Did you know you can turn any room with a window into a natural projector?

Jason van Genderen, a filmmaker from the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, illustrates in this video how he turns a bland, concrete hotel room into a natural projection camera, by using just three basic hardware items.

With only black plastic, cloth tape and scissors he blacks out the room, except for a small circle cut in the plastic covering a window.

This creates something called a 'camera obscura', where natural light (which travels in a straight path) enters the room through the tiny circle cut in the plastic blackout sheeting on one of the windows, to form a wrap-around projected image of the outside world, inside the room.

This creative experiment took place in a beach-side hotel in Cottesloe, West Australia, where Jason captured still images and video of his experience.

Interestingly, the lens in our eyes also casts an upside-down image of what we see, onto our retinas. But our optical nerve has learned to orientate this image the right way round so we can see and navigate our world normally.

Did you know you can turn any room with a window into a camera? Jason van Genderen - a filmmaker from the Central Coast of NSW, Australia - illustrates in this video how he turns a bland, concrete hotel room into a natural projection camera, by using just three basic hardware items (black plastic, cloth tape and scissors). The 'Camera Obscura' creative experiment took place in a beach-side hotel in Cottesloe, West Australia.

It demonstrates how natural light (which travels in a straight path) enters the room through a tiny circle cut in the plastic blackout sheeting on one of the windows, and then forms a wrap-around projected image of the outside world, inside the room. Jason captured a series of still images and video of the experience on his iPhone. Interestingly, the lens in our eyes ALSO cast an upside-down image of what we see on our retinas, but our optical nerve has learned to orientate this image right-way round so we can see and navigate our world normally.

(*Version without music and type graphics also uploaded)