rs-basic.py

# First import the library
import pyrealsense2 as rs

# Create a context object. This object owns the handles to all connected realsense devices
pipeline = rs.pipeline()
pipeline.start()

try:
    while True:
        # Create a pipeline object. This object configures the streaming camera and owns it's handle
        frames = pipeline.wait_for_frames()
        depth = frames.get_depth_frame()
        if not depth: continue

        # Print a simple text-based representation of the image, by breaking it into 10x20 pixel regions and approximating the coverage of pixels within one meter
        coverage = [0]*64
        for y in range(480):
            for x in range(640):
                dist = depth.get_distance(x, y)
                if 0 < dist and dist < 1:
                    coverage[int(x/10)] += 1

            if y%20 is 19:
                line = ""
                for c in coverage:
                    line += " .:nhBXWW"[int(c/25)]
                coverage = [0]*64
                print(line)

finally:
    pipeline.stop()