Blackbird Car Rig that becomes any CG Car You Want it to Be
Just days ago, London-based VFX studio The Mill unveiled the Blackbird, a car rig built with a fully adjustable chassis, a programmable electric motor, as well as onboard cameras and lasers that produce "100% realistic CG renderings" of virtually any car in the world. Essentially, this thing can become whichever car you want—past, present, or future.
25 June 2016
| Lacey Glave
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Something very interesting is going on over at The Mill—you could even call it revolutionary for automotive advertising.
Just days ago, London-based VFX studio The Mill unveiled the Blackbird, a car rig built with a fully adjustable chassis, a programmable electric motor, as well as onboard cameras and lasers that produce "100% realistic CG renderings" of virtually any car in the world.
Essentially, this thing can become whichever car you want—past, present, or future.
With its array of cameras and custom stabilization unit, the Blackbird uses a combination of high dynamic range imagery and 3D laser scanning to create a virtual version of the environment in which it's driving.
This allows users to apply photorealistic CG overlays in order to transform the Blackbird into whichever car they desire.
The suspension can be modified at the click of a button in order to mimic any real-world vehicle, with a wheelbase that can be adjusted by 4' in length and 10" in width.
Just days ago, London-based VFX studio The Mill unveiled the Blackbird, a car rig built with a fully adjustable chassis, a programmable electric motor, as well as onboard cameras and lasers that produce "100% realistic CG renderings" of virtually any car in the world.
Essentially, this thing can become whichever car you want—past, present, or future.
With its array of cameras and custom stabilization unit, the Blackbird uses a combination of high dynamic range imagery and 3D laser scanning to create a virtual version of the environment in which it's driving.
This allows users to apply photorealistic CG overlays in order to transform the Blackbird into whichever car they desire.
The suspension can be modified at the click of a button in order to mimic any real-world vehicle, with a wheelbase that can be adjusted by 4' in length and 10" in width.
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