“This progress is absolute insanity,” says the narrator, and I’d readily agree. Watch how this tech auto-inflates a 2D sketch into 3D & applies rigging.
“The Shining” goes 3D
Topi Kauppinen creates a beautifully uncanny effect, turning 2D stills from The Shining into 3D:
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Amazing footage of Perseverance landing on Mars
Insanely magical.
The real footage in this video was captured by several cameras that are part of the rover’s entry, descent, and landing suite. The views include a camera looking down from the spacecraft’s descent stage (a kind of rocket-powered jet pack that helps fly the rover to its landing site), a camera on the rover looking up at the descent stage, a camera on the top of the aeroshell (a capsule protecting the rover) looking up at that parachute, and a camera on the bottom of the rover looking down at the Martian surface.
If that’s up your alley, check out this 4K video showing images of the red planet (captured earlier):
Per Laughing Squid,
Elderfox Studios took photographic footage taken by various Mars space rovers and compiled them into an absolutely astonishing 4K rendered video that reveals the surface of Mars. The original photos used in this short but stunning documentary were from NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, Cornell University and ASU.
War robot + paintball gun + Internet = Art (?)
Welcome to late capitalism, MF’s.
We’ve put a Spot in an art gallery, mounted it with a .68cal paintball gun, and given the internet the ability to control it. We’re livestreaming Spot as it frolics and destroys the gallery around it. Spot’s Rampage is piloted by YOU! Spot is remote-controlled over the internet, and we will select random viewers to take the wheel.
[Via Rajat Paharia]
Lego Vidiyo promises AR filmmaking for kids
TikTok Micronaxx, here we come!
The high-key nutty (am I saying that right, kids?) thing is that they’ve devised a whole musical persona to go with it, complete with music videos:
L.L.A.M.A. is the first ever Lego mini-figure to be signed to a major label and the building toy group’s debut attempt at creating its own star DJ/ producer.
A cross between a helmet headed artist like Marshmello and a corporate synergy-prone artificial entity like Lil Miquela, L.L.A.M.A., which stands for “Love, Laughter and Music Always” (not kidding), is introducing himself to the world today with a debut single, “Shake.”
It appears that this guy & pals fly around on giant luckdragon-style copies of our goldendoodle Seamus, and I am here for that.
Possibly the most metal bicycle ever 🤘
Around The World
Just a little fun exploring the land of big sticks (mineral & selfie). Shot on Insta360 One X2, edited in its app + Splice.
Lego: Nanonaxx Conquer Death Valley
Do I seem like the kind of guy who’d have tiny Lego representations of himself, his wife, our kids (the Micronaxx), and even our dog? What a silly question. 😌
I had a ball zipping around Death Valley, unleashing our little crew on sand dunes, lonesome highways, and everything in between. In particular I was struck by just how often I got more usable shallow depth-of-field images from my iPhone (which, like my Pixel, lets me edit the blur post-capture) than from my trusty, if aging, DSLR & L-series lens.
Anyway, in case this sort of thing is up your alley, please enjoy the results.
Growing portraits with grass
Dan Harvey and Heather Ackroyd make insanely large portraits using a giant darkroom that governs where light falls & therefore how grass grows.
With the right care & feeding, the portraits can, in principle, last indefinitely.
