iOS Using device camera and video in app

[Casey-Scalf]

Hey,

So I am wondering how I can use the video function of the device better. Instead of taking a picture or a video I would like to use that video feed realtime to provide analysis on what it is seeing.

My question would then be:

--Does any SDK for xcode support live video feeds?
--And if so, is there enough hardware muscle to engage the camera and analyze what it is viewing (akin to gesture recognition in a Xbox Kinnect)

 

[robbieduncan]

You can grab each from out of the live video stream using the AVFoundation framework classes. As to whether this is enough horsepower to analyse what you are seeing: it would depend on the analysis. I would note that the Kinnect uses multiple cameras you you are unlikely to be able to do that.

 

[Casey-Scalf]

Thanks for the tip!

Although multiple camera angles would be cool, one will have to do for now

 

[robbieduncan]

You might be interested in this thread. I posted code that will create a video stream, saving it to a file, and examining/drawing on each video frame as it's captured. Obviously that's a bit different to what you want but it should give you a start.