PC System Requirements and Compatibility Guide
This guide will help you ensure that your Windows computer is up to the task of running Velogic Studio.
The requirements are different depending on whether you're running Velogic Studio Essentials (with a single depth camera) or Velogic Studio Pro (with multiple simultaneous depth cameras).
System requirements: Velogic Studio Essentials (single depth camera).
Velogic Studio Essentials uses a single depth camera (Kinect), and so has slightly lower requirements.
Component | Minimum | Ideal |
OS | 64-bit Windows 10 | |
CPU | Level: Core i5 Generation: 7th or better | Level: Core i7 Generation: 9th |
- Level | Core i5 | Core i7 |
- Generation | 7th Generation | 9th Generation |
RAM | 8GB | 16GB |
USB | Dedicated USB3.0 or USB3.1 bus (with Intel or Renesas chipset - see Kinect camera compatibility below) | |
Disk | 256GB SSD | 512GB SSD |
(It is possible to use a single Orbbec Femto Mega camera with Velogic Studio Essentials; but you should refer to the specs below in that case).
If you're looking for a new PC to meet these requirements, see our Recommended computers for Velogic Studio Essentials (Kinect camera).
System requirements: Velogic Studio Pro (multiple depth cameras).
Velogic Studio Pro uses two or more depth cameras simultaneously (Orbbec Femto Mega), and so has higher processing requirements.
| Component | Minimum | Ideal |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 | |
| CPU | Level: Core | Level: Core i9 processor Generation: 10th Suffix: High-performance |
- Level (see note 1) | Core i7 | Core i9 |
- Generation | 10th Generation | 10th Generation |
- Suffix (see note 1) | F, H, HX, HK, K, P, S, T, X, XE | |
- Cores (see note 1) | 4 | 8 (see note 3) |
| RAM | 8GB | 16GB |
| USB | Dedicated USB3.0 or USB3.1 bus (with Intel or Renesas chipset - see Kinect camera compatibility below) | |
| Disk | 256GB SSD | 512GB SSD |
Network (see note 2) | Dedicated RJ45 port |
If you're looking for a new PC to meet these requirements, see our Recommended computers for Velogic Studio Pro (Femto Mega cameras).
Note 1: How to check CPU (processor) compatibility
You can check the processor by running the System Information app, and looking at the Processor entry. For example:
- Level: The "i9" indicates the "Level" of the processor. It's likely to be i5, i7 or i9.
- Generation: The "10900X" indicates that it's a 10th generation processor. This number should start wither either 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or later.
- Suffix: The letter or letters at the end of the name are called a suffix, and it a key indicator of the processor's capabilities.
For Velogic Studio Pro, this should be: F, H, HX, HK, K, P, S, T, X, XE.
It should NOT be a one of these "efficiency" (low-performance) suffixes: U, Y, E, UE, HE, UL, HL - Cores: Velogic Studio does a lot of processing, and therefore the number of cores is a key factor in how well it runs.
The number of cores required depends on how many cameras you have. Add up the following to get a minimum number of cores; more is always better - 1 core base
- 2 cores per 3D camera (Orbbec or Kinect)
- 1 core per webcam
- ... so for dual Orbbec cameras with 1 webcam, you would need 6 cores minimum
Please contact us if you would like us to help assess your system for compatibility with Velogic Studio.
Note 2: Network port
Orbbec Femto Mega cameras can connect to Velogic Studio either via USB or network.
- If you only have a single Orbbec Femto Mega camera, it's acceptable to use the USB connection.
- For two or more Orbbec Femto Mega cameras, we strongly recommend (and will only support) network connectivity. You will therefore need a dedicated RJ45 port (network port) on your computer for this purpose. If you computer only has one network port which is already in use (or has no network ports and you connect to the internet via wifi), you will need to purchase a USB-to-network dongle such as this.
Does it need to be Windows?
Some users have reported success running our software on Mac hardware (using Bootcamp) but we don't test with, or officially support, Apple systems.
If your computer doesn't meet these specs, but you would like to try it anyway, you're welcome to - but we won't be able to offer you support.
See also:
- our recommended computers for Velogic Studio.
- Kinect camera - compatibility and troubleshooting guide
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