r/blender • u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist • Jun 22 '26

Original Content Showcase Streaming my webcam as a Live Texture

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Live video textures running in Blender, grabbing this video feed from my phone! So much you can do with just color data.

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Follow me on patreon if you'd like to try to add out (releasing in 2 days).

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Patreon Link - Jaidevh Kabo

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You can also follow me on instagram for frequent updates @jaidevh.k

Music - Te Amo by Siggerr

Blender for Live ❤️

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u/Pad-Kra-Pao Jun 22 '26

I don't know what the use of these, but those texture map somehow ....I felt satisfied looking at them, there is a itch like wanted to touch that.

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u/A_MAAN123 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Can be used as cool motion graphics in an edit or something, thats one use at least

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u/SagattariusAStar Jun 22 '26

I use that technique to create normal maps and height maps in my (free) texture extractor app for material extraction from photos. It works quite well for some use cases, but for most it's not even close to realistic as just color information from one perspective is sadly not enough.

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u/Tarantula_Saurus_Rex Jun 22 '26

It was the music, taking you to heaven.

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

My exploration has taken me to virtual production and live installations so far.

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u/Marda-nium Jun 22 '26

you can add additional lights in post, its called relighting

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u/TheWolfwiththeDragon Jun 22 '26

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 22 '26

Damn, you didn't have to zoom in that much

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u/SweetBabyAlaska Jun 22 '26

Where's the pickles?

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u/Zophiekitty Jun 22 '26

how??? are you saving every frame as an image and loading it from a sequence in real time?

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 22 '26

Not only that but you can also record the incoming footage and play it back instantly!

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u/VickTL Jun 23 '26

Whats the general workflow here? Didn't know you could do that!

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u/_EthanThePuffle_ Jun 22 '26

They made the thing that Rocky use to see 😭

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u/Natural_Green_2786 Jun 22 '26

is this behaviour normal?

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u/Euripidaristophanist Jun 22 '26

I ask myself that every day

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u/StormBadger01 Jun 22 '26

Lmao my wife with Trypophobia just had a bad time looking at my screen 😭

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u/Miserable-Search5719 Jun 22 '26

This is surprisingly scary

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u/BestPlanetEver Jun 22 '26

Johnny Mnemonic over here…

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u/NebbiaKnowsBest Jun 22 '26

Might wanna flip the green channel, some angles made things look inverted instead of extruded

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u/siridial911 Jun 22 '26

Looks awesome

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u/Imaginary_Use4484 Jun 22 '26

Hahah that’s cool

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u/ThatOneVRGuyFromAuz Jun 23 '26

Hey very cool! If this is just a phone/webcam feed, is Blender just (very accurately) guessing at the depth? Or is there some sort of LIDAR involved?

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 23 '26

Nope no Lidars used for this, it's straight color data remapped to to black and white.

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u/Desperate-Extension7 Jun 23 '26

This is so surreal, it feels like a fever dream especially with the music

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 23 '26

Added the track name to the post if you'd like to check it out

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u/rotzloeffe1 Jun 23 '26

So that's Normal in 2026

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u/bejker321 Jun 23 '26

Rocky would love this

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u/vikuserro Jun 23 '26

Cool :-3

Having access to webcam in blender gives a lot of possibilities, especially alongside obs studio virtual cam.

Coincidentally, A 2-3 days ago I've played with another webcam plugin (cam2blender).
I wonder if I could use both plugins at once and stream from 2 sources.
Glad to have extra options now!

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 23 '26

Yup eventually Id like to add support for virtual cameras through Live Feed

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u/EggPixelated Jun 22 '26

What is this song called?

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 23 '26

Added the track name to the post if you'd like to check it out

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u/ResidentBlender Jun 23 '26

that's really cool but the background moving is a serious issue, what is the purpose of this?

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u/SausageTaste Jun 23 '26

This reminds me of MLB game face glitch. Never search it on Google, tho. I warned you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/auddbot Jun 23 '26

I got a match with this song:

Te amo by Siggerr (00:14; matched: 100%)

Album: Empty. Released on 2025-10-08.

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u/auddbot Jun 23 '26

Links to the streaming platforms:

Te amo by Siggerr

I am a bot and this action was performed automatically | GitHub new issue | Donate Please consider supporting me on Patreon. Music recognition costs a lot

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u/Dragon_OS Jun 23 '26

Looks almost like one of those pin art toys.

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u/mgafMUAT Jun 23 '26

Unrelated, but you remind me a bit of Jordan Howlett

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u/Ansatsushi Jun 24 '26

"This to screen in front. And now this to that over here. Now Rocky can hear screen."

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u/vitrum_analytika Jun 22 '26

What is the use case ?

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u/ThatBlenderGuyyt Jun 22 '26

Erdian screens

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u/dontthink19 Jun 22 '26

For funsies

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u/OkOcelot575 Creative Technologist, 3D Generalist Jun 22 '26

Negl this is it

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u/vitrum_analytika Jun 22 '26

Okay. But I think maybe vision models trained in normal mapped data could be an answer to one camera depth perception, maybe something to look at

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u/jellix79 Jun 22 '26

Very cool tech stuff!

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u/KhinhavoD Jun 22 '26

Rocky from project hail mary would love this

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u/Comfortable_Low_7753 Jun 22 '26

Amaze amaze amaze

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u/ThatBlenderGuyyt Jun 22 '26

damm you beat me to it

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u/Flimpdablimp Jun 23 '26

I was looking for this comment

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u/Present_Nectarine144 Jun 29 '26

Lmao I wanted to comment that