I really enjoy the possibilities within the realm of computer vision. What the broad category can create is amazing and fun at the same time. I came across this music video which clearly uses computer vision technology throughout the entire thing. If you click on the title of this post, you can watch OK Go’s official music video. They also have a video that explains (in a very wordy way) how they created it in collaboration with someone with knowledge of effects and how to create something like this. The collaborator got the idea from an old photograph of a man jumping by Thomas Eakins. It showed several different frames of motion, and the effect is, to use the band’s words, “pretty dope.” In their music video, they used a green screen to make background subtraction very easy, and blob detection so there wouldn’t be any places where the band members had “holes” in them. A fan of OK Go was able to recreate this effect using open-source software, processing. You can see his recreation of this effect here. There are links to download the software (free, btw) he used to create it, as well as the program he created to make the effect. All you need is your webcam! It’s all in real-time. In addition, he lists several links to other artists that have used this effect, including the Jackson 5’s song “Blame It On The Boogie.” I enjoy playing with these types of art, and I believe that is the ultimate achievement of it. Art is no longer a quiet gallery for the elite. It is right on your computer, encouraging you to dance!