Awesome Projection Mapping

Graffiti artist Sofles collaborated with Juddy Roller Studio, Grant Osborne and Opiuo to augment his 5-story mural in Melbourne, Australia with projection mapping and live music. Video by Selina Miles.

Producer Nobumichi Asai is the party responsible for the creepy use of face-tracking and projection mapping to replace the faces of live subjects in real time. We won’t be held responsible for any nightmares you have after watching this.

Director Nuno Barbosa shot this mind-bending video by projection mapping video of musician Emmy Curl back onto herself. The whole video was shot in a single take, without post production. Body paintings by João Tiago Fernandes.

We’ve seen projection mapping on buildings, cars, boxes and human faces. Here’s the final frontier. YouTubers ARUFARU teamed up with YouTuber machspecial to make a silly presentation using his bare behind.

Following up on their IllumiRoom concept, Microsoft’s RoomAlive tech surrounds users with video, and allows them to interact with content. Sadly, it requires multiple projectors and Kinects, so we doubt it’ll ever be produced.

One of the most mindbending uses of projection mapping demonstrates how a model’s face can be digitally replaced when the tech is combined with real-time face tracking. If you happen to live in Tokyo, see a live demo on 8/28/14.

The music video for Save Me, a single from the latest album of France-based singer Irma. Shot in one take, the video makes great use of projection mapping and perspective to go through different emotions and environments.

Another impressive performance from Enra, combining projected animations with live action – in this case precisely matching the timing of Yusaku Mochizuki’s diabolo juggling with the digital images on screen.

Mexico’s largest cemetery Panteón de Dolores came alive with illusions and morbid yet silly imagery. Llamarada used projection mapping on the cemetery’s trees, tombstones and crosses. Part of the Ciudad Intervenida project.

Quince Imaging and Think Media Studios turned the Cleveland Cavaliers’ court into a gigantic projection screen with this awesome pre-game introduction presentation. For once, the folks at the top got the best seat in the house.

THE ARK is a soothing display by artist Romain Tardy, who transformed a wall of cacti at the Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca into a feast for the eyes, giving movement to the otherwise still succulents. Music by Squeaky Lobster.

Believe it or not, those are flat screens. Part performance art, part tech demo, Bot & Dolly made these illusions using two robotic arms and projection mapping software that can align images on moving objects. (Thanks Jeremiah!)

By combining projection mapping with a regular Xbox 360, Kinect and flat screen TV, Microsoft Research immerses players in games that literally fill the room – without silly 3D.

The video artists of Poland’s White Kanga have come up with a way to project images onto 3D surfaces and dynamically adjust the projection based on the movement of the objects.

Performance artist a dandypunk created this interactive live production which combines dance and movement with projection mapping as his only source of illumination.

AntiVJ’s audiovisual installation at the historic Hala Stulecia in Poland. We’ve seen several amazing projection mapping presentations, but the scale of this project takes it to the next level.

The guys from The Theory create a miniature police chase on walls, desktops and other random office surfaces using some Microvision pico projectors for some low-budget action fun.

Samsung Portugal produced this eye-popping clip which features some of the coolest projection mapping we’ve seen – using a human being as the projection surface instead of a building or screens.

Sony jumps on the projection mapping bandwagon, but amps it up to 11 with these short clips shot in real-time, with no edits or post. Hit the link for part one, then watch parts two and three.