Dataset Download
Downloading Open Datasets
This page provides guidance on how to use our generic downloader to download any Project Aria dataset.
Step 0: Install projectaria_tools package and create venv if not done before
Follow Step 0 to Step 3 in Getting Started.
Step 1 : Signup and get the download links file
To use the downloader CLI, you need to download a file which contains all data URLs plus some metadata for the downloader script. We currently offer two ways of getting this file:
Option 1 - Aria Dataset Explorer:
Go to the Aria Dataset Explorer website and choose a dataset by clicking on "View" button. Here you can select sequences according to some filter options, or get the links to all sequences by clicking "Download found sequences".
Option 2 - Dataset Webpage on projectaria.com:
For example, to download Aria Digital Twin, visit the ADT Webpage on projectaria.com. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email and select Access the Datasets. Visit and sign up.
Once you've selected Access the Datasets you'll be taken back to the top of the page.
Scroll down the page to select <your_dataset>
Download Links and download the file to the folder $HOME/Downloads.
You can redownload the download links whenever they expire
This will download a file called [your_dataset_name]_download_urls.json
.
Step 2 : Set up a folder for your dataset
mkdir -p $HOME/Documents/projectaria_tools_[your_dataset_name]_data
mv $HOME/Downloads/[your_dataset_name]_download_urls.json $HOME/Documents/projectaria_tools_[your_dataset_name]_data/
Step 3 : Download the sequences using the downloader CLI
To use the downloader, use the following commands in the virtual environment where you've installed projectaria_tools
.
To get a description of the arguments that the script needs, run:
aria_dataset_downloader --help
The following are some example use cases: