Gallery: How This Magic Machine Tricks You Into Seeing Any Car It Wants
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The Mill uses motion capture techniques to place a realistic body over the Blackbird’s frame.
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The next time you see a car on screen, in a commercial, movie, or TV show, it may just be a digital animation.
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The Blackbird can change its chassis shape to match anything from a Fiat 500 to a limousine.
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Any number of car models can be digitally added to the Blackbird's chassis.
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The Blackbird has only one seat for the driver.
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Directors just have to put the right wheels on (it accepts lug patterns from any manufacturer), then have a stunt driver race, wheelspin, or flick the rear end out as they pass the camera, just as they would in a normal car.
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The Mill can program its electric motors to make it behave like the car’s it’s emulating—slow or fast acceleration, gear change lurches, front or rear wheel drive.
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For extra authenticity, the Blackbird carries a suite of cameras and LIDAR sensors that capture a picture of the world around it.
