Core hardware requirements

To capture with Depthkit core, you'll need:

• A Windows PC
• A depth sensor
• See the What else you'll need section for ways to augment your Depthkit captures with higher quality and functionality.

See below for more details.

Computer hardware

Minimum specifications

Depthkit Core requires the following minimum specification to run successfully:

• Intel Core i7 Skylake (i7-6XXX) Quad Core CPU or better/newer
• Memory: 8 GB of RAM or more
• Any of the following graphics cards:
  • Radeon Pro 555 or AMD Ryzen 5 APU or faster
  • Nvidia GeForce 1060 or faster
• A dedicated USB 3 port for the sensor

We recommend Windows 10 or 11 with the latest updates. Depthkit is incompatible with the macOS operating system, but if you have an Intel-based Mac, you can install Windows on your Mac using the Boot Camp Utility - Macs which use Apple Silicon chips are unsupported.

Depth sensors

Depthkit is designed to access a variety of hardware to capture volumetric depth information. Our recommended sensor is the Orbbec Femto Bolt.
Supported Sensors include:

• Orbbec Femto Bolt - Offers high resolution depth, high resolution and quality video, manual control of white balance and exposure settings, selectable field of view, support for multiple sensors with hardware sync
• Microsoft Azure Kinect DK - Offers high resolution depth, high resolution and quality video, manual control of white balance and exposure settings, selectable field of view, support for multiple sensors with hardware sync
• Microsoft Kinect for Windows V2 / Kinect for Xbox One + Kinect for Windows adapter - Offers depth capture and 1080p video capture.

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  Installation of the Kinect For Windows SDK is required to run Depthkit with a Kinect for Windows V2 / Kinect for Xbox One with Windows.

• Experimental support for the Orbbec Femto Mega (Depthkit Core only)

As of Depthkit version 0.8.0, support for Intel RealSense D400 Series has been discontinued.

Hardware & Power Requirements

Due to the impressive video resolutions available with the Femto Bolt and Azure Kinect, the sensor may require a more powerful computer if recording above 1920x1080. Beyond requiring a sufficiently powered machine, Femto Bolt and Azure Kinect have some restrictions on its USB compatibility. See details on hardware recommendations in Microsoft's Azure Kinect documentation, which also apply to the Femto Bolt.

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Always Test Your Hardware Before You Shoot

There are many variables with performance across different hardware. While we try our best to give you the best recommendations, your results my vary. There is no better guarantee than testing all your hardware prior to going into a production.

USB Ports & Controllers, & USB extenders

You'll need a compatible USB cable - we recommend the one which comes with the sensor - and a computer with a compatible USB port. See Sensor connection issues section for notes about compatible USB ports.

It's often convenient to extend the USB cable long distances between the capture computer and the sensor. See Sensor connection issues section for notes about compatible USB extender cables.