Lifecast is dedicated to pushing the limits of immersive volumetric media. We created a new format for volumetric photos and videos called 'ldi3' which enables real-time 6DOF photorealistic rendering on a wide variety of platforms.
Visit https://lifecast.ai for some demos of what can be done with ldi3 and NeRF, which work on Vision Pro and Quest!
There are a lot of ways to create and edit ldi3. In the /nerf directory, we provide an open source nerf video engine that compresses into ldi3 for web streaming of volumetric/holographic video. We also offer some commercial software for working with ldi3:
- Volurama - a Windows/Mac GUI for the NeRF engine here, for reconstructing static scenes from iPhone video input.
- Volumetric Video Editor - Windows/Mac tool for converting VR180 to ldi3 (not NeRF-based, uses fisheye stereo depth estimation).
- holovolo.tv - text-to-ldi3 with Stable Diffusion
Here is a minimal example of embedding Lifecast ldi3 player in a div. For more examples, check out the /web directory.
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fbriggs/lifecast_public/lifecast.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="player_div" style="width: 600px; height: 500px;"></div>
<script>
LifecastVideoPlayer.init({
_media_urls: ["https://lifecast.ai/media/orrery_transp_ldi3.jpg"],
_embed_in_div: "player_div",
});
</script>
</body>
</html>For more examples, see the web/ directory of this repo.
Notable forks:
Download project files: https://github.com/fbriggs/lifecast_public/raw/main/UnrealEngine5/Lifecast_LDI3_Player_UE5.1.zip
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekEXxo1neVo
Download sample project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/197Ea3MHUKMsS4BUy86iVwGukmClV0V_9/view?usp=share_link