{"id":150,"date":"2020-07-12T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/hopelife\/?p=150"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:42:05","slug":"visual-team-technology-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/hopelife\/news\/2020\/07\/visual-team-technology-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Team Technology Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In preparation for the final show, the visual team has been storyboarding and creating assets for three different aesthetic phases of the opening act, Hitler\u2019s Speech. By using a software named TouchDesigner, the team is able to feed in live video data, from a webcam or Xbox and Azure Kinects, to track body movements and use body gestures to interfere with and alter the visuals in real time. 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