Intel's 500 Drone Light Show | Intel

Last year we put 100 drones in the sky and broke a world record. This year we set a new challenge: 500 drones. Watch our new world record performance in action.
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[@AskArthur]

0:40 The difference between 100 and 500 is actually 400...

[@yashjoshi]

Her logic, 400 = Mind Blowing..!

[@cipiatone]

Joshi Yash 10 Billion drones would be mind blowing!

[@robertlam4502]

China did 1000 already

[@creativearts2120]

-400

[@jeffbeck6501]

Arthur you stole my thunder.

[@GamingPalooza]

I saw this on the Superbowl and thought it was CGI but when I found out it was real... I still can't believe it.

[@TheMrTape]

Why not? Designing a CPU is many times more complex. 500 toy-grade drones coordinated by a single computer is far from complex, it's just expensive. It's as complex as a single drone following instructions, just scaled up. You could do it entirely with parts from eBay. Would probably cost around $50k shipped in materials/electronics.

[@guillermopresa3775]

It's way more complex than a single drone. They are doing very precise navigation which can not be done with gps. Either they set up an antenna array or they are using inertial meassurements which is way harder especially in such small and lightweight drones.

[@fgaryam]

@@guillermopresa3775 Actually it's not complicated at all. (Easy as 1, 2 3 ... tongue in cheek) 1. Modify animation software to include the z axis for three dimensional movement. 2. Animate 500 dots in whatever way you want to move your drone cloud and produce a flight path for each zone and load said paths into the drones. 3. Use a GPS base as a reference for all drones to get the accuracy (this is the part you were concerned about. All drones position themselves relative to the base eliminating the deliberately built in error in the worlds GPS system. So you end up with 500 single drones doing their thing independently! Just FYI, I thought it would be complicated, too...so I googled it and came up with this. Not my original idea...can't remember where I got it , though. And, yes, its a little more difficult than I make it sound. But there's nothing new here. Just existing stuff in a new device. That's why drone technology as moved so far so fast.

[@luanwayne944]

GAGA AT THE SUPER BOWL!!!

[@constantineh.4389]

EXACTLY MY THOUGHTS!

[@XboxVideoGamer1]

Luan Wayne you were right!

[@htx8257]

You called it!

[@zer0b0t]

He knew something

[@KnightJent]

You must be from the future.... So... in an unrelated note, what's the most recent lottery numbers?

[@ChuckReynolds]

That super bowl drone setup was SO COOL guys... damn.

[@FPSKiwi]

HOW DID I ONLY FIND OUT ABOUT THIS NOW??? 2 Years Later??????? This is absolutely AWESOME!

[@AadilKhan-eb6yq]

I found out now in 2021 April

[@dreamkinetics941]

Awesome! We filmed it! Here is the Light Show video!

[@blutsx]

The future of fireworks

[@bedrich6509]

los chinos lo hacen con pólvora xD no es el futuro, es la competencia y todavía es mucho mas costosa jajaja

[@drgreenthumb3564]

Never

[@venkat8558]

I thought the same! But very expressive, but reduces pollution

[@BM_brb]

The future of fireworks (with ads)

[@enam0001]

and advertising in the sky at night 😁

[@adityapal89]

big thanks to intel from all the tech freaks all around we all just love it when technology becomes alive and expresses it's beauty

[@johnnycats5157]

yeah but this aint that

[@GhostSlayerYT]

@@johnnycats5157 what?

[@SlobboVideo]

Bet those Dubai folks will implement this kind of show soon, especially for their annual new year light show.

[@boblolo3977]

So . . . instead of a show I saw an advertisement. Cute, having no competition Intel releases tepid increments in their processor lines and has time to play with little drones. YO INTEL ! you want BUZZ? About a 12core under $500?

[@sunnyspeed-studio]

I just want to know how they charge them.

[@duongngo124]

use one time :D

[@sunnyspeed-studio]

haha, good one.

[@Wrecksy]

AAs

[@LiteGaming10]

Pro taking the batteries out since they want it to be light weight you don't want to have a charge circuit inside

[@demolitionexpedition6155]

sunnyspeed studio I would think wireless charging on 1 large pad

[@gregc2222]

Look at the very bottom of the screen at exactly 02:00. During the landing, it looks like 1 of the drones malf'd and flew off into the trees. It moves from the center to the left on a line parallel to the ground, and then disappears into some trees. Still, even with 499 drones, this is damned impressive.

[@KimiHayashi]

gregc2222 lmao

[@matthighley1461]

That's not a drone. Looks like a plane. The colour is different

[@Jreb1865]

Runaway!!!

[@DaleyDale]

So i heard this wiill be used on the SuperBowl Halftime show with Gaga? I'm not surprised since Gaga and Intel have partnered a couple of times now

[@jacksobrooks]

DaleyDale She is their greatest creation.

[@Lonsoleil]

You know something's off when a huge corporate logo is the highlight of the show.

[@777Mikos]

0:10 Nvidia?

[@kimberlybishop2518]

Nik military drones

[@qualitycontentchannel4443]

No its not. Look up NVIDIA Logo.

[@astroace4624]

Mysterio needs your location 🤣🤣🤣

[@supercoolmunkee]

Now imagine producing millions of these drones and filling up the night sky over an entire city.

[@katman911]

Wooow! This is awesome! I wonder about the logistics involved - i.e. the software. They must've come up with something high-level that simplifies this tremendously. Have some low-level routines constantly and automatically keeping watch on the individual drones status, actual flying controls, collision prevention, etc., - with the high-level stuff basically being "draw this 3-D shape with your fingers on the screen, then draw another one, and all the drones transition from one shape to another". Or not :) In any case, this is seriously awesome stuff.

[@FireTech7]

*Intel inside*

[@JXLvegeta]

The drones and the programming for the remote control for the swarm is out of this world. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

[@gjvideo]

Call me when you can screen a full movie while drones are flying in the air. It shouldn't be so hard... I imagine you keep them flying with different LED colors adjusted for the movie, which change as required by it. It would make it really nice if they can be on a 3D array. That would be a step up for entertainment.

[@KimiHayashi]

gjvideo ok whats ur number

[@johncarlos172]

Gaga at the Super Bowl 😍

[@IZY2091]

I would love to see this at a theme park like before or after a firework show.

[@derpfrog5625]

Crazy, hopefully one day we can get drones/ lasers/ fireworks and holograms together in one big PSYCHOACTIVE REALITY

[@joefriday8607]

I can already imagine the military applications of these things... Scary!

[@tetelestaipaidinfull2903]

They already have them...FLEETS of them...Capable of uniformly working together to attack several or a unitary target...Armor piercing...And they have them almost nano sized...Speaking of NANO, you should see what they can do with nano-particulates...DARPA /// RAYTHEON are 50 years ahead of anything 99% of the populous can even fathom...And this is not even discussing thing like HF HEATERS...What is an HF HEATER....? IONOSPHERIC HEATERS, think Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Steering the Jet Stream and controlling the weather...I could go on and on, but most people do not have the time to understand the validity of attack humanity and the world at large is already under...Too busy playing pretend farm on facebook on their phones...

[@caportechyt8685]

Tetelestai Paid in Full ok boomer

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Yep they are doing the Super Bowl can't wait

[@F4ngel]

Nice. Make a million of those drones and have a km long screen. The future is here

[@LowLightVideos]

The great thing (or not) is there is one TD thus we'll be holding our breath waiting for Troll's Video to go up with 501 Drones.

[@linden6352]

Me and everyone else in my family thought the stars and flag was all CGI, but then at the end of the halftime show they had a little picture on the screen and they said "Drones sponsored by Intel". I was like, "THOSE ARE DRONES? OMG!"

[@eVy9]

einfach unbeschreiblich, wie schön der Fortschritt der Menschen und dieser Technologien unser Leben jeden Tag verändern und verbessern können. Gänsehaut . . .

[@RayRift]

while I'm sure there was a bit of CGI, wow. Just awesome. Now do 1000

[@simp-slayer]

I was thinking of that too

[@LucidityGaming]

If you're talking the transition from 500 to intel, surprisingly not! It is sped up a bit though

[@AbhishekMukherjee]

Now its a question of making the drones smaller, brighter, and further responsive. Future challenge - Make a swarm of brighter 10000 LED drones with a size no more than 10 centimetres each, encased in a spherical Buckminsterfullerene like structure for protection. Then make them fly amongst the crowd.

[@SunnyZ]

Just what we've always wanted, ads in the sky in-between 'fireworks'. please stop

[@MouseGoat]

lol, sorry its only just begining.

[@lynnp8941]

Not just between fireworks! All the time, anywhere, any time.

[@honorioblanco6230]

SunnyZ .

[@ishmaboy]

You must be fun at parties.

[@Misterz3r0]

Get out of the way grandpa

[@nalzazlan]

Now for new year instead of loud explosion all we hear are the whirring and humming of the drones.

[@AudioEmpire]

Best ufo sighting so far!

Next time, use 4k.

[@Q_20]

8k is the way to go

[@РусскийпатриотИванГовнов]

zdrawstwuj towarisch!

[@MusatovDmitry]

Zdrawia zhelau verhovnyi Troll

[@PrzemysawSKnycz]

Ahoj słowianie! :-)

[@im.empimp]

+Ladislav Vysmek & +QbsidianH20 - no 64k is the way to go, it is Intel after all

[@dantheman1998]

imagine a floating screen in the sky? Like show video threw the drones? There is a ton of potential with this

[@Jeffrey_Wong]

I seriously hope one of Intel's engineers uses this to propose.

[@jakesanchez3552]

This has me feeling old, I've arrived in the future somehow.

[@helenismoo]

Awesome! I have a lot of doubts about it. I want to do the same show, but it for the anniversary foundation school when I study.

[@lia-zr8ye]

it turned out spectacularly

[@modelllichtsysteme]

great!

[@infotech8959]

I just love the hardwork what they do and the outro sound of intel....I just loved it❤️❤️

[@charterlau]

Intel sets a world record? Yes, but only with 20 more drones! There was 1180 drones performance in the sky of Guangzhou during FGF( Fortune Global Forum) 06/12/2017. The pre-recorded show in PyeongChang is a good one nonetheless.

[@77digital9]

Fantastic, great work Intel.

[@michaelad6445]

Who else is here to prove to someone that all the TikTok UFO videos are drone light shows

[@mtbulldog]

This would be so much better than fireworks for 4th of July!

[@catsammich482]

This would make for an excellent opening ceremony for any rich Olympic city

[@kipdon]

Man-0-Man, THAT is some AWESOME stuff right there!

[@vhulheim]

Intel is being smart by becoming a drone company since they're soon to be out of the CPU market.

[@romeohermann]

Intel: The Future Begins Here

[@Kabodanki]

In the ARM licence ?

[@romeohermann]

Sapher hmmm, i will let you answer it. Cheers.

[@balazszajacz543]

Modern firework...

[@tomdunphy6865]

You would not believe your eyes, if 500 intel drones, lit up the sky as you watched them light up the sky

[@johnericsantiago28]

Next time. Lets watch a cinema in the sky. Making 10,000-20,000 drones flyes on the sky and make it like pixels

[@ArnoldSig]

What if it was superwindy at the time of Superbowl? Would the drone show have been cancelled? I dont think that light copters can take much wind...

[@lucastestlab4034]

I really want to experience this somewhere in the world. By the way, this video was fantastic and incredible to watch ;-)

[@craigix]

I know it would be a bit of a hack but why not have 4 LEDs on each drone so in certain configurations you can have a much higher resolution?

[@armantela3189]

300 drone for Asian games countdown in jakarta ? Can't wait

[@a8do]

amazing Intel....مدهشةانتي يا شركة أنتل

[@arielferdman5842]

I had tears in my eyes while watching this. Its truly amazing.

[@destinylafaw]

its so incredibly magical and looks like the units from the game Auralux or the small "flies" that the mothership in StarCraft is spreading, so nice .....

[@SaitdarkAsexual]

Very beautiful. One of the best scene w/o CGI.

[@raahimirfan5996]

Literally amazing!!!

[@LaZyJeff]

Should of put some drones with dangling led strips like shooting stars!

[@Super-Pi]

Awesome! Who knows what the background music is?

[@parallaxggyt]

they should have put these in the shape of an Illuminati symbol that would have freaked someone out.

[@dadones]

INTEL IS LIFE AND FUTURE !!

[@FixarJocke]

*Goodjob Intel

[@Nahwar62]

Just ... WOW!!!

[@BryanKidder]

These shows should come to Oklahoma. Or Texas. I'd pay to watch. Live music too. And wine.

[@Unmannedair]

Ok, I want to buy 2000 of these. Beats the crap outta catching fireflies. Seriously cool. Almost sci-fi looking.

[@starvoyager523]

Blow my mind some more. 👽

[@tomorrowstephens103]

STAR VOYAGER ho

[@fiery1973]

AMAZING...Can't wait to see what you come up with next....

[@schgoengineeredproductsinc8274]

They should show this on next Olympic opening ceremony. Digital Fireworks.

[@TheBeteljuice]

all that talking, and less than ten seconds of flight. Kind of a wasted opportunity.

[@johnnycats5157]

and it's pretty much just their dumbass logo. yay.

[@lo2990]

Johnny Cats well they made the drones so if you don’t want to see the logo you make you’re own project

[@lo2990]

TheBeteljuice you make you’re own project then if not you can’t criticize anyone

[@petrolekh]

Art!? This is OBVIOUSLY being developed for military purposes.

[@aliakseibatsianouski3387]

Looks great! And what control application is used in Intel 500 Drone Light Show? Thanks!

[@fgaryam]

(Tongue in cheek) Actually it's as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Modify animation software to include the z axis for three dimensional movement. 2. Animate 500 dots in whatever way you want to move your drone cloud and produce a flight path for each zone and load said paths into programmable drones. 3. Use a GPS base as a reference for all drones to get the accuracy caused by inaccuracy built into the worldwide GPS system) So you end up with 500 single drones doing their thing independently! Just FYI, I thought it would be complicated, too...so I googled it and came up with this. Not my original idea...can't remember where I got it , though. And, yes, its a little more difficult than I make it sound. But there's nothing new here. Just existing stuff in a new device. That's why drone technology has moved so far so fast.

[@ekr6]

Drones taking over your job fireworks.

[@jacksobrooks]

Daniel V nah. I want fireworks fired in patterns behind the light show

[@namine080210]

The future of fireworks shows, how awesome that would be right?

[@oscarpalla7695]

What software do they use to control the drones?

[@mvsv12]

In a couple of years this drones will be used to show the countdown of the new year. And ads, lots of ads

[@nicholasjude7937]

MindBlowing !

[@Jadinandrews]

Impressive, but after the Meltdown patch, will the drones fly 30% slower, or just 10%?

[@CharlieDB96]

HOLOGRAMS. Like, really big, low res holograms, but still, holograms. That's basically what I'm seeing. Imagine this concept in 20 more years with 5X more drones that are even more compact? You've seen ads on banners pulled behind prop planes. Imagine 2500 drones buzzing overhead telling you to buy Trojan lol

[@vikashrathi5682]

wooww, now this video will going to break records. Awesome

[@drkull]

Amazing! We'd like to do this in the DMV area. Let's chat!

[@Shz06Shaun]

How sick would this be for a New Years/4th of July fireworks ("drone works") display be! Intel.....start planning now!!

[@MrJarmstrong85044]

Music Festivals... EDC, Coachella, Tomorrowland, Bonnarroo... Twinkle Twinkle..

[@ZaryusuShasha]

Thaks for PyeongChang!

[@KurumaYoutube]

2019: *let's do 1000*

[@QDurlstonP]

So any bets on 1000 drones 1017? That is something I'd love to see.

[@user-kz6dy4yo5x]

Does anyone know what piece of music is playing until 0:22?

[@connor8560]

Should put brighter lights on them and have them hover above you and follow you so it is always bright

[@maldohan9097]

Wow !! I have had dreams about this when I was a kid the intel ad in the sky.A true dream come true im very impressed.

[@michelvassail3960]

magnifique coordination pour un très beau spectacle et un étonnant atterrissage à 500 unités lumière, très bon contrôle numérique, chapeau.

[@JunktoFunProjects]

Wow, what a creative idea.

[@fabioo9459]

2:13 its a satisfactory sound

[@emili90110]

the future of special affects for ufo in movies and pranks in person.

[@lolhcd]

I guess our world does have some magic to it after all.

[@eddiecharles22]

I'd really like to learn what program their using to command & configure all those drones =)