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September 24, 2013 7:38 AM

"[Full Turn] works with the rotation of two screens placed back to back, creating a three-dimensional animated sequence that can be seen at 360 degrees. Due to the persistence of vision, the shapes that appear on the screen turn into kinetic light sculptures."
posted by griphus (19 comments total)

Ok, that was cool, but what kind of monitor does it take to spin like that?
posted by cjorgensen at 7:49 AM on September 24, 2013

That video is exceptionally beautiful, thank you for posting!
posted by hooray at 7:49 AM on September 24, 2013

Just tried it. Broke my monitor and scared a cat. Thanks a lot, art.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 7:53 AM on September 24, 2013 [4 favorites]

The noise has to be something. I'd put the whole thing into a large glass jar and pull most of the air out. That way, you don't have the fan effect, you can use a smaller (and quieter) motor, and if a little kid gets near the thing, well... let's just say fingerprints on the glass are a hell of a lot easier to clean up.
posted by eriko at 7:57 AM on September 24, 2013 [4 favorites]

I could see it being really hard on monitors, not to mention the swivel points and the need to get two identical screens. OTOH, I finally get my three-D Death Star schematics...
posted by Samizdata at 7:57 AM on September 24, 2013

eriko: "The noise has to be something. I'd put the whole thing into a large glass jar and pull most of the air out. That way, you don't have the fan effect, you can use a smaller (and quieter) motor, and if a little kid gets near the thing, well... let's just say fingerprints on the glass are a hell of a lot easier to clean up."

As opposed to the potential spattered blood?
posted by Samizdata at 7:58 AM on September 24, 2013

This is cool looking, but it also strikes me as somewhat akin to mechanical television. An interesting solution, but not the correct solution.

It'll make a really awesome room fan, though.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:59 AM on September 24, 2013

There sure are elements of this that look and sound like Autechre's Gantz Graf video. (Okay maybe it sounds more like Funkstörung)

It looks like it's just spinning the monitor as fast as it can without any synchronization between the screen and the video. Which is too bad because that means you can't actually show any kind of static images on it that aren't cylinders & cones.

This is something I'm glad to not be physically next to.

Okay now I am reminded of a completely different video for Gantz Graf.
posted by aubilenon at 8:00 AM on September 24, 2013 [4 favorites]

The end looks like a reference to Norman McLaren
posted by edgeways at 8:04 AM on September 24, 2013

must have some funky bearings ... power at least has to get to the screens, I guess you could transmit the image, otherwise you have to have an even funkier bearing - the contacts can't last long
posted by fistynuts at 8:07 AM on September 24, 2013

A poor, less functional version of spinning mirror displays.
posted by rr at 8:11 AM on September 24, 2013

In the old days we did this with a CRT duct taped to a cement mixer.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:12 AM on September 24, 2013 [3 favorites]

Which is too bad because that means you can't actually show any kind of static images on it that aren't cylinders & cones

What about the human figure at the end?
posted by griphus at 8:14 AM on September 24, 2013

Volumetric displays have been around a while, although they're usually trying to be more precise about pixel position to create a true 3-d display. This project from ESKI Studio is a more common example.

And yes, they're usually under glass in a rareified environment because, you know, high-speed spinning stuff.
posted by JoeZydeco at 8:19 AM on September 24, 2013

What about the human figure at the end?

You're right. It does seem to be synched up somehow.

Actually hang on a minute, how do you film something like this, without crazy aliasing?
posted by aubilenon at 8:35 AM on September 24, 2013

The chunk around 0:47 shows what the human-body material looks like without sync...it's neat, I can still see the physical rhythm there!
posted by sixswitch at 9:33 AM on September 24, 2013

Ingenious!
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 9:36 AM on September 24, 2013

My math-fu is failing me, so I cannot see whether you could use this idea to create 3-D videos by timing the display to represent all 360 degrees of the objects in the scene.
posted by Mental Wimp at 11:38 AM on September 24, 2013

Agreed

Epic Fail.

Perhaps moving the camera around to show the images in 3-space. All I saw was pretty shapes in 2D.
posted by djrock3k at 8:12 PM on September 24, 2013