VPET - Virtual Production Editing Tool

VPET web site: vpet.research.animationsinstitut.de

Description

VPET is a collaborative tool that allows realtime scene editing via an intuitive interface.

It takes a holistic approach on light, asset and animation editing, for virtual production environments.

Its development is open-source, with growing support for diverse film and VFX pipelines.

Repository Content

• SynchronisationServer
  (a.k.a. SyncServer)
  Application for maintaining synchronization between the host server (computer) and VPET clients (mobile devices)

• VPET_Unity
  Unity project and assets for using Unity as a VPET host application
  (Note: also contains the source application for the VPET clients)
  Tutorial video

• SceneDistribution_Unreal
  Plug-in for using Unreal Engine as a VPET host application
  Teaser video
  Quick-start guide

• SceneDistribution_Katana
  Application for distributing a Katana scene to VPET mobile clients
  Synchronization is supported
  Tutorial video

• SceneDistribution_USD
  Application for distributing USD files to VPET mobile clients
  Note: does not support realtime synchronization

• Docs
  VPET user guide and additional documentation

VPET Client App

Installation

Download the free VPET app for your devices:

• iOS - Apple App Store
• Android - APK file download
• Windows - ZIP file download

Note: The client app was developed with Unity Engine and can be custom built for specific needs.
The Unity project can be found under the VPET_Unity directory.

How to use it

For an introduction, refer to our quick-start guide.

A detailed user guide can be found under directory Docs.

VPET Host Applications

For previsualization of scenes, Katana projects and USD files are supported.

For realtime scene editing, Unity and Unreal are supported.

Installation

Clone or download this repository.

Navigate to the directory corresponding to your application of choice.

Follow the respective documentation:

• Katana
  Tutorial video

• USD
  Read-me

• Unity
  Tutorial video

• Unreal
  Quick-start guide

Additional resources

• VPET Web Site
• Presentation Video
• VPET Youtube Playlist

About

VPET is a development by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Animationsinstitut R&D Labs in the scope of the EU funded Projects MAX-R (101070072), SAUCE (780470), Dreamspace (610005) and funds on the own behalf of Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101070072 MAX-R. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 780470 SAUCE. This research has received funding from the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no 610005 DREAMSPACE.

License

VPET is a open-sorce development by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg's Animationsinstitut.
The client is licensed under MIT and includes libraries under other Open Source and proprietary licenses. See License file for more details.