{"id":11130,"date":"2025-10-09T05:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=11130"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:42:00","slug":"ferry-building-drone-light-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/ferry-building-drone-light-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferry Building drone light show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ferry Building Drone Light Show | SF Tech Week 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5gLTG3quw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/54842528083\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9189-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/54842528078\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9192-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This evening drones lit up the sky behind the Ferry Building along with projections on the building&#8217;s tower. All of this was part of a<a href=\"https:\/\/partiful.com\/e\/ed5Se9LRafNFIpBdUPTJ\" title=\"\"> drone light show<\/a> sponsored by something called Gamma for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech-week.com\/\" title=\"\">Tech Week.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there was no question this was an advertisement &#8212; the enormous QR codes were a dead giveaway &#8212; the spectacle of the show drew quite a crowd to the Embarcadero Plaza area to watch the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The light from the LED-clad drones was easily visible despite a full moon and light pollution from all the streetlights. As a rhythm-heavy soundtrack played (not included in the video for copyright reasons) the drones, themselves invisible in the night sky, flew around to form animated shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wouldn&#8217;t categorize the show as particularly artistic. If anything it reminded me of the early 3D graphics demos back in the day. But for better or worse there were no <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Utah_teapot\" title=\"\">Utah teapots<\/a> tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drone show only lasted about 15 minutes, ending with a QR code for the sponsor. On my way back to the Muni Metro station I looked up what it was: a tool for creating AI slop PowerPoint slides. Ugh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This evening drones lit up the sky behind the Ferry Building along with projections on the building&#8217;s tower. 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