Camera Controller

Camera Controller is an add-on designed for artists and studios that need to generate realistic camera movements. By using your smartphone, you can simulate camera movements as if you were holding a real camera, creating extremely realistic shakes in real-time, without the need for tracking. These movements are based on actual data captured from your phone and can be recorded in real-time, baking them as keyframes in your animation.

The app also allows you to move the camera using two joysticks: one controls forward, sideways, and backward movements, while the other controls the camera’s height. Additionally, with the option to send rotation/movement data from the active camera, you can direct the camera’s orientation while using the joysticks to generate translations.

You can also create keyframes in your scene at specific points in the animation and use your phone to generate only the camera’s rotational movements. This is a highly useful feature, but due to Blender’s limitations, there might be some lag when recording the movements. This is an issue within Blender itself, and I plan to report it to see if a developer can find a solution. However, once baked, these lags will no longer be visible.

Hardware and Performance:

App performance depends mainly on your phone’s hardware. Because the app handles a large amount of data, mid-range to high-end devices are recommended. Streaming works best on high-performance phones, providing lower latency and higher FPS.

For the best connection, use 5 GHz Wi-Fi or faster in an obstacle-free environment, or connect via USB tethering. During recording, your computer must also be capable of running the Blender scene smoothly at its configured FPS. For heavier scenes, you may need to temporarily disable demanding elements such as simulations and rigs.