{"id":8923,"date":"2014-10-01T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2014-10-01T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:59:13","slug":"sci-tech-cirque-du-soleil-film-includes-ten-dancing-quadcopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8923","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Cirque du Soleil film includes ten dancing quadcopters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cirque du Soleil and partners turn ten quadcopters into magic actors:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6C8OJsHfmpI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios have partnered to develop a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance. The collaboration resulted in a unique, interactive choreography where humans and drones move in sync. Precise computer control allows for a large performance and movement vocabulary of the quadcopters and opens the door to many more applications in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SPARKED: Behind the Technology: <a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/7YqUocVcyrE\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/7YqUocVcyrE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/7YqUocVcyrE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cirque du Soleil: <a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cirquedusoleil.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cirquedusoleil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cirquedusoleil.com\/<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>ETH Zurich: <a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.idsc.ethz.ch\/Research_DAndrea\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idsc.ethz.ch\/Research_DAndrea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.idsc.ethz.ch\/Research_DAndrea<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Verity Studios: <a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.veritystudios.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veritystudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.veritystudios.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video on the making of the <em>Sparked<\/em> film:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YqUocVcyrE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cirque du Soleil and partners turn ten quadcopters into magic actors: From the caption: Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios have partnered to develop a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance. The collaboration resulted in a unique, interactive choreography where humans and drones move in sync. Precise computer control &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8923\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Cirque du Soleil film includes ten dancing quadcopters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2jV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5407,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5407","url_meta":{"origin":8923,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Electric 2-seat volocopter makes first test flights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The German\u00a0e-volo\u00a0company has now flown, in unmanned mode, its two seat electric volocopter. 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