In this video, I walk through a project that I have built to display real time train updates for any line or station in New York City’s subway system, using a publicly available API! We will walk though all the steps from API setup to textual display, and along the way touch on some higher-level […]

Install tutorial touchdesigner compiler for standalone api. Download the zip file under www.patreon.com/videsizer

Get access to 200+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz Sorkhabi and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: http://iihq.tv/Trial Get project files here: https://interactiveimmersive.ac-page.com/unreal-engine-immersive-experience-tricks A common feature of interactive and immersive installations is the visualization of data retrieved from a web API. Whether this […]

In this tutorial we use some simple Python (assisted by ChatGPT) to access and import real time bikeshare data from anywhere in the world via API. In Part 1 we will use jupyter notebooks, create a stand-alone python program that runs as its own process, and then in Part 2 we will leverage OSC to […]

In this tutorial we use some simple Python (assisted by ChatGPT) to access and import real time bikeshare data from anywhere in the world via API. In Part 1 we will use jupyter notebooks, create a stand-alone python program that runs as its own process, and then in Part 2 we will leverage OSC to […]

In this video we implement a weather API ( https://www.visualcrossing.com/) in TouchDesigner and explore how one can use real-time weather data to control visual effects. Example of usage in a full project: https://lakeheckaman.com/Malformed-1 Links: – https://www.visualcrossing.com/resources/blog/how-to-load-historical-weather-data-using-python-without-scraping/ – https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html#module-json – https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#module-urllib.request

In this video we implement a weather API ( https://www.visualcrossing.com/) in TouchDesigner and explore how one can use real-time weather data to control visual effects. Example of usage in a full project: https://lakeheckaman.com/Malformed-1 Links: – https://www.visualcrossing.com/resources/blog/how-to-load-historical-weather-data-using-python-without-scraping/ – https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html#module-json – https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#module-urllib.request