Mapped projections have been a thing for a while now, but why aren't people mounting projectors and dancing carefully choreographed moves to match a projection on their bodies?

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Mapped projections have been a thing for a while now, but why aren't people mounting projectors and dancing carefully choreographed moves to match a projection on their bodies?

VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

In 2018 a tv commercial premiered this projector mapping tech during a Superbowl commercial for Ponds cold cream…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvDtMeKgcio

The behind the scenes video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCQGarGxRXM

Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 months ago

I do feel like this would be very difficult with the inconsistencies of human movement. Would be difficult to get the projections to line up. That said, people have done similar stuff, mostly early Pomplamoose music videos

https://youtu.be/i7X8ZnmLfM0, https://youtu.be/dm3ZEMQf98k, https://youtu.be/tk4_SMI0jVc

I would also consider Ok Go’s “I’m Not Through” commercial to be similar in concept.

ZephyrXero@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Projection mapping software generally assumes the surface(s) you are projecting onto is stationary. You might need special software to target a moving object

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 2 months ago

Were you dancing at the time?

I imagine it’s not as easy in terms of producing the template video to match your body type (and maybe agility) and then to set up the projection just at the right distance. Conventional wisdom might also say that you learn dance moves better by copying others and that’s why you get floor to ceiling mirrors in dance studios.