TDInput

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Your body is an input device. TDInput streams every sensor on your Apple Watch AND iPhone directly into TouchDesigner as live CHOP channels — no custom hardware; no complex setup. Tilt your wrist to rotate geometry. Let your heartbeat drive particle systems. Scroll the Digital Crown to scrub a timeline. Wave your phone to control camera angles. TDInput turns natural body movement into creative control. APPLE WATCH SENSORS • Wrist Orientation — pitch; roll; and yaw at 50Hz • Acceleration — raw hand movement with gravity removed • Gravity Vector — which way is down relative to the watch • Rotation Rate — angular velocity on each axis • Heart Rate — live BPM via workout session • Digital Crown — precise tactile scroll input iPHONE SENSORS • Device Motion — full 6-axis orientation and acceleration at 50Hz • Magnetometer — calibrated compass heading on three axes • Barometric Altitude — relative elevation changes and atmospheric pressure • Battery Level — use charge state as a slow-changing creative input HOW IT WORKS 1. Open TDInput on your iPhone and enter your Mac's IP address. 2. In TouchDesigner; drop in an OSC In CHOP set to port 9000. 3. Open TDInput on your Apple Watch and tap Start. 4. Toggle iPhone Sensors on for phone data. 5. 30+ channels appear instantly in TD. No pairing codes; no Bluetooth dongles; no plugins. Standard OSC over your local Wi-Fi — the same protocol TD already speaks. BUILT FOR • TouchDesigner artists and creative coders • Live performance and interactive installations • VJs and real-time visual performers • Educators teaching sensor-driven art • Anyone exploring embodied interaction FULL OSC ADDRESS MAP Watch: /watch/motion/pitch;roll;yaw • /watch/accel/x;y;z • /watch/gravity/x;y;z • /watch/rotation/x;y;z • /watch/heart/bpm • /watch/crown/delta Phone: /phone/motion/pitch;roll;yaw • /phone/accel/x;y;z • /phone/gravity/x;y;z • /phone/rotation/x;y;z • /phone/magnetic/x;y;z • /phone/altitude/relative;pressure • /phone/battery/level All values arrive as standard OSC floats — wire them into selectCHOP; filterCHOP; and mathCHOP like any other channel. PERFORMANCE 50Hz motion updates give smooth; responsive control. Watch battery lasts approximately 4-5 hours of continuous streaming. The app uses a HealthKit workout session to keep sensors active. Questions or feature requests? We'd love to hear from you.