Wired has a great article about the special effects of the Matrix and its upcoming sequels (and speaking of which, the full trailer for The Matrix: Reloaded has been released, and kicks much butt).

In the course of the article, Wired mentions that much of the inspiration and technology for the more eye-catching special effects in the Matrix films were drawn from a project called The Campanile Movie, which is fascinating in its own right. The basic concept is taking photographs of an area and then wrapping them around a 3-D rendered landscape in order to create a photorealistic virtual environment. They explain it much better than I do, though….

(via Jason Kottke)

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