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Orbbec SDK v2

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An open-source cross-platform C/C++ SDK for interfacing with Orbbec RGB-D cameras, with wrappers for other languages and frameworks. It is the successor to Orbbec SDK v1.

Made by Orbbec, United States (checked on github.com/orbbec (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/orbbec/OrbbecSDK_v2 (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 85e94c4 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
LGPL-2.1-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (LGPL-2.1-only) at commit 85e94c4 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

What it does

  • Provides C/C++ APIs for Orbbec RGB-D cameras and LiDAR devices, plus wrappers for other languages and frameworks.
  • Includes the Orbbec Viewer GUI for stream preview, camera configuration, post-processing and firmware updates.
  • Supports Windows 10 or later, Linux x64 and ARM64, Android 13 and macOS.
  • Offers a LingBot Enhanced Depth Filter that uses color and depth to reduce noise and fill holes, on NVIDIA Jetson with JetPack 6.2.
  • Provides a DepthQualityTool to evaluate depth accuracy, spatial and temporal precision, and fill rate.
  • Includes a QuickStart example that starts a pipeline and shows frames in a window.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 85e94c4.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Supported platforms: Windows 10 or later (x86 and x64); Linux x64 tested on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04; Linux ARM64 tested on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, Orin NX, Orin Nano, AGX Xavier, Xavier NX and Jetson Thor; Android tested on Android 13; macOS tested on M2 chip, OS version 13.2.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
8 Oct 2026 on main
Latest release
Release v2.10.6 (30 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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