In 5 Minutes

Create a Warping Smiley Face

Create a basic image warp.

Character Animation via OSC

Add animation using OSC and an iPhone/iPod.

Geometry Instancing on the GPU

Use geometry instancing on the GPU to make an army of smiley faces.

Import Geometry and Add Material

Geometry is imported and a material and texture are applied.

Augmented Reality Light

3D lighting is to add augmented reality effect to the mask projection.

The Graphics Processing Unit. This is the high-speed, many-core processor of the graphics card/chip that takes geometry, images and data from the CPU and creates images and processed data.

MATs or Materials are an Operator Family that applies a Shader to a SOP or 3D Geometry Object for rendering textured surfaces with lighting.