Collection of projects using Point Cloud visualizations as
virtual representations of 3D scanned real worlds.
[pic. DIY 3D SCANNING, Kyle McDonald // HOUSE OF CARDS, Radiohead +
James Frost + Aaron Koblin // CLOUDS, Jonathan Minard and James George]
SIGHT LINES
“To see how driverless cars might perceive —
and misperceive — the world, ScanLAB Projects drove a 3-D laser scanner
through the streets of London.”
By ScanLab, 2015. More info here.
HOUSE OF CARDS
Video clip for Radiohead House of cards made without cameras or lights. “Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data”
Director: James Frost, Technical Director: Aaron Koblin, 2008. More info here.
Find open source 3D data here.
DIY 3D SCANNING
Realtime 3d scanning with structured light using one projector and one camera
( in a pre-kinect era).
By Kyle McDonald, 2009. More info and technical details at Instructables.
CLOUDS
“CLOUDS is an interactive documentary that presents a conversation among 40 artists, designers, and hackers who use code, and collaborate on open source tool kits. It explores themes of creativity and invention, interactive art, simulation, computational design, data visualization, and the future of storytelling.“
“CLOUDS allows the viewer to explore different perspectives on the intersection of code and culture. Filmed using a new 3D cinema format called RGBD and created entirely with open-source software, CLOUDS uses a data-driven “story engine” to present an endless, ever-changing conversation.”
By Jonathan Minard and James George, 2014. More info at the project page.
POINT CLOUD SLITSCANNING (EXPLORATIONS)
“Point cloud captured in the Kinoptic Dome at Carnegie Mellon University. Slitscanned and rendered in Openframeworks.”
By Michelle Ma, 2015. More info at the project page.
