Hardly "The Straight Story"

May 12, 2021 7:01 AM

Mow-Rio Kart by Ian Padgham, aka @origiful

Watching this video is the closest you'll get to playing Mario Kart IRL [Input]
Real-life Mario Kart looks amazing from the perspective of a self-flying Skydio drone [The Verge]

posted by chavenet (3 comments total)

This is goofy fun, but my God, the tech stack under it is ferocious. I’ve said this before, but there is not a single twentieth century filmmaker who would not have cut off an arm to be able to get the kind of shots or make the kind of movies you can make today with a few thousand bucks worth cellphone, laptop and drone.
posted by mhoye at 7:45 AM on May 12, 2021 [5 favorites]

It's only goofy fun until someone falls in the open lava pit on his farm
posted by oulipian at 7:51 AM on May 12, 2021 [3 favorites]

That was fun! Can't wait for good AR glasses to be a thing. Then we can play for ourselves.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 8:42 AM on May 12, 2021 [1 favorite]