Getting Frames from YouTube

YouTube has a wealth of data but often you don't feel like downloading it all to disk. How can we stream video to python and then access the frame data?

Glastonbury in VR

As Glastonbury tickets are like gold dust, I experimented for the 2022 festival with a virtual reality (VR) experience. Here are the results.

Playing Around With VR & AI

I have an Oculus Quest 2. It's really fun. Experiencing things in VR is a completely different experience to standard 2D screens. So how do I start building fun things to experience in VR? Most of my backend programming is performed in Python. This is the home of TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, SciKit Learn, OpenCV etc. … Continue reading Playing Around With VR & AI →

Why Computer Vision Is Wrong

Computer vision engineers need to be less Linus Torvalds and more Erik Weisz.

Easy Audio/Video Capture with Python

It's difficult to obtain audio/video data in Python. You just want a numpy array but how do you get this? This post presents a number of Python classes to address this issue.

Capturing Live Audio and Video in Python

In my robotics projects I want to capture live audio and video data in Python. To save you several days, this blog post explains how I go about doing this.

Hacker News Update: Raspicam & WeMo

A quick update on my recent discoveries. Raspicam I now have a Raspberry Pi Camera Board (Raspicam)! There is a brilliant combo deal on at the moment allowing you to buy a Raspicam, Model A + 4GB SD card for about £35 (including VAT + shipping!)! That's £35 for a device that can run OpenCV … Continue reading Hacker News Update: Raspicam & WeMo →