I was on code.google.com, and was surprised to see an image in the usually text-based search website. In what looked like an ADvert for RadioHead's "House of Cards", there was this interesting line.
In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards" from the album "In Rainbows", no cameras or lights were used. Just data.
Images were all formed by some dots or english characters all through the video.. and it looked quite interesting to see something like this for the first time. Something like effects we have seen in the film series 'Mummy'. The extra effect on the RadioHead video seems like, they have allowed some part of the image formed by the data to pulsate or move high/low based on the music.
The technology uses a mix of contouring techniques + lasers + geographical information scanners.. to deliver the goods.
Interesting!! presentation.. Out of Box stuff. Shows why google was so excited about the idea that they put this on their website(they have a policy not to put images or adverts on their sites other than their logo).
You will find the video and more information on how it was created at:
http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/
