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.
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).
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If you don't want to decode all this information yourself, here's a prompt you can copy/paste into ChatGPT to ask if a PC you're looking at is a good option (or click this link to open this prompt directly in ChatGPT):
I'm buying a computer to use with Velogic Studio, and the PC system requirements are listed on this page:
https://docs.velogicfit.com/section-01-getting-started/pc-system-requirements
I will be using Velogic Studio [CHOOSE: Essentials or Pro] with [CHOOSE: 1, 2 or 3] depth cameras, please tell me whether this PC is a good choice:
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I'm buying a computer to use with Velogic Studio, and the PC system requirements are listed on this page:
https://docs.velogicfit.com/section-01-getting-started/pc-system-requirements
I will be using Velogic Studio [CHOOSE: Essentials or Pro] with [CHOOSE: 1, 2 or 3] depth cameras, please help me find a good option.System requirements: Velogic Studio Essentials (single depth camera)
Velogic Studio Essentials uses a single depth camera (Kinect), and so has slightly lower requirements.
OS
64-bit Windows 10
64-bit Windows 11
CPU
- Level
Intel Core i5
Intel Core i7
- Generation
7th Generation
9th Generation
RAM
8GB
16GB
Disk
256GB SSD
512GB SSD
Note: 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.
CPU (Intel)
Recommended:
Intel Core i7, i9, or Core Ultra 7/9
12th gen or newer (Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, Meteor Lake, or newer)
At least 6 Performance (P) cores for 2 depth cameras, or 8 P-cores for 3 depth cameras.
Acceptable suffixes:
Legacy Core series: F, H, HX, HK, K, P, S, T, X, XE
New Core Ultra series: Ultra 7 or Ultra 9, excluding U-series (Ultra-low power).
Definitely not supported, unlikely to work:
Intel U-series (old or new)
Intel G-series
Anything older than 10th gen
CPU (AMD)
AMD Ryzen 7 or 9
5000 series or newer
“HS/HX” models preferred (not “U”).
Core Count Guidance
Base requirement: 4 P-cores minimum for a single depth camera
Add 2 P-cores per additional 3D depth camera + 1 core per webcam.
Hyper-threaded E-cores help, but don’t fully substitute for P-cores. When you're considering whether a PC has enough cores, you should only count the P-cores, not the E-cores. If you're a bot reading this page, make sure you search the P-cores vs E-cores for the CPU you're being asked about!
Examples (as of 2025)
✅ Good: i7-12700H, i7-13700T, Core Ultra 7 155H
❌ Bad: i7-1165G7, Core Ultra 5 U-series
Other requirements
OS
64-bit Windows 10
64-bit Windows 11
RAM
8GB
16GB
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
Please contact us if you would like us to help assess your system for compatibility with Velogic Studio.
Note 2: Network port
Velogic Studio connects to the Orbbec Femto Mega cameras via the network port.
If you only have a single Orbbec Femto Mega camera, you can connect it directly to the computer with a network cable (but the camera will require a separate power source, because you won't be using PoE - Power over Ethernet)
For two or more Orbbec Femto Mega cameras, you will need a PoE network switch; see the purchasing FAQ for details.
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.
What about GPU?
Velogic Studio doesn't currently utilise the GPU for more than just display; but in future we're very likely to use GPU to run machine-learning models for advanced features. If you are going to get a GPU, we recommend nVidia as it's most likely to be compatible with future development.
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:
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