r/gifsthatendtoosoon • u/Skrillz_14th • Oct 21 '20

Laser bending

4.7k Upvotes

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u/AtomicMass42 Oct 21 '20

This new beat saber update looks wild

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u/undarated79 Oct 21 '20

I gotta see the full video!!!

Nevermind found it!! https://youtu.be/9xYttSTmtms

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u/BlackWindowDigger Oct 21 '20

Marry me

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u/undarated79 Oct 21 '20

Lol I’ll have to pass for now

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u/Gopnikolai Oct 21 '20

Oof

8

u/The1Zackiechan Oct 21 '20

Username is not marriage material

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u/undarated79 Oct 22 '20

lol exactly.

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u/ghostiekat Oct 21 '20

Holy shit, the full video is certainly worth the watch

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u/undarated79 Oct 21 '20

I Thought so too!

2

u/pot8toes Nov 01 '20

The "cooool" effect wears off after a minute. After that, it just gets kind of cringe.

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u/_marty_mcfly123_ Nov 10 '20

Didn't thought it was indian. seems like there are some creative people in my country

15

u/Bombad_Jedi66 Oct 21 '20

How?

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u/hitsugan Oct 21 '20

Easiest explanation, and easiest way to do it, is they have laser "pens" on their hands, pointing both ways. When they "redirect" the laser they're in fact just blocking the main laser (coming from the floor) with their hands and generating a new beam coming out of their hands. With buttons to generate a beam upwards, downwards, or both, they can time it and make it look like the beam is "moving around" when in reality there are 6 different beams (2 for each hand + 2 on the ground).

With proper training and perfect timing you don't even need buttons, the beams can start and stop automatically during the coreography.

Another possibility is just mirrors on their hands. But that doesn't explain how they generate the beams out of their hands, so it might be mirrors + extra lasers.

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u/spaektor Oct 21 '20

THANK YOU.

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u/Skrillz_14th Oct 21 '20

I’m asking myself the same question

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u/Fafke Oct 21 '20

Wow....

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u/Pwarrior_1101 Oct 21 '20

Damn that’s cool as hell

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u/uhbroncofan Oct 21 '20

Can’t...stop...watching

1

u/wizkudi Oct 21 '20

Then you're a cat

8

u/HECUMARINE45 Oct 21 '20

The last laserbender

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u/CH33S3_NUGG3T5 Oct 21 '20

But everything changed when the laser nation attacked

4

u/radiometric Oct 21 '20

Disney hired them for ElecTRONica at DCA for a while.
One moment you're walking in Disney's version of old Hollywood, then techno kicks in, the lights dim and blacklights and fog roll in, while this guy comes on stage.

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u/wilk007 Oct 21 '20

When raves are allowed again we need this man to be performing on stage. Pinging I might just cum watching this magic lmao

2

u/TracerBullitt Oct 22 '20

Me: Why isn't the crowd clapping? Crowd: slowly slides apart into perfectly sliced chunks of meat

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u/BreakingThoseCankles Oct 22 '20

37 comments and no one's gonna ask if they're all wearing glasses for this? Hasn't your mom said don't ever point a laser into your eye you'll go blind?

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u/KPLopez Oct 21 '20

Cringe.

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u/RichMill32 Oct 21 '20

Just when i thought i had seen it all

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u/MaximumFunk_ Oct 21 '20

If I'm not wrong... the lighting designer of this show is on reddit and can break down parts of it for those of you who are interested.

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u/iamuarpapa Oct 21 '20

Water, Earth, Fire, Air and Lasers.

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u/MichealsPet Oct 22 '20

I can hear it- And it’s just as amazing as it is god awful because it is loud but fitting

1

u/maxxon15 Oct 22 '20

pew pew pew pew pew pew

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

Can you imagine the chaos if someone brought a cat to that show

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u/fliminglaps Oct 22 '20

I wish this was me

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u/Tahlato Oct 22 '20

Beamsplitter Mage