Oh dears,

this past month we gave you not one, but two releases! Check the changelog of vvvv gamma 6.x and make sure to update to 6.3 soon.

We finally managed to have another meetup and you can rewatch it here: 24. vvvv worldwide meetup

And it is happening again: Join us for the 3rd edition of LINK - the vvvv summercamp 2024. The best place for beginners and experts alike to deepen their vvvv and swimming skills.

Learning vvvv

The NODE Institute has been busy planning a fantastic line up for the comming summer season. While you can enroll in individual vvvv intermediate workshops, now you are also able to go for bundles:

• The Stride Bundle
• The FUSE Bundle
• The Complete Bundle

Coming up in May:

• May 9: A Stride Engine deepdive
• May 16: Introduction to Shader Coding
• May 23: Integrating Rhino 3D with vvvv
• May 29: Augmented Reality using OpenCV

But also TobyK has released some new video tutorials:

• Manipulating Classes and Exploding Barrels
• Type Flexibility tutorials

Contributions

Many thanks to those of you who help complete vvvv with countless additions! For an overview of libraries available for vvvv start here.

This past month, we’ve received several new ones:

• VL.Audio.LTC
• VL.BlueIOT
• VL.Stride.SDFToMesh

And updates to the following:

• VL.OpenCV
• VL.Augmenta
• VL.CEF.Stride
• VL.CEF.Skia
• VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal
• VL.Rhino.3dm
• VL.ScalableDisplay
• VL.ExtendedTutorials
• VL.Interpolator
• VL.Pipette.HDE
• VL.Devices.Phidgets
• VL.Devices.RealSense
• VL.Addons
• VL.MiDi.Music.Utils
• VL.TrackObjects

Plus three enteries in the forum’s work-in-progress section:

• VL.PythonNET
• vvvVJ Controller
• VL.OpenAI http

Gallery

We have published the vvvv Show-Off-Reel Nr.2. Thanks to all of you who contributed with your projects!

Plus two more:

• Music video for Tom Adams “Lines” from the ‘Golden Waves’ sessions by Thomas Maria Helzle
• RetroVision, an interactive installation by Benedikt Müller

Jobs

• Always keep an eye on the vvvv job board
• There maybe some more on The Interactive & Immersive Job Board and dasauge.de
• If you need a vvvv specialist or are one yourself, check out this listing of vvvv specialists available for hire

That was it for April. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!