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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 02 October 2013 01:03:24PM *  8 points [-]

My reaction to video art is usually 'meh', but this one is absolutely fantastic. This is easily the best piece of video art I've seen in years. I re-watched it a dozen times already. Over 1,800,000 views on Youtube.

Box

From the Youtube video description:

Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera.

Bot & Dolly produced this work to serve as both an artistic statement and technical demonstration. It is the culmination of multiple technologies, including large scale robotics, projection mapping, and software engineering. We believe this methodology has tremendous potential to radically transform theatrical presentations, and define new genres of expression.

Comment author: 9eB1 05 October 2013 10:56:09AM 2 points [-]

Wow. That's super impressive. The camera itself must be mounted on one of those robots to get precision tracking, but they added jitter to make it look more like a human camera that we are used to. The alternative would be real-time rendering of the scenes with motion tracking of the camera's position which strikes me as much less likely.

Anyway, it immediately reminded me of this video which shows a much simpler example of parallax like this. The camera in this case is tracked using a WiiMote sensor. The good part starts around 2:20.

Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 06 October 2013 04:46:58AM 0 points [-]

Yes, camera is mounted on a smaller robot, and you can even see it in the video. The motion feels natural because it's motion-captured.

As for the real-time rendering of scenes with motion tracking, here's an interesting Star Wars demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdsFEMDceNg

Comment author: Vaniver 13 October 2013 05:46:43PM 2 points [-]

The top comment on that link:

Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to render in real time is insignificant next to the power of storytelling.

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