Recreating Massive Attack’s Live Visual: YOLOv11 + Blob Tracking in TouchDesigner

Recreate a Massive Attack style live visual in TouchDesigner using YOLOv11 for real-time blob tracking. Track people and drive stunning interactive visuals for VJ sets, stages, and installations.

Chapters
00:00 Intro & demo
00:09 Install Touchdesigner
00:36 Install Python
01:02 Search Python in Touchdesigner
01:17 Command Prompt
01:25 Install Yolo 11
02:08 Create Folder
02:13 Open Touchdesigner

👇 PROMPT 1
“C:\Program Files\Derivative\TouchDesigner.2025.30060\bin\python.exe” -m pip install –upgrade pip

👇 PROMPT 2
“C:\Program Files\Derivative\TouchDesigner.2025.30060\bin\python.exe” -m pip install –upgrade ultralytics opencv-python

👇 PROMPT 3 If you have an NVIDIA GPU (recommended)
“C:\Program Files\Derivative\TouchDesigner.2025.30060\bin\python.exe” -m pip install –upgrade torch torchvision –index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu124

👇 PROMPT 4 If you do NOT have an NVIDIA GPU
“C:\Program Files\Derivative\TouchDesigner.2025.30060\bin\python.exe” -m pip install –upgrade torch torchvision –index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu

👇 FREE SCRIPT “yolo_callbacks_ui”
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-script-blob-139397460
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