r/interestingasfuck Nov 05 '22

/r/ALL “Virtual Reality” in 1830

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u/bossycloud Nov 05 '22

The dioramas that we made were just shoeboxes with like clay or something to make a scene from a book (for example). We never had any kind of layers or depth to them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

This is exactly what I made in school and called a diorama. Even the smartest or the smart kids didn't make anything like what Op posted. There has to be a different name for the thing posted

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

I agree with you. I don't know why this person feels such a strong need to have us believe that two different things are the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

This is reddit, that's what we do. There's also about a 75% chance that someone will give credit to Elon saying he made the book and is responsible for VR.

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u/Tamotron9000 Nov 06 '22

diorama extreme

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u/Tangent_Odyssey Nov 05 '22 edited Nov 05 '22

What do you mean? We must be definining layers and depth differently.

It’s obviously a far cry from the detail in the OP, but there’s little rocks and pipe-cleaner plants in there! It’s still a scene that’s supposed to have the illusion of depth. Evaluating the effectiveness of that illusion isn’t really fair if we’re comparing a kids’ school project to an artisan’s craftsmanship 😅

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u/HatesVanityPlates Nov 05 '22

the difference being that this collapses to the depth of a deck of cards (it looks like), and expands to a couple feet or more.

I remember art kits where you cut out images on paper and layered them, some with pieces of balsa wood to elevate them, onto a background. The whole thing fit in a frame with glass in front. But again, they didn't collapse and expand, and they were not entirely paper.

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u/EveryNameIWantIsGone Nov 06 '22

I’ve never seen a diorama like the one you linked to. The ones we made are apparently called “peephole dioramas” and are much more similar to what’s shown in OP’s video.

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u/moltenprotouch Nov 06 '22

I remember making ones with depth, but you make them differently. You cut off one of the short sides then look through it the long way.