# Mediapipe for bodytracking in TD: No kinect needed!

Realtime Body tracking on Mac & Pc with just a webcam!  
  
Camera's like Kinect can do body & facial tracking with infra red. You can read more about this on [another one of our bookstack pages](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras-motion-tracking "3d-depth-cameras").   
But with AI, you can now also use your webcam for tracking!

Mediapipe is Machine Learning by Google implemented through Python;   
read up on the details here; [https://developers.google.com/mediapipe](https://developers.google.com/mediapipe)   
And if this kind of goes above your head but you do kind of want to understand what you are doing check this out: [https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/mediapipe-for-dummies/](https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/mediapipe-for-dummies/)   
  
You can install Mediapipe on you computer and in Touchdesigner using this step by step tutorial: [http://www.magicandlove.com/blog/2021/06/02/mediapipe-in-touchdesigner-6/](http://www.magicandlove.com/blog/2021/06/02/mediapipe-in-touchdesigner-6/)  
  
But, since 2023 Torin Blankensmith has developed a plugin for TD (so no separate install of mediapipe!)  
Check out the [tutorial](https://youtu.be/83StND-y4fY)  
Get the latest version of the plugin on [github. ](https://github.com/torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner?tab=readme-ov-file)  
*Be aware that, although this way of using Mediapipe is much easier to setup, it is a lot heavier on your system/resources than when installing the necessary libraries yourself like described above.*