USA – Aerotec, LLC recently provided airborne color 3D LIDAR models (large outdoor scenes) to ZOO Films for the production of a new and innovative music video featuring the alternative British rock group RADIOHEAD and their new release, "House of Cards". The music video, which is the first ever to be premiered by Google, also achieved another first by being the first live action music video to be shot without the use of any cameras or lights, but instead only using lasers and scanners.
Two different types of technologies (from three vendors) were utilized for the video to produce the scenes:
Aerotec, LLC
The Aerotec system is an airborne LIDAR (remote sensing) instrument that uses a scanning laser to capture detailed 3D images at longer ranges in an exterior environment. Aerotec’s LIDAR system uses a single laser and scans in an elliptical pattern looking 20 degrees forward, 20 degrees side-to-side, and 14 degrees aft to completely scan three sides of each object over which it is flown. Approximately 200,000 LIDAR points per second are captured, thus producing a very detailed image of the scanned exterior scenes.
Geometric Informatics
The Geometric system scanner uses structured light to capture detailed 3D images at close proximity. In this video, the scanner was used to produce all the performance scenes.
Velodyne HD Lidar
The Velodyne system is a ground-based LIDAR (light detection and ranging) and has 64 lasers that rotate and capture in 360-degrees 900 times per minute. The LIDAR instrument is a laser-scan system that scans exterior and indoor environments in 3D and produced certain shots of the exterior and interior scenes.
Aerotec’s Jim Dow, William Wallace, and Casey Scott were pleased to be able to contribute to this ground-breaking, innovative work. “I’ve always thought of the geospatial industry as cutting-edge and innovative, but this brings it to a whole new level,” stated Jim Dow, Aerotec’s Chief Executive Officer. “It is great to see the technology being used so creatively and in a way that will reach a whole new audience.”
Source : http://www.aerotecusa.com.
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by Harsha Vardhan, India on 7/29/2008
The videos can be found on YouTube at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyQoTGdQywY
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by Praveen, India on 7/29/2008
Isn't is awesome to see LIDAR VIDEO :D ..
For high resolution video of the song visit http://download.radiohead.com/radiohead_hoc_640x480.mov.zip
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by Harsha Vardhan, India on 8/7/2008
There is a Google Code project over here - http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/#the-making-of - here you can view the data even the data is available for download. This is rocking :)
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