be available to play with ... just a thought ... -
eMotion is not stable unfortunately. They seem to be happy only using it for themselves so no one else can duplicate the results. I came across Z-Vector recently which looks great. Created by the NI-Mate group with Syphon compatibility. Free trial version for Mac / Windows.
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Be careful with Delicode at the moment. Updates aren't forthcoming. I have multiple issues with Z-Vector running on an AMD based Macbook Pro - it simply won't work, and their support simply reply with "we don't support Yosemite at this time". NI-Mate has issues controlling a generation of Kinects because Delicode haven't updated their code in eons, despite their docs saying that this specific version is the best one to use. In all, a few hundred pounds dropped on software that simply doesn't function anymore depending on the age of your hardware and the version of OS you're running, which has caused me to have to rewrite several entire shows that previously depended on their software to interface with multiple Kinect cameras.
eMotion isn't licensed for any commercial use, hence you won't see a great deal of progress or support on it either sadly. -
The guys are Delicode are aware. Ni-Mate V2 is currently with a bunch of beta testers.
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Havent updated to Yosemite, because of this. A lot of software I use Isnt approved for Yosemite
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Fortunately Apple have been ramping up their patent portfolio in the area of devices suspiciously like Kinect and Leap in recent months so with a bit of luck we'll have a native solution before long.
[6a0120a5580826970c01b8d12094b0970c-pi](http://www.patentlyapple.com/.a/6a0120a5580826970c01b8d12094b0970c-pi) -
I wouldn't be quite so irked by it all if Delicode's site mentioned their compatibility issues, but they simply state 'supports Mac OSX' at '10.7+'. Nowhere do they publically mention Yosemite isn't supported. Re: NI-Mate - several conversations with DC about it a while ago. Even gave them the single-line change in their source code which would resolve the problems. Was told it would be addressed in a future update. Would be interested to know if any of the testers can get tilt up and tilt down working in NIMate v2 beta with v1 Kinects (xbox360 14wotsit version), or whether they've focused solely on adding support for new Kinects (?)
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Funny enough I am having a look at it now.
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Graham is that Windows?
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I'd say so... can't test a Kinect v2 on anything else can you at the moment??
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@feinsinn - yes. And so far so good works on my old kinect sensor but I can't tilt the sensor via the software.
Mac Version coming soon for beta testing. -
@particlep -- where did you download 0.7.6? Their website has only 0.7.1 available...typo? or you got other connects???@particlep and @feinsinn, Got a solution for the render window issue...I've also emailed the creators with no response BUT I just figured out how to re-enable the render window (still not sure why all of the sudden the particles were not visible...) ..under "debug", uncheck "useFBO", and voila!! ..do you know what "useFBO" or any other "debug" functions mean??? all I know is it means this works BUT makes syphon recorder a white box :( -
Thanks everyone for this discussion of eMotion. Especially to @particlep for your tutorial videos. I'm new to the program. I'm a musician who plays Tuned Glass. I'll be using eMotion with the Leap Motion to capture my hand data and create visual effects during live performance. Any of you have answers to these questions? 1. Is there a way to to save settings in the Current Tool Options? Every time the program closes or crashes I have to rebuild my preferred tool parameters from the default parameters. The same thing happens with window configuration preferences. 2. Actions or scripts that "clear the current layer" frequently crash eMotion. With a 99,999 particle limit, it needs to be cleared frequently. Have any of you solved this problem? A "fade out and reset" script was suggested above. 3. Though Leap Motion is set to operate with programs running in the background, eMotion seems to lose communication with the Leap Motion if eMotion is running in the background. Any solutions? 4. I have eMotion version 0.7.7 Is there a Mac OS version that this version of eMotion is optimized for? I am using a Macbook Pro Mavericks, 10.9.5 And my Leap Motion is updated to the latest version.
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Brief update per my inquiry above:
The "fade out and reset" script is a great way to avoid crashes when clearing a layer.Has anyone figured out how to get the Leap Motion controller and eMotion to communicate with each other when a different app (in my case, Ableton) is in focus? Anytime an app other than eMotion is in focus eMotion stops communicating with Leap Motion. Checking "Allow background apps" in the Leap Motion settings does not remedy the problem. -
e motion is working again for me.
since january the render window had been white and not usable. i've had time out from e motion.using the download link featured in a post from january, i downloaded the latest version and all is now good.once again i can return to my experiemntation. -
Same here, had a break because it wasnt working. Now it seems working again...
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Hi all,
sorry for "resuscitate" this old discussion... :)does anybody know how to make the same thing as eMotion Grid with motion brushes deformation using Quartz Composer?I've been going through eMotion with no great satisfaction, since like most of you have said, it crashes very often and I would prefer to test a more stable platform.Is there any QC patch to download where to understand how to deform a surface (mesh or parametric grid)?we're using MacOS with QC and Tryplex plugins.Thanks for your help!L -
Good question about QC or FFGL for the grid with motion brushes. Would be also interested in that.
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Hey everyone, long time reader, first time poster.
I'm trying to figure out how to get OSC data into eMotion as well. From my reading here, it seems that no one has been able to get the motion brush (x,y) path via OSC. I was wondering what kind of software alternatives to eMotion that you may of explored?@particlep Thanks for making the videos on eMotion, by the way.I'm working on a Python Application that tracks human forms with the goal of allowing people to interact virtual environments in real time, specifically for dancers and choreographers. -
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a post of A Mondo on Facebook:"Voila c'est fini, trop de bug, trop de travail, trop de fatigue… Après 9 ans d'expérimentations joyeuses, eMotion sous sa forme actuelle n'existera plus et ne sera plus public. Les versions actuellement en ligne arrêteront de fonctionner au 1er janvier 2016, et faute de temps il ne pourra y avoir aucun support."
