Geometric Informatics + Velodyne LIDAR = Freaking Sweet
Ok. They still have it. Radiohead comes out with their House of Cards video and maybe it will do for the digital generation what the gloved one did with Thriller did back in the day: redefine the music video.
As we learn over at Google Code:
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.
You can watch the making of over here.
And if you’re particularly inspired, grab the code, mix and mash your own and show the world what you got.
