Dracula’s Overwatch: Bran Castle in 3D (XR Glasses Required) | 2D Drone → SBS 3D
I build software that turns ordinary drone video into side-by-side 3D for XR glasses. For Halloween: Count Dracula flies the drone over Bran Castle, his own castle in Transylvania, through the seasons and into a full-moon night. Licensed Adobe Stock drone footage filmed by others, converted to 3D.
The 3D comes from the drone’s own motion: as it orbits, two moments of the same scene go to the two eyes. The Count’s case is the real one: predators see in depth, prey see flat, and a drone’s single camera is the prey’s view. Six depth levels, because far away and up close never want the same setting. The ghost cue finds anything that moves at range; four hunts go from easy to hard, from a crowded rooftop to one visitor in a shadowed gallery to the caretaker and his wife on a snowy third floor.
Watch it in XR glasses in 3D (full SBS) mode, and set ⚙ → Quality → Advanced → 2160p. It does not play correctly on mobile devices: watch it on a laptop or desktop. Or watch it in 3D on a laptop with XR glasses at lynceus3d.com/watch3d. The free Lynceus3D app for iPhone is coming soon to the App Store. It works with video from any drone: DJI, Skydio, BRINC and others.
Happy to answer questions about how the 3D is made. No humans were harmed during the making of this video. :-)