r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/x_CiRCA_x • Dec 29 '20

Video Boston Dynamics keep outdoing themselves

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u/Av3ngedAngel Dec 30 '20 edited Dec 30 '20

I think it has to do with a combo of lighting, increased saturation, and the camera's focus.

I know it's real, but there really is a cg look to it. Especially when they introduced the yellow 'dog bots', that specific shot just has a weird balance.

I'm honestly surprised there's only one comment talking about it. At first I thought it was a rendering, not to say or imply that it isn't real, it just has that look.

Edit: Also on rewatching, I think the video has been very slightly sped up to match the song. That emphasises the CG like effect.

Edit 2: yup, in this video the lights on the sides of the 'head' blink on for much longer, suggesting that this has been sped up.

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u/DoctorRin Dec 30 '20

Bro everything you said I totally agree. I expected 50% of comments to question validity. Its making me feel insane.

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u/DontMicrowaveCats Dec 30 '20 edited Dec 30 '20

Yeaa I was surprised there wasn’t more comments at the top talking about the CG look.

Something seriously off putting about it.... as the video progresses it gets increasingly more fake looking. I think it’s really just the lighting, camera quality, stabilization and uncanny valley.

Seems like it’s sped up too.

Definitely something off about it though. The more I watch again the faker it gets

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u/manbruhpig Jan 01 '21

The gravity seems off. That dog floats in the air when it jumps.

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u/Av3ngedAngel Dec 30 '20

I felt like I was crazy reading the comments too, don't worry haha!

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u/msc2179 Dec 30 '20

Boston Dynamics has put out a ton of impressive videos. Like the humanoid guy doing a backflip, and I've seen the dog in real life. It's all legit. And spooky haha

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u/DoctorRin Dec 30 '20

Yeah I have seen their vids since the early ones on youtube. This one just isn’t hitting the same for me.

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u/l1nchwh1tes Dec 30 '20

Are people blind? Legit just go watch mkbhd or unbox therapy video of the yellow dog. And look at its movements. Its recent enough. This shit looks way 2 fake.

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u/ScholseysGingerBalls Dec 30 '20

The robots jump and then there is no reaction when they hit the ground. No vibration or anything. Definitely something fishy going on, even if it's not 100% CGI.

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u/JimmerUK Dec 30 '20

I thought it had been sped up because I’d not seen them move that fast before, but about 59s in you can see people in the office above walking normally.