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Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]
- matthewmcg 13y agoVery cool! The eagle appears to be using the ridge lift generated by wind coming up that slope very effectively.
- mberning 13y agoYes, it was very impressive to see just how little flapping was involved.
- applecore 13y agoHow did they retrieve the camera?
- brbcoding 13y agoThat's what I was wondering... I'd assume it's a trained eagle. Wouldn't want the eagle to be stuck with a camera on it's back.
- maxerickson 13y agoI would expect a wild eagle to either avoid the people more or to make a bigger fuss about them. This one flies over them for fun (or so).
- Shivetya 13y agopattern matching maybe? I would assume he can recognize his handlers by sight and checks out all of those he passes just in case they moved from where he took off from? that or he saw lots of tasty little critters about
- Florin_Andrei 13y agoI'm surprised how many people assume this was a wild bird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry
- uptown 13y agoOne possibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-daxzVxrQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-daxzVxrQI But I'm sure it was a trained bird that returned to its handler after the flight.
- kevinbowman 13y agoI'm guessing it was a tamed eagle or something like that? Very impressive, though, nonetheless.
- matthewmcg 13y agoYes, likely a bird kept for falconry.
- jeswin 13y agoThe present king of Saudi was a falconer. Interesting pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King_Abdullah_in_his_youth.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King_Abdullah_in_his_youth...
- matthewmcg 13y agoIf you look at the shadow at 1:20 or so, you can see the jesses (falconry straps) trailing behind the bird.
- daddykotex 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM Enjoy!
- maxerickson 13y agoThe Kottke via link also has a link to a Perigrine Falcon hunting a duck: http://kottke.org/13/05/peregrine-falcon-killing-a-duck-in-mid-air http://kottke.org/13/05/peregrine-falcon-killing-a-duck-in-m... or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6lD7re2Po http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6lD7re2Po The camera mounting makes it a little tiresome to watch but doesn't really make it less interesting.
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- agumonkey 13y agoThe forest flight was amazing. Haa nature. ps: I wish they uploaded a 720p video of it. a slow-mo camera would have been nice too.
- Ethan_Mick 13y agoI'm a little terrified as to how close to the trees it got.
- louthy 13y agoIt's had lots of practice, don't worry ;)
- iliis 13y agoAh, this is just beautiful. There's a whole community flying model airplanes trough a camera and video goggles: http://vimeo.com/16604842 http://vimeo.com/16604842
- matthewmcg 13y agoAnd here's some gorgeous video of people slope soaring RC gliders. It's amazing how similar the flight is to the eagle's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPopSm4bfAQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPopSm4bfAQ
- surfimp 13y agoAnd some slope soaring FPV: https://vimeo.com/37879715 https://vimeo.com/37879715
- MarkNederhoed 13y agoI was just about to type how the footage is very similar to videos like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBM-JLNyBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBM-JLNyBg These guys are playing with fpv r/c drone-things.
- at-fates-hands 13y agoThe one video I really remember was a drone with a GoPro I think in Bangkok and it was going straight down the sides of skyscrapers and going over the top of the city. It was an amazing video and I can't seem to find it anymore.
- symstym 13y agohttp://youtube.com/watch?v=L55M7_gu87I http://youtube.com/watch?v=L55M7_gu87I around 2:19
- at-fates-hands 13y agoAWESOME. You just completely made my day!!!
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- joshaidan 13y agoI wish they would have shown the eagle landing, that would have been interesting to see.
- erikig 13y agoI agree, it would also have been nice if it was possible to mount the camera a little further back to see some of the wing action particularly when changing direction or avoiding obstacles like the tree. Excellent nonetheless, very reminiscent of base jumper Jeb Corliss' - Grinding the Crack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k (1:35-1:45 of the video gets me everytime)
- cromulent 13y agoYeah, there's humans flying like this too :) There's some great proximity basejump wingsuit footage out there, the sport is developing quickly. Try this one: https://vimeo.com/71960552 https://vimeo.com/71960552
- eumenides1 13y agoSo this is what being Gandalf feels like.
- MarkNederhoed 13y agoSpies of Saruman! The passage South is being watched.
- frodopwns 13y agoRadagast is better with animals.
- Lewton 13y agoI'd watch a 4 hour movie of this, i was so disappointed when the video stopped
- hadem 13y agoI agree. I was really hoping to see the eagle land but it looks like the video cut just short of that moment.
- at-fates-hands 13y agoAgreed. The scenery in that part of the world is breathless and no better way to see it then on the back of this beautiful animal. Incredible.
- pccampbell 13y agoCompletely agree.
- spathon 13y agoAgreed and there is so much beautiful sceneries around here it could be flying for ages and amaze
- ryansan 13y agoSounds kind of corny, but Winged Migration is a cool movie. Not flying on the back of the bird, but it's shot in a way that is pretty awesome. Worth watching on a high def TV.
- booop 13y agoLooks like it's time to fire up Unity and make an eagle hunting sim.
- pointernil 13y agoIt is not only eagles ;) http://www.reddit.com/r/gamingsuggestions/comments/1edfwh/owls_eagles_crows_and_other_top_notch_masters_of/ http://www.reddit.com/r/gamingsuggestions/comments/1edfwh/ow... ... and yes creating a flying sim based on abilities of those masters of the skies in the wild would make for an epic game... i believe.
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- benjamta 13y agoFantastic - quite some speed it's got there.
- kevando 13y agoOh, you know. Just a GoPro on an eagle...
- Ozark 13y agowhat is this reddit?
- zoner 13y agoThis is like paragliding :) But without the hassle of collapses, material problems and a wee bit faster.
- clueless123 13y agoexactly like paragliding.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zr6gf1OejE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zr6gf1OejE Ps. If you fly laminar air from the ocean there are hardly any collapses, regarding speed ~ 40kmh
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- hadronzoo 13y agoEarthflight has similarly beautiful footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKnol2i850 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKnol2i850
- heyitsnick 13y agoThe first time I saw this was Human Planet, in an episode about Kazakh hunters training Golden Eagles to hunt foxes for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3Dl0BGFfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3Dl0BGFfw The extras part of the documentary includes a behind-the-scenes look at getting the birds-eye shot.
- anishkothari 13y agoThere is a series on PBS in the US called Earthflight. It's breathtaking: http://schedule.wttw.com/series/20052/Earthflight-A-Nature-Special-Presentation/ http://schedule.wttw.com/series/20052/Earthflight-A-Nature-S...
- louthy 13y agoAs an ex-games developer it reminded me of flying around a level editor with a fixed forward speed and using a mouse for orientation. Maybe that's just me!
- jonahx 13y agoReminds me of the time I was watching my cat and had a sudden revelation: The fur and flesh over his skeleton and organs is just like "skinning" a basic web page with CSS styles. A second later I was like... "doublefacepalm.jpg"
- seanschade 13y agoThis was well worth watching!
- d0m 13y agoreminds me Ocarina Of Time
- gadders 13y agoI'd quite like to see what it looks like with the visual acuity of an eagle as well. Or at least some representation. EG where we see blobs of colour as cars in a car park, the eagle sees the mouse under the front bumper of the red one.
- wmeredith 13y agoI'd like to see some facsimile of this as well. Googling a bit unearthed this description of what it might look like: "Eagles and hawks are neither near sighted nor far-sighted. Since long focal length lenses have a narrow angle of view, they have poor peripheral vision. Hawks and eagles have to turn their heads to see more of their surroundings. They can turn their heads 180 degrees, not quite as much as the owls, which can turn their heads 270 degrees. In contrast, human eyes have a short focal length, so we have a wider angle of view, nearly 180 degrees horizontally, so we don't have to turn our heads unless we need to look behind us, but we don't see as much detail as hawks can when something is far away..." Source: http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110111083744AA4QFvZ http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2011011108374... So it would be a representation of a much longer focal length with a much narrower field of vision. Related fun fact: Owl's don't have eyballs they have eyetubes. They can't rotate their eyes in their sockets at all, which is why they can turn their head ~270 degrees, and why they have such an incredibly long focal length.
- aresant 13y agoWhen I got my Oculus dev kit I was most excited about the potential for designing interactive experiences driven by unity / 3d graphics. Then I checked out a "wingsuit" video shot in 360 degrees and realized I had completely missed the potential of the platform: http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 http://www.makingview.com/makingview.com/?page_id=1691 The resolution is mediocre but for a first-gen experience in VR I was literally floored. I showed these demos to some unwitting subjects and where riftcoaster was "WOW" the 360 video had their mouths hanging open. And this isn't speculative or crazy expensive - 360 riggings + cameras can be had for <$2k and here are lots of interesting experiences already popping up. Rigging: http://www.360heros.com/ http://www.360heros.com/ or http://freedom360.us/ http://freedom360.us/ Demos: http://immersivemedia.com/demos/ http://immersivemedia.com/demos/ http://www.airpano.com/360-videos.php http://www.airpano.com/360-videos.php
- mentos 13y agoHave you been able to view a 360 demo in the rift? I'd imagine not considering 360 demos are not captured stereo-graphically?
- corysama 13y agoI have viewed 360 vids on the Rift. It's true they are not stereo, but they are still very effective. Simply being able to turn your head an look around is a significant aspect of presence. These two vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7HtvXc-Bo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN7HtvXc-Bo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4iltd0wMlU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4iltd0wMlU played through http://vrplayer.codeplex.com/ http://vrplayer.codeplex.com/ are great examples.
- darkxanthos 13y agoI imagine you could, though it'd be flat (unless they were captured in 3D).
- tlrobinson 13y agoThese 360 rigs are cool, but they're not stereoscopic as far as I can tell. I'm not sure how feasible a 360 AND stereoscopic rig would be, but it would be totally awesome. Maybe some sort of head-sized sphere of fisheye cameras with some software to stitch the stereoscopic channels together. Or maybe something involving light field photography (Lytro etc).
- mentos 13y agoGlorious.
- stigi 13y agoI wish I had an eagle
- ffrryuu 13y agoAt the end, they shot the eagle to retrieve the camera.
- leeoniya 13y agois there anything that suggests this is an actual GoPro? i own several of them and i'd imagine that because of the way they have to be mounted, their width and frontal surface area would impede flying quite significantly. i'm inclined to think it's a more slender camera, like the Contour. http://store.contour.com/ae/us/page/home http://store.contour.com/ae/us/page/home GoPro goes way overboard with their marketing; they've become the Kleenex of action cams.
- moogleii 13y agoI'm pretty doubtful it's a GoPro as well. I think the title was just pulled from Reddit.
- wmeredith 13y agoYeah, Midland Radio (no affiliation) also makes a slimmer action camera called the XTC: https://midlandusa.com/xtc-cameras/ https://midlandusa.com/xtc-cameras/ GoPro's brand definitely doing that Kleenex thing where it's just the word for a small tough camera.
- chch 13y agoFor those curious, the word for the phenomenon is 'genericization'[1], though I am particularly fond of the more colorful synonym 'genericide'[2], even if it's a bit etymologically unsound. For an example of attempts at prevention, see [3], and remember, images aren't 'photoshopped', they're "enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software.". :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark [2] http://www.legalzoom.com/intellectual-property-rights/trademarks/problem-genericide http://www.legalzoom.com/intellectual-property-rights/tradem... [3] http://www.adobe.com/legal/permissions/trademarks.html#photoshoptrademark http://www.adobe.com/legal/permissions/trademarks.html#photo...
- larsbot 13y agoThe peregrine falcon videos linked to in the article used a "808 #16 HD Key Chain Camera" attached to the bird's back with a little harness. While they are much larger birds, I suspect something similar was used for the golden eagle video.
- pwenzel 13y agoTime keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future
- wingo 13y agoThey play this video while you wait for the train to take you up to that glacier (the mer de glace). I stared at it gapemouthed for some time!
- nkurz 13y agoIt's done as an a animation, but here's a similar video from the point-of-view of a kiwi bird: http://cliffpavlovic.com/2007/04/kiwi-an-animated-short/ http://cliffpavlovic.com/2007/04/kiwi-an-animated-short/ Animation or not, it may be the most poignant short film that I've ever seen.