Comments on: Astounding 3D effects projected onto a building's facade

By: Octavio Warnock-Graham

Octavio Warnock-Graham — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:47:00 +0000

Its prolly two or three projectors stacked and calibrated. You might find a mischievous use but you are going to need a bigger boat.

By: Dewi Morgan

Dewi Morgan — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:18:00 +0000

Really nicely done, but yeah: they will have spent many thousands on this. Why the flying heck would they keep the lights on inside? I’m sure that was one of the design requirements (“the store must be able to remain open”), but why only screen with material thin enough for the light to shine through?

By: petr

petr — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:01:00 +0000

you beat me to it, that was my suggestion, I think the Orloj (Prague Clock) was more interesting as it was full of historical references. This was well done though.

By: EH

EH — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:14:00 +0000

Amon Tobin’s current tour is using a stage set with quite a bit of projection mapping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAdCntNbjyg

By: Red Robot

Red Robot — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:23:00 +0000

I would end up being the guy that turns on a light inside while the show is going on. Pretty cool.

By: drukqs

drukqs — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +0000

While the technology and quantity of lumens are certainly impressive, the actual ‘event’ is much less so, IMHO. What I learned: Corporations are not people, they’re robots with fake, cartoonish hearts. And “Let’s turn off yesterday, optimize your life” has got to be one of the most inane mottos I’ve ever seen.

By: Diodeus

Diodeus — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:29:00 +0000

Mosakia, the show projected onto Canada’s Parliament building in Ottawa is pretty impressive too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qFWd_53cc

By: Tedhealey

Tedhealey — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Cory, didn’t you know they’ve been doing this on the castle at WDW Magic Kingdom since early 2010?

…Not that this isn’t cool. You have to be at one of these projection shows to get the full effect, which is awesome.

By: Adam Pearce

Adam Pearce — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:21:00 +0000

Bravo … first troll status goes to Aen Tan. No one cares that its a phone ad. It was cleverly executed.

By: penguinsix

penguinsix — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:17:00 +0000

Awesome to see this, though it makes me a little sad thinking of all the permits, licenses, and other regulatory crap you’d have to go through to show it here.

By: jackie31337

jackie31337 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:34:00 +0000

Incredible! I wonder what it was like to see it in person.

As a long-time fan of the demoscene, I have to say I was tickled to see rotating cubes. :)

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:23:00 +0000

Holy crap. That certainly raises the bar on mapped projections.

I wonder how many projectors were necessary to do that, and how angle drops off the impact as you get to the sides. I guess I’m saying I really want to see one of these live!

By: equestriantyroleanfloweract

equestriantyroleanfloweract — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:16:00 +0000

One of the innovators in “projection mapping” would be MadMapper.
http://www.madmapper.com/
http://vimeo.com/channels/madmapper

..some nice examples there. I don’t like the Lg-Berlin-thingy though.

By: fergus1948

fergus1948 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:08:00 +0000

Was this done by The Macula?
Their ’600 years’ piece, projected onto the Astronomical clock tower in Prague was astounding…

http://vimeo.com/15749093

By: spacemunky

spacemunky — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:29:00 +0000

They do similar projections on Small World for one of the nightly shows at Disneyland. The strange geometry of the facade makes for some really amazing effects, and they use it well.

By: Αen

Αen — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:22:00 +0000

And the phones still suck. What’s the point?

By: Gordon Miller

Gordon Miller — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:52:00 +0000

3D projection by Gahrens + Battermann. 270,000 lumen (!) projectors used.

http://www.gb-mediensysteme.de/800.html?L=1

By: autark

autark — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:47:00 +0000

same tech Amon Tobin and Skrillex are using to project on 3d surfaces at their shows?

By: BijouxBoy

BijouxBoy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:16:00 +0000

Dang. Bruce Diamond got there first. Well played, sir!

By: BijouxBoy

BijouxBoy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:15:00 +0000

May I be the first from the BB community to congratulate the geniuses behind this. Absolutely amazing. Even appearing to shine lights BACK at the audience…. Hopefully the BB comment trolls are all still asleep….

By: Bruce Diamond

Bruce Diamond — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:47:00 +0000

Very cool. These presentations never cease to delight me (even when they turn out to be ads). Have to say that the lights that were left on inside the building ruined some of the scenes.