Lucy Jiménez
Super Nature Design Shanghai. URBANSCREEN | SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTIONS. The Creators. An audio-reactive multitouch installation built with Processing. RYOICHI KUROKAWA. [HD 1080p] MOL (Ryoichi Kurokawa) - Scopitone 2012 - Nantes. Sirens. Parallel Head. You'll Be Amazed—Projection Mapping On A Human Face. Video mapping a human face is not entirely new—we’ve seen Zach Lieberman and friends do it using a Kinect and an LED projector in the video for BELL’s “Chase No Face.” But this video ups the game a little and completely immerses the actor in the projected visuals, covering the whole head and upper body so he becomes a human chameleon. Turn him into a cyberman, a bearded metaller, even a human Google map, making it a great tool for Halloween, if you had the spare cash—and you sat still, in a room, while people stared at you.
The project was commissioned by Samsung in Portugal for a new phone, and the video mapping was done by Oskar & Gaspar from an idea by agency Excentric. There don’t seem to be any details online yet about the tech specifics, so lets just revel in our ignorance and enjoy the visuals. @stewart23rd. This Projection Mapping On Paper Is Just As Impressive As The Architectural Kind. Of all the surfaces you can projection map on to, paper doesn’t immediately sound like the most fascinating. But this piece, Ilumina from Luis Sanz (IndefiniteVJ) shows you that the humble sheet of paper can be just as impressive as the facade of a historical building—much like AntiVJ’s augmented wall mural Eyjafjallajökull, but on a smaller scale.
What the Swiss motion graphic designer does so well is manage to confuse the viewer with just a drawing on 297 mm x 120 mm paper, creating an illusory sense of depth and tricking you into thinking you’re seeing 3D but in actual fact all the geometry is 2D. Add to that the fact he used Cinema 4D and After Effects too and you can’t tell what’s added and what’s created from the light projection—or just what the hell’s going on. “WTF?!” You may think. But don’t think, just watch. Here’s what he says about the piece on Vimeo: Projection that light[s] a figure on paper, try[ing] to play with light depth and perception. Projection mapping on buildings? Augmented Reality - Video Projection Mapping. Apparition - Klaus Obermaier & Ars Electronica Futurelab. Nosaj Thing vs. Aalto — Behind The Projection Mapping Performance. Everyone's Mixtape.