diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/bin/Active_Tripod.lib b/of/Active Tripod/bin/Active_Tripod.lib
index c0eb44e..e5bbfb7 100644
Binary files a/of/Active Tripod/bin/Active_Tripod.lib and b/of/Active Tripod/bin/Active_Tripod.lib differ
diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/BACKGROUNDguiPagesettings.xml b/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/BACKGROUNDguiPagesettings.xml
index 09efc90..1ec4460 100644
--- a/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/BACKGROUNDguiPagesettings.xml	
+++ b/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/BACKGROUNDguiPagesettings.xml	
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+<Widget>
+    <Kind>2</Kind>
+    <Name>Toggle Video Visibility</Name>
+    <Value>1</Value>
+</Widget>
+<Widget>
+    <Kind>2</Kind>
+    <Name>Toggle Image Visibility</Name>
+    <Value>0</Value>
+</Widget>
 <Widget>
     <Kind>4</Kind>
     <Name>Brightness</Name>
diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/SIMULATIONguiPagesettings.xml b/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/SIMULATIONguiPagesettings.xml
index 1908c35..65a6ee7 100644
--- a/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/SIMULATIONguiPagesettings.xml	
+++ b/of/Active Tripod/bin/data/GUI/SIMULATIONguiPagesettings.xml	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Widget>
     <Kind>2</Kind>
     <Name>Toggle Data Simulation</Name>
-    <Value>0</Value>
+    <Value>1</Value>
 </Widget>
 <Widget>
     <Kind>4</Kind>
diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/src/gui/GUI.cpp b/of/Active Tripod/src/gui/GUI.cpp
index 6529621..36e66f0 100644
--- a/of/Active Tripod/src/gui/GUI.cpp	
+++ b/of/Active Tripod/src/gui/GUI.cpp	
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ void GUI::addBackgroundGUI()
     string title = "BACKGROUND";
     ofxUICanvas* gui = getNewGUI(title);
 
+	gui->addToggle("Toggle Video Visibility", &app->scene.isVideoVisible, toggleDim, toggleDim);
+	gui->addToggle("Toggle Image Visibility", &app->scene.isImageVisible, toggleDim, toggleDim);
+
     gui->addLabel("VIDEO IMAGE SETTINGS");
 	gui->addSlider("Brightness", 0, 2, &app->scene.brightness, length, dim);
 	gui->addSlider("Contrast", 0, 2, &app->scene.contrast, length, dim);
diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.cpp b/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.cpp
index 797d841..ed637b0 100644
--- a/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.cpp	
+++ b/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.cpp	
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 void Scene::setup()
 {
+	vidGrabber.initGrabber(1280, 720);
+	vidGrabber.setDesiredFrameRate(30);
+
 	bgImg.loadImage("images/tanks.jpg");
 	rgbShader.load("shaders/RGBShader");
 	barGraph.setup();
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ void Scene::setup()
 
 void Scene::update()
 {
+	vidGrabber.update();
+	
 	activeGraph->update();
 
 	text.setLineLength(lineLength);
@@ -54,7 +59,10 @@ void Scene::drawVideo()
 	rgbShader.setUniform1f("blue", blue);
 	rgbShader.setUniform1f("alpha", alpha);
 	
-    bgImg.draw(0, 0, ofGetWidth(), ofGetHeight());
+	if (isVideoVisible)
+		vidGrabber.draw(0, 0, ofGetWidth(), ofGetHeight());
+	if (isImageVisible)
+	    bgImg.draw(0, 0, ofGetWidth(), ofGetHeight());
 	
 	rgbShader.end();
 }
diff --git a/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.h b/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.h
index c403f00..b1cc87e 100644
--- a/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.h	
+++ b/of/Active Tripod/src/visual/Scene.h	
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
 	BarGraph barGraph;
 	BodyGraph bodyGraph;
 	ofShader rgbShader;
+	ofVideoGrabber vidGrabber;
 	ofImage bgImg;
 	ofxFTGLSimpleLayout text;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public:
 	float green;
 	float blue;
 	float alpha;
+	bool isVideoVisible;
+	bool isImageVisible;
 	
 	// HUD background vars
 	float hudColour[4];