Watching movies on the skies in England

A blue horse rider appears in the sky in Nottingham, England, as scientists test new movie equipment for the first time to allow animation to emit clouds.

Film screening in the sky

This completely new film projection system was developed by a group of scientists with a project called Nimbus. Participants included designer Dave Lynch, chemist Mike Nix, Leed University.

A clip of a horse riding rider in a cloudless posture is the result of a five-year research project.

One of the project participants shared, "The Nimbus project is a digital and analogue project that aims to bring animation to the cloud from underground, marine and aerial devices such as aircraft, roller coaster or balloon.

However, the scope of application of new equipment is not limited to the cloud , but the project target to many other places such as cooling towers, steamers and city airplanes.

The Nimbus project uses a 2.5W 532nm laser beam to produce images.

The idea of the film project started with designer Dave Lynch. The first test took place in 2007 but it failed because of the lack of necessary equipment.

By 2012, he will return to the project with new funding. The operating principle of the device is based on the creativity of 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, which is arguably the world's first film projector.

The final results were announced by the research team at Leed City Museum , UK on 4 July 2015.