Laserati

Radiohead just released a new video for its song “House of Cards” from the album “In Rainbows”.

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.

Watch the making-of video to learn about how the video was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.

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nice photos of flowers under laser iradiation

Amazing abstract light painting created with laser light by Rein Nomm

Beaming Up

One Against Many

Laser pointer already becomes a useful tool for photographers. I will introduce more laser photos from now on.

Via: Wired

It is a fairly old news. But I enjoy. The creator of Laser Koto is Miya Masaoka.

When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddhas statues lining Bamiyan Valley's soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures.

Now, artist Hiro Yamagata plans to commemorate the towering Buddha by projecting multi-coloured laser images onto the clay cliff sides where the figures once stood. "I'm doing a fine art piece. That's my purpose - not for human rights, or for supporting religion or a political statement," said the 58-year-old artist, whose other laser works include a permanent display at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

In Milan Top Ten by icon. Two of them use laser technology. No.1 is Crystal and laser chandelier. No.3 is laser cut lamps from Droog.

"When there is no light the chandelier disappears. Using lasers and crystals in perfect alignment, the iconic shape of a Swarovski crystal is drawn in mid air. ". By UK designer of light objects Paul Cocksedge.

via: MoCo Loco

Beautiful 3D art by laser etching of glass from Bathsheba Grossman, an artist exploring the region between art and mathematics. You can find more pictures here.