The loop on this is almost intoxicating.
The loop on this is almost intoxicating.
I'm amazed at how realistic it looks.
Didn't even notice that sweet, sweet loop!
i know it says "animation" in the title but i didn't even realize this was CGI until i read this comment holy shit
The best giveaway, aside from slightly glitchy and CG-y iridescence, is how the bubble doesnt "pop" out after closing. There's a very distinct animation curve to it that OP probably missed, although it's still a really great piece of work.
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CONCEPTS BEHIND THE UNEXPLAINABLE -tabletop cut-in to create this affect i.e.: permanently keeping it built into a table -the ring is made of a super-heavy metal, either just to keep it weighted downwards, or you could even use a highly magnetic one i.e.: you put a super magnet at the bottom of the bath just out of magnetic connection reach and that may be a way to avoid the ring moving around and therefore ruining the motions of this machine
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Your mom is beautiful.
I'm sorry, can you explain what they meant? I'm confused
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y'all forgetting that the bubbles have no reason to rise because the motor doesn't heat up the air (enough at least, if at all?).
not to mention that the motor blades seem to be freely spinning when off instead of quickly locking onto the motor's magnets, and the motor itself being significantly imbalanced for no apparent reason, therefore wobbling.
It's only rubber banded and if that prop isn't perfectly balanced, it'll get some nasty vibration that could translate as wobbles.
Tiny correction, since it is electric powered it is commonly referred to as a motor not an engine. The more you know!
All engines are motors, but not all motors are engines.
TIL Unreal Engine is a motor. ^/s
Correct.
Siege engines are motors?
pardon me, I need to go sass a ballista crew.
They are indeed. They're not engines in the modern use of word though.
Why are game engines named as such? My computer doesn't run on gas, but my games run on an 'engine'.
Unreal Motor 4
I have no clue when it comes to software, that's an entirely different beast.
I'm just goofing. Engine sounds better than motor anyways.
Because metaphor is the engine of language evolution.
Game engine is more metaphorical. Sort of like bugs aren't physical bugs within computers (anymore) or computer mouse isn't an actual rodent.
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Yeah, i used to build rc airplanes and that's where I learned the difference. It has become a pet peeve of mine.
whose definitiion of "engine" and "motor" are you using?
I feel like "engines", from the same root as "ingenious" is a complex machine with a bunch of (possibly metaphorical) moving parts. It fits common usage better if the engine has a well defined purpose, like a siege engine, locomotive engine, or Unreal engine.
I feel like "motor" is anything that provides motive power; anything that has moving stuff around as it's main purpose. This includes locomotive engines, electric motors, and 30 dudes pushing your siege tower around. This last examples is contrary to common usage, but I don't feel technically incorrect.
What do you mean making it a zero for holding it downwards?
As for the spinning of the ring, that's a good point, but I suppose that could be overcome by magnetizing the ring so that it prefers a certain alignment with a field generated from below.
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When you say "spin", if you mean spinning on an axis that coincides with the string, then I don't dispute that a simple downward force by itself wouldn't do anything to help that.
However, I think the original commenter was suggesting that an additional downward pull would resist the ring being pushed in the direction that the fan was blowing the air. Sort of like how if you add weight to a pendulum, it would take more energy to move it a given fixed distance away from equilibrium. That's not changed by the fact that the upwards and downwards forces cancel out when it's stationary.
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Yes, or the ring could be held in place by three or more strings that move in coordination
The classic massive carpeted tabletop. Perfect for warhammer and/or bubble machines.
Still doesn't explain why the ring stays perfectly oriented towards the fan. You'd need to stabilize it. Maybe a little vertical track would do it.
I figured there might be a hole cut in the table or something, but what ruined it for me is that the plastic bubble ring that dips in and out never moves in reaction to the fan.
Haha this is what tipped me off.
Really cool stuff. I havnt done 3d animation in years. Nice to see it.
The reason for screwing an automated bubble making machine to the carpet got me.
That's how I use my automated bubble machine. If you don't screw it to the floor, you're just another whore.
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It looks like a poor version of Tejo (colombian game).
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I want to import it to the UK but i fear the people with clipboards may not like it.
So the tub won't leak!
Everything in my home is screwed down to the carpet.
I figured it was just a cutout in the base leading to a basin.
The thing that stood out to me was the amount of and type of motion of the fan motor when it was running.
Yeah, why's it so damned unstable? There's no reason for that.
That was the first thing that I noticed.
This design is common in modern soap bubble machines I believe quantum teleportation is employed.
Or the title?
That was what got me. LOL
LOLOLOL
So under every carpet there's another dimension? Man... now I hate my wooden floor...
The thing could just been a box.
Oh shit I'm dumb
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Whoa I'm famous. It's coming out this year hopefully! I should get to work on a trailer for moments like this.
For me the biggest giveaway was the fact the ring that holds the soap film doesn't move in the slightest from the wind of the fan.
Also, why does it take so long for the fan to go off after the button button has been pressed.
My brain wrote all those off as 'that's how slow motion works'.
the slomo guys will be making a video about this soon,
Then Smarter everyday will make a video about the science behind why it takes so long for the fan to go off after the button button has been pressed.
Can we give this whole "net neutrality" thing a rest already? Jesus!
Fuck off
You angry, bub? LOL!
The fan starts spinning after these 2 contacts are bridged by the extension of the button, so it actually starts as it should.
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I don't get what you mean. The conductors in the switch are behind the soap bubble wall when the ring comes up, so we can't see the moment they make contact.
Exactly. Maybe he's confusing the button on top for the contact?
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Ok, so what the fuck are you talking about then?
I'm perfectly ok about the bubble not "popping", or the ring not moving to the wind, but what really bothers me is that the fan stops moving WHILE IT'S STILL IN CONTACT WITH THE BATTERY
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There is a spring switch to the right of the fan motor. A coin/cam pushes the shirt button down to make contact.
I know but the motor stops working while it's still in contact, doesn't it?
The contact is on the bottom plunger, about an inch under the button. It's obstructed a bit by the bubble forming, but it's pretty close to right.
I did a frame by frame analysis becouse apparently I have an electronics OCD and thia design is correct indeed
But where are the resistors for the motors! Obviously the hoop drive motor is using a voltage divider - they are the same model. Totally unrealistic.
Hoop drive has its own power supply, AA size batteries come in 1.3v 3.6v and 12v though they each have a different name.
Both have identical AA Duracell batteries driving the motors. All have a nominal voltage of 1.2-1.5v.
edit:I guess you are saying one could be an A23 Duracell battery.
Duracell makes 12 and 3.6v batteries in the AA form factor with very similar packaging. They are 145000 and ??27 respectively.
to me it was the wooden platforms not being nailed down to the base but rather the nails are acting as some kind of stilts. It is an absolutely gorgeous animation though!
It is actually only once the coin reaches a full half rotation (it's deepest point) and the fan starts to instantly spin. The button was engineered this way on purpose.
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And the ring never goes wonky despite being on a single thread of string.
For me the biggest giveaway was the whole thing. Looks great but come on guys, y'all can't tell CGI from real life?
Personally, I'd say the best giveaway is that the bubble is significantly smaller than the ring from which it emerges, and emerges already fully-formed from the film which stays flat and window-like inside the ring as it does so. Also, the motion of the motors doesn't in any way seem to correspond to the work they're doing.
Which is in no way a knock on this as I'm sure it's exceptionally difficult to model these things realistically.
The bubble's small emergence diameter might make sense if it was a smaller propeller making a smaller diameter air stream. The bubble is not always as large as the ring.
That's not a ring...
You can also see that the diameter of the bubble is as big as the height/length of the square.
nah, theres a pronounced region of greater displacement right where she is blowing. It's elsewise almost flat.
You can clearly see the bubble coming out from the frame in the top and the bottom.
yeah the surface tension definitely propagates that displacement all the way to the edge...
perhaps I should have said that there is a region where the radius of curvature is much smaller than the frame.
I would say the biggest giveaway is that th bubble is not formed naturally along the edge of the ring instead it's spawned from the centre of the ring
came here to mention this one.
It was the word "Animation" in the title that is the best giveaway for me.
You beat me to it... by a day.
thanks for ruining it for me XD I hadn't noticed, but now that I do, it's pretty obvious yeah. What struck me first was the unnaturally deep purple colour. Although I chalked it up to some special soap.
The giveaway for me was the spring. It wouldn't recoil the way it does when the coin is no longer applying pressure to it.
I started wondering why the bubbles float up. How do they get helium into the bubble? Something's fishy, oh wait, it's CGI.
It looks like it does pop out, although it's pretty subtle.
Also the Fan would blow that loop atlteast a little bit. I 100% didn't notice it was animated till I read comments. Once I looked closer I realized our world doesn't work in this perfect way.
Theres also the minor point that the bubbles in this gif are defying gravity and floating up into the air. Unless you breathe helium when you blow bubbles they fall slowly to the ground.
Another give away is how the motor spins - there should be a stepping resistance as it slows down - but most wouldn't pick up on that. It's a beautiful animation and that would have been an easy thing to fix. The brilliance and genius is in the highframe/slowmo aspect of it while also conveying the vibration of the entire rig. Amazing animation.
I think the battery also looks pretty fake. Something with the texture or lighting is off.
I knew it was CGI the moment I looked at the battery. To smooth, lighting just isn't right, and the wire is too relaxed and unrealistically attached.
I thought the giveaway was that the soap grabber disappears into an endlessly deep tub on the floor.
Yeah, the bubbles are quite a giveaway, but I was too amazed at how nicely it works to look at them at all.
I know what you did there.
The very thin soap bath isn't a give away?
If you mean that the bath isn't deep enough, imagine this item affixed to a carpeted display plinth with a well in tbe top for the bubble solution below the wooden base of the machine.
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I'm assuming op's being sarcastic, lying, or high. It's also possible op is dumb as a box (with or without rocks) but I doubt it's that simple because NOTHING'S EVER SIMPLE, IS IT, JANICE?
Fuck I thought it was real too.
I didn't realize it was CG until I read your comment. I thought the guy was just talking about how good the looping looks (because the footage must have been edited a whole bunch).
You can render anything this good (with good modeling) if you use premium render engine like luxeRender or better.
I was just about to Google where to buy this thing!
Yeah I was confused how that circle held by a string doesn't spin rotate to different angles.
Also its screwed down and still vibrates when the rotor spins up.
Really?
I missed it in the title and only realized because of the perfect loop.
You might like /r/simulated
I know it says "Soap" in the title, but I thought it was a liquid latex bubble machine until I read this comment. Then reread the title. Then put 2 and 2 together.
Only thing that made it noticeably CGI was the ring not moving at all when the fan kicks on.
Yeah.. I was really wondering why the bubble ring won't sway.. defying physics.. then it hits me..
If you thought this was real, you're an idiot.
Holy fuck i thought this dude seriously cut a hole in his floor to fill with soapy water, I miss the part where its an animation, top notch work OP!
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Yeah this is pretty LowQuality stuff
It's no five star gif that's for damn sure
I am a golden god!
I have a very small feeling that someone recorded a soap bubble machine and called it an animation to make it more impressive than that thing already is, but if it is an animation, Holy shiet you sir are a wizard!
Yer' a bubble lizard, Harry.
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It has 13k upvotes
he was talking about /r/HighQualityGifs
And this is /r/gifs, why is /r/HighQualityGifs relevant?
Top 2 comments were indirectly talking about how high quality this gif is, third one jumped a few steps and talked directly about the other sub. You can fill in the gaps.
What? It's just shoe-horning in a complaint about the sub when nobody was talking about it.
it was bound to come up anyway
I didn't know it was fake until reading the comments
Same. But, it didn't destroy the oddly satisfying sensation of watching those bubbles. A good bubble gets me every time.
Yep. The bubble casts a shadow. 10/10.
It looks more real than real life does.
The unrealistic wiggle, the soap bubbles and the camera gave it away.
I thing the fact that the actual bubble hoop just disappears straight into the floor ruins the realism. It's actually starting to bother me now the more I look at it.
The way the bubbles drip off the circle as it comes out of the water.
The way the whole rig shakes when the fan motor revs up.
The way the light is diffused across the bubble and distorts as it moves.
It's beautiful.
Me as well !
In my head I also added my dog barking the bubbles into submission but being TOO scared of the bubbles to actually touch them with her nose. My dog is very risk averse.
At first I thought it was "Soap Bubble Machine I Made" not animation. Had to look again.
Almost makes me want to build the thing in real life.
Step one: locate ideal carpeted space and cut hole in floor.
I don't think you want to make this on the floor. Bubbles go down, not up.
No problem, ~~animate~~ add more fans!
Use electrolysis to make hydrogen bubbles
use a helium cylinder with a solenoid valve instead of a fan. this causes lighter than air bubbles.
alternately, light enough candles to provide an updraft for your bubbles to ride.
then maybe start using acetylene to fill the bubbles, so that sometimes instead of riding the updraft it blows up.
You might if you wanted to weaponize it.
Do it! I'll buy one!
Do it and post it here when your done.
The internet. 2017. I'm expecting this to happen. This it's what it's made for.
I'm saving the gif to possibly do that in the future.
Yeah. I watched each cam, gear, lever, switch action 5, or so, times, then watched the creation of 20 bubbles ... or, one bubble 20 times.
What loop? I've been watching for hours I thought it was a live feed
Keep watching. The best part is coming up.
You WON'T believe what happens, right after the break.
Almost?
I could stare at it all day!
Same, I'm drunk as hell
Do you ever get any nice looking titties in your inbox?
I immediately imagined a severed tit in a mailbox. Does that make me Ed Gein?
Sometimes, but not for a while :(
That's too bad. But alas as I expected
cheers
I was hypmotized.
It is incredible, nice!
I watched it 5x times before it even occurred to me it was looping. It was so good it froze my brain
How cool would it be if it was a background???!???
My favorite part of the animation is the slight wobble of the whole construction as the fan kicks on. Subtle, but effective.
That's my least favorite part, I mean, why is it so unstable as to wobble? It makes no sense.
It's just like coat hangers and stuff. It resembles a 6th grade science fair project. It won't be sturdy and will do just enough to get by.
It's actually a 24/7 live stream
It's goddamn perfect
I watched it far longer than was necessary. No regrets.
I think I can smell the dish soap!
I feel dumb now. I watched it for a solid minute.
You must be intoxicated because this is clearly a live feed.
And mildly satisfying. There should be a subreddit for such things.
I watched it to the end. You just need to wait for it.
That's no loop, it has infinite ammo cheat on.
It's so crazy looking i thought it was cgi.
I find his laugh intoxicating. Hehehehaha
It's not a loop. There's an end.
what loop
this is really good. On closer inspection, you could actually make this machine pretty easily and inexpensively. edit: you probably shouldn't solder directly to batteries. I would put some pennies or something for plates to add to the realism.
Could be even cheaper with an 1 euro coin instead of 2.
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You are a winner. A won dollar coin. A one dollar coin.
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My buddy Juan won one won once.
r/WordAvalanches is leaking.
Sounds like a one won situation
Yeah, I heard about one Juan who won one won one time.
In Germany you could win a wiener
In Vietnam, he could have won one dong.
It's not. "One" starts with a consonant ([w]) sound
Words that start with an h are pretty ambiguous with that as well. A hotel or an otel. Depends how you pronounce it.
A hotel, motel, holiday inn.
Especially considering otel isn't the same thing as hotel yeah that seems super confusing
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Who drops the h besides the french? And who says haitch?
Many Brits, on both accounts.
Irishmen pronounced the "huh" sound. The ~~word~~ letter isn't the same without it. You Americans just copied the French.
Not American, not even an English-speaking native. Was just curious.
I don't even say aitch. Don't pronounce the T. More like āch.
What's the difference between aitch and 'āch'?
...Are you suggesting that match and leech end in different sounds?
What? I don't need to suggest anything. I clearly stated how I pronounce the letter H standalone.
You said that you didn't 'pronounce the T' in aitch, and I was wondering if that meant you pronounced match and leech differently. The question proceeded logically from what you said.
It would be more logical to ask if i pronounce itch and leech differently, and the answer is yes.
We're talking about the consonant sounds, you know. If you pronounce those differently, how so?
Honestly an even better set of examples, since we're nitpicking, is attach vs match. Do those rhyme?
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IIRC from two years ago. My professor with a phd in english language said 'an historical' and 'an habitual' are still incorrect.
It's based of the dictionary pronunciation of the word. If it's a vowel sound then it gets 'an'. Other wise it's 'a'. So even if you pronounced 'historical' as 'istorical', it would still be 'a istorical'.
Well Merriam-Webster disagrees (again noting that the difference is most common--but not unique--to British English).
A few words, such as historic and (especially in England) hotel, are in transition, and may be found with either a or an. You choose the article that best suits your own pronunciation.
Ah well my professor stands corrected then! I wonder what the verdict is for writing. I can see why verbally it would go by your own pronunciation, but in writing it's the reader who pronounces it.
Huh, that is an interesting question. According to the OED about 80% of Americans use "a". So I'd imagine that would be standard for any kind of official writing. I'm sure it's AP style. If you're writing fiction I'd think you'd just want to keep it consistent with your character's personality. "An" is seen as a little more old fashioned and fancy.
Woah, a professor with a phd says so? Case closed boys, lock it up! Does your professor also say not to end a sentence with a preposition or to not split an infinitive?
I'm not sure, like I said it was years ago
I am not a native English speaker and I've learned a long time ago that it's "an" if the words starts with a vowel. But I guess there are plenty of exceptions.
There aren't exceptions, it's just somewhat dependant on the authors accent (or not understanding grammar). For example, in British English 'herb' is pronounced with an h; in American English the h is silent. Therefore Americans would write 'an herb garden', and British would write 'a herb garden' :).
Just want to clarify: "one" in English may be written with a vowel, but it actually starts with a consonant sound [w]. So, this rule still holds :) I don't believe the a/an rule has any exception (possibly the only one in the English language that doesn't...), unless you count words that start with H for some speakers, where the H sound is omitted.
And abbreviations. E.g. an FBI agent.
If the word starts with a vowel sound, then you start with 'an', but it gets a little more complicated.
For example, University starts with a vowel, but you would not say An University, you say A University. Because the long U sound is actually made with a y sound like in the word young, then it is not a vowel sound.
Also when saying acronyms, if the word starts with a vowel sound like FBI, you would say An FBI, because the saying F makes an e sound.
It's 'an' if it starts with a vowel sound, which is usually caused by a vowel, but not always - 'one' starts with a consonant sound, so we use 'a'.
If it starts with a vowel sound. That's why "an one" is wrong (because one starts with a "wuh" sound) but "an hour" is correct.
I am 100% positive that this is incorrect English both in America and in the UK.
You are right. "An" only comes before words with vowels.
Pretty much everything in American English is a goddamn exception. Source: Am 'merican.
An El Uno Euro
"an un Euro coin" It's fine
Ofcourse its an gramatically corect staitment
Or you could just use a British Pound, that way you don't risk using anything that could increase in value
Ferocious.
Mr. Scrooge is that you?
you need the 2€ coin because of the radius. Using a 1€ coin would fuck up the timing. It's 2.5mm bigger you know.
Actually a €0,50 coin would be even better. It's larger then a €1 coin as well.
2 euro coin will make it costly.
You can get away with 1 euro coin.
We're trying to budget here.
If you build this in America, just use canadian coins...
It looks like it's a 20 or 50 eurocent coin
Thanks, my intention was that it should look as homemade as possible.
It's looks so fucking realistic. Good job my man!
I thought it was real. Everything makes sense too. The button spring to complete the circuit was fucking brilliant.
I thought it was real. Everything makes sense
Like digging a hole in your carpet for a bubble soap container
At first glance I thought it was real and was trying to figure out if rather than a hole it was just a small divot with soap and the metal ring collapses when it dips in the soap... then I realized I'm an idiot and this is just a brilliant animation.
It could easily be a table top with a small basin.
Sure. A really big table that you cut a hole in for no reason.
I thought it was built in to a table for display.
Except the ring hanging on the string without any rotation (especially when fan blows) and the resistance from the water.
This has been said over and over.
Well, it's never-ending loop.
The ring on the string would swivel
Bubbles also go down.
What, this is animated? fml. WHAT IS EVEN REAL ANYMORE?! (existential crisis).
Seriously what.. I'm not sure if I should feel dumb or not because I thought it was real too. Maybe a little too real especially as it works too well and fluid and of course the loop.
i read this with a heavy german accent
zee loop.
May I interest you in a gaming console?
(existential crisis)
With well-made normal maps and textures even a quick Blender animation can look almost like real life.
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Answering for OP. Cinema4d with octane
He also posted it in /r/Cinema4D so I'm going to assume that's what he used.
Question: is the pool of soap only a quarter inch deep?
I thought that looked weird, too, Probably should have made it as a box instead of appearing to sit flat on a table.
Yeah the ring looks rigid so it feels wonky descending into such a shallow pool.
Oh you made this?
I made this.
Now I want a soap bubble machine blowing dick butt soap bubbles.
This is like the coolest thing I've seen on reddit. I'm amazed.
This kind of stuff is why I started learning CGI but it's really not easy. Op is skilled as fuck.
The wiggle of the parts really sells it.
– Yelp review of a lap dance
That's a much better sexual interpretation of my comment than I expected.
I solder directly to batteries. It's not exactly the smartest thing to do, but it works.
What does the plaque say?
Electric Automated Soap Bubble System
I might just build this for my sons. F** and thank yo man. Do more of this s&^. Excuse my French.
I hope one of us can pull this off IRL. Bravo to you, sir.
I know it's an animation... but... if it were implemented, what would prevent your ring from twisting and striking the prop?
let's do it reddit
I really didn't understand that this wasn't real until I navigated the comments.
What program did you use?
What software did you use?
I used gfycat thanks
Yeah but are we ignoring that the hoop is going through the floor? Thats the first thing I noticed lol
It's supposed to be built into the floor, I suppose.
Could be a hollow stand with the soap reservoir hanging down.
The biggest challenge would probably be to prevent the soap hoop from blowing away when the fan activates.
Actually, I think the biggest challenge would be to prevent the hoop from turning. Without greatly modifying this design, it could be resolved with two rubber bands anchored in the soap solution pool.
Just use two strings instead of one to prevent turning. Put a weight at the bottom so it doesn't blow away.
You know how high the hoop will be lifted, just make the strings in the bottom of the pool short enough that they align the hoop once it reaches full height. While this would still allow it to spin somewhat until that point it wouldn't hinder the A S T H E T I C.
I like this answer the best. I like the rubber band solution for a very close runner up. The two top strings and a weight solution is the only thing I thought of when I watched the gif, and now I don't even think that deserves an honorable mention...
This would require too much modification but I think it would work also
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With the weight? Not really.
You could just use a metal wire and some solder rather than a string... The forces are pretty small. Although the fan would make it wiggle a bit. OP should probably add that.
Not sure how well a metal wire would work. If you look at the original, the string has to bend through 3 loops. Anything rigid enough to keep the hoop from moving would be too rigid to bend that easily
Somehow I completely overlooked that. Guide rails it is!
The hoop needs to be heavy, so it won't blow away. Counter weights at the top and bottom would prevent it from turning.
Keep the fan on full speed.
Put a barrier in between the bubble dipper and fan.
Remove the gear that controls fan speed and make the gear control the opening of the barrier. Make the barrier open like french doors. So the wind is focused at the center of the bubble at first.
I would think that a closable iris would make a better barrier. It would look cool and Stargate-ish at the same time.
Shhhhhhhhhnick.
Not really in keeping with the homemade vibe
You could make it look like an old camera part...
Dude that would be so sick.
I think it's weird that the hoop wasn't shaking but the frame holding it did.
Challenge accepted: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6n5g46/got_my_soap_bubble_machine_to_work/
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Why 3D print?
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But easy is boring.
The soap ring will spin though. It needs another string or a guide to keep it perpendicular to the flow of air from the fan.
Look at this fat cat with pennies to spare to make it look more realistic
And would need helium so the bubbles go up.
You can do it. Alkaline batteries aren't particularly dangerous. It may leak later, but that's fine.
Also physics doesnt add up, the fan will blow the string all over the place
It's a truly magnificent piece of art, but there are a number of things that would need changed to give it a chance to be real.
The timing motor needs to be geared, 1.5 volt electric motors can't run that slowly. DC motors that size only switch fields on the half revolution, the magnetic field needs many times a second or it would just stall out. Those motor sizes are generally 12v, the 1.5 volt version of those are a little bigger than a penny in length.
The ring would need more support, maybe a sliding frame instead of a string.
running the steep pitch fan centered that close to the membrane might not even generate enough pressure to inflate the bubble.
I'd have liked to see it driven with a single motor. Maybe with some sort of slip gear.
Two pennies? Inexpensive? Way to contradict yourself!
Why does the frame shake when the bubble is being blown?
You can, but you need a resistive soldering probe.
Someone did: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6n5g46/got_my_soap_bubble_machine_to_work/?st=J54MMSHV&sh=d22f7f03
Eh, in a simple contraption like this, soldiering to the batteries isn't the end of the world. You just have to solder the wires quickly so the battery's temperature doesn't rise too much.
and grind a little bit of the chrome off so the solder will stick.
This guy solders. :-)
In fact, old cartridge video games that used a battery backup to save game progress almost exclusively soldered their batteries. (Much smaller batteries though.)
aaaand it's done
This is great. I think you could make this fairly easily but I see one major problem; Hanging the soap ring with thread would cause it to swivel. It needs to be held rigid some way.
just add a couple of rails for it to stay in that position (a couple of vertical wires parallel to each other on each side of the ring will do)
I think this is the best solution. The rubber bands would add load to the other motor.
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Yep. That was my thought, too.
Or maybe just 2 strings
2 strings (hanging from above) would prevent twisting, but then the entire ring would blow outwards.
Make the ring out of tungsten?
two strings on the bottom.
Puts extra load on the motor.
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Put one of these on either side. Should keep it aligned.
thats not shitty enough
I'm supposed to be working and here I am reading about theoretical bubble machine improvements. I love reddit sometimes.
Yes...exactly like that. Simplify the machine for the same results
surface tension from the soap water to create a box shape
I've never seen a box shaped soap bubble! That would be cool!
Needs three. The fan will make it swing. Rails are the better idea.
Stepper motors like the vertical axis on a 3d printer
2 strings connected to the ring in a V shape, running through eyelets and attached to the single arm a shown. One string just goes through one more eyelet than the other.
Additionally the bubbles should fall not rise. They contain room temperature air, and the liquid film is denser than air. They'd go straight out and down. Not up.
Edit: see https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6n5g46/got_my_soap_bubble_machine_to_work
The metal plate is obviously heated and causes an upward convection current.
This 'man' is a bubble-blowing baby. He knows what's up.
This guy blows
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Hey. You sucking?
Always.
all running on a AA battery!
2 batteries. Open your eyes sheeple.
1/motor. AFAIK you'd use 2x1.5v cells in series IRL - not sure a single 1.5v could pull it off w/o more electronics
Two actually, one runs the constant gears and one powers up the motor when activated by the penny/button combo. This contraption wouldnt work off of one battery without a more complex trigger mechanism for the fan.
Two circuits off the same battery would be easy.
Oh, perhaps thats true... thered just be some spliced wires I guess.
Penny? That's a 2 Euro coin.
Tru
This guy blows.
Huh, I never really though about how bubbles rise because breath is warm. Makes sense but never occurred to me till now haha.
how about when you just wave the wand with no breath?
That actually a really good question
Wind/exterior air currents, or maybe the bubble acts as a magnifying glass hearing the air inside because it sunlight?
Yah wait... I think the lost above me might be full of it then? I don't know?
I think the weight of the liquid film is negligible compared to air currents in the room. If you make bubbles by waving the wand instead of breath, many of them will still float up.
There is a fan blowing on it though.
Heat from the motor.
The fan could be slightly inclined so the air entering the bubble is heading upward.
add some tealights so they have a little updraft to ride up.
The air in the balloon is obviously hotter than outside thanks to the fan movement and fan motor heat
Balloon? Whar are you smoking
Also: The hole in the floor.
I thought it was real until i saw the depth of the bubble trough and thought that didn't look right. No one builds a machine like this with a base that size.
Two strings tied 120° apart would work, plus a small weight on the bottom of the ring to stop it being blown forward (one thing missing from the animation).
I like this solution since the strings would only be in tension at full extension and at other times in the cycle would be slack.
Yep that's probably the simplest solution. You probably wouldn't even need the weight because it's a metal ring and therefore already relatively heavy.
lots of solutions being offered, but I think the simplest would be to have the ring made of solid material attached to the edge of the soap pool with a hinge. then the rope attached to the ring would simply pull the ring up on its hinge.
I think that would have risk of the soap tension breaking. When you dip in a bucket you slide it out as the picture shows. If you lift it up the air displacement might push out the bubble or break it.
What if instead of flat _| __ ; it was from the left side of the ring _l0 ___
That's up and down respectively.
that's just crazy enough, it just might work!
why not just use the supports already their to guide it?
My thinking is, you want sliding struts to be as close as possible to reduce the extra weight. If you used light-weight long guides they might bend and cause friction. The less load and friction the less energy.
Without greatly modifying this design, it could be resolved with two rubber bands anchored in the soap solution pool.
I dunno man, I've been watching it for about an hour now and I haven't noticed it swivel at all.
So is the whole machine sunk into the floor, or am I missing something? Shouldn't the "tank" be shallower and the bubble ring lay flat into it when it dunks? I am not digging a hole in the carpeted floor to install my bubblematic 2000
What causes the fan to speed up so quickly for a short period then slow down again?
The coin pushes down on the button ("button" in both senses of the word, I just noticed that), which closes the wire loop and activates the fan motor. Because the coin is offset, it only pushes on it momentarily.
Also, those tiny little motors dont vibrate out of control like that. Especially the very slow one on the right.
http://imgur.com/SZyTdjx
Maybe like this
I think it would work with thread if that ring were made out of metal; if it were heavy enough it could enter the water without swiveling
Additionally, it looks like the bubble is simply emerging from the middle of the ring instead of forming and pulling soap from the edges.
meh, I would just give a soap bubble thingy to a kid. Fun for him/her, and I get bubbles blown for me. Win Win.
could use a ribbon instead
Unless the string was made of spider's silk.
It needs to be held rigid some way
Nail it to the panel. Problem solved. My work here is done.
https://i.redd.it/vqpsk7ud2g9z.gif
It needs to be held rigid some way.
That's what she said.
Simple, just put a strong magnet in the bottom of the liquid
You could nitpick a lot about the electronics as well but the simplicity is what makes it charming. I don't think it should be changed.
i love how the entire fan assembly rattles and shakes like it's going berserk.
i can't help but wonder what kind of crazy person would dig a tiny hole into their carpeted floor to house the bubble solution, though.
I'm sure it's just a small box with a reservoir dug into it.
The soap reservoir was already there. Naturally occurring. The entire floor and machine were built around it.
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Whoosh
The fan assembly being imbalanced for no apparent reason is precisely what throws it off.
This is bothering me too much. Here I am, ctrl+F'ing "fan" to look for an explanation, and I get nothing. I don't see an off-center weight, and it's legitimately ruining my enjoyment of this animation. All I find here is that a bunch of people like it, when it's seriously pissing me off right now.
Torque is the reason it is moving, couple that with the motor not being securely fastened down, it wobbles. I wouldn't say it's improperly balanced, just not securely fastened.
Side note, this system would be a lot more efficient if the motor just stayed on 100% of the time. Also, without a means of energy storage device (such as a capacitor) when the fan motor turns on, the gear motor would slow down.
The gear motor has its own power supply, unless that's not what you're referring to.
reminds me of Bubbles from Finding Nemo flipping his shit when he sees a bubble
The awesome kind
The use of a coin for the cam is just perfect. I love this so much
My only complaint is that there's nothing holding the bubble wand perpendicular to the prop. I feel like it would inevitably twist. Splitting the string so it holds the hoop from 2 points and adding a bit of wobble on the hoop would make it feel a bit more believable to me.
That's true. Ah well, next time I guess :)
What if instead it was a shallow pool with gentle concave sides so that as the slightly weighted loop enters the pool it would slide perpendicular to its upright position. This should both allow it to be nearly as low to the floor as it currently is, smaller amount of soap and the small hang time should be self corrected as the concave sides should keep it aligned enough for the fan.
also the pool looks like chocolate milk a bit
~~How is the fan at variable speeds? Going from slow to fast?~~
Nevermind, answered below.
How long did this take?
And the motor shakes to hell and back rather than vibrating slightly.
Also, in addition to twisting, it would be blown out away from the fan a bit.
~~What's the point of it? What is a Cam? Why is it pressing against a spring?~~
~~Is it supposed to be slowing down the action of that motor to keep the ring at the right height for the right amount of time? (my best guess)~~
Ok, I see it now, it's depressing a piece on to a severed wire, completing the circuit, and powering the fan. The timing seems a little off, but I think that's largely just b/c when it's happening it's blocked by the soap ring.
It might be a bit hard to see but the coin is triggering the propeller. When the coin is at it's lowest points it pushes down a copper piece that connects the chord so that the propeller engine connects to it's battery. At least that is the intention, I think it could work like that for real as well.
cord*. Chord is the music thing.
Chord is also the geometric thing.
In this case, the proper term would have been wire, but the judges have ruled that "cord" would also have been accepted.
Edit: the judges ruling is final!!!
I think you want it to activate the fan slightly earlier because the fan needs time to spin up. So the cam shouldn't only turn it on for an instant but for a short period, meaning the button would have to activate before bottoming out (most do IRL anyway). It should be more consistent in the animation so that the fan gets and loses power (for going down and coming up respectively) when the button is depressed the same amount. Right now it looks like the fan comes on when the button bottoms out and continues to receive power for a little bit after, which doesn't make sense (unless you have some hidden capacitor circuit in the back).
It only completes the circuit near it's lowest point of travel, so the motor doesn't start until it's reached that point.
This is some high quality /r/perfectloops material.
Also a good candidate for /r/Simulated
Nope. This is an animation, which is distinct from a simulation. They're fairly strict on that over there, I don't think this would be accepted.
What? Even if it's animated by hand, this is a thousand times better simulation than the inane "watch x turn to goo" they usually have.
I don't think their focus is on the actual aesthetics of the animation but of the graphical intricacies of making the subject materials behave as realistically as possible. "Watch x turn to goo" is not very interesting unless you're interested in the technology of accurately simulating a specific viscosity, texture, temperature etc. of goo Conversely, this is a cool concept but the liquid doesn't look real, the bubbles (as someone pointed out) don't move right, the sting is too rigid and probably other things. The concept is still cool and that doesn't detract from it but it's not the sort of thing r/simulated is intended for as far as I can tell.
But the electromechanical simulation exhibited here is on-point. It's a wholly fictitious machine that 'operates' on reasonable principles. Excluding the string used for the dipper, you could go out today and build it. A simulation created 'by hand' is still a simulation.
/r/mechanical_gifs
this system is a bullshit. why free ring do not turn? why is this stabilized, though it is freely hanging on thread?
http://i.imgur.com/pOjNP.gif
Now you made him sad because Ricky burned down his shed and destroyed the one thing he had from his parents.
SPOILERS
damn, I was hoping he would blow bubbles out of his glasses with his eyes.
If you want to check out other things I've done, here's my instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/johannes.matsson/
I knew it was you! saw it on facebook first! very well done my friend of a friend
Your stuffed yeti creature is so incredibly cute. 10/10 I would buy one if it was real
Thanks! Maybe one day it will be ;)
what did you build the animation in? really cool!
I made it in a 3D software called Cinema 4D.
Have you used blender? is it a better tool?
I haven't, so I can't really comment on if it's better or not :) Cinema 4D is definitely more common in my field though.
Can I see your other works?
What is your field? Do you have more work like this?
I'm a 3D animator and I do, you can check me out at: https://www.instagram.com/johannes.matsson/ or https://www.behance.net/JohannesM
Awesome work!
I just saw your showreel, what a ride! Riktigt ball!
Do I need to be an artist to be pro efficient at this? All I can draw is stick man figures :(
Well, blender is free. C4D is not.
Professionally, C4D is used more.
C4D has a student version. Is that any good?
I believe that the student version has the same capabilities as Cinema 4D Studio (Highest version, all capabilities).
It's a sweet deal.
i don't think blender is better, maybe because it's free.
The only inherent problem with free programs are that they generally aren't very intuitive or easy to learn. Blender of course, has that problem, but I don't know of a single program that can beat it in terms of features and flexibility. You could argue that it's not specialized enough, but associating price with quality is an age-old fallacy and can lead to making real poor purchase decisions.
Blender is cool.
But you should try Houdini.
Nothing is more powerful or flexible, IMO. And there are free, and cheap licensing options.
Houdini does look cool, although they do cut off access to many features with the different versions. I'll keep it in mind though, thanks.
Houdini indie, which is $200 / year is 100% functional. Only limitation is render resolution (1920x1080). I'm not sure if that limitation exists for Arnold renders.
Houdini apprentice is free, and has watermarked renders, and may have some other limitations I'm not aware of (I use indie at home).
That's why I'm learning 3D stuff on Blender first! Once I get decent with that, when I step up to paid software things can only get more intuitive. :)
The other problem with free programs is lack of professional support. If you start having issues during a project, you can't call up the company and say "we're paying for a support package, and we're experiencing this problem with the software, please release a bugfix quickly or tell us about a workaround".
As far as I know, you can't get that kind of support package for blender. You can report bugs, but because you're not paying for support no one is obliged to deliver the fixes as quickly as possible. Because Blender is open-source, there is an alternative: paying a development team (in-house or contractors) to develop fixes, make a patched build for company use, and propose the fixes to mainline blender. For a lot of companies that's not feasible though, and so commercial software with an included support plan is a much better option.
Blender is not better, but it is free.
Cinema 4D has a very intuitive user interface, blender doesn't. However, there isn't much you can do in one program that you can't do in the other.
Cinema 4D is an easier tool to learn than Blender, although Blender has gotten better over the years, there is still a steep learning curve (that learning curve goes down if you are familiar with other 3D soft)
Blender is the best overall modeling tool on the market; it has a wealth of features and shortcuts to the extent that you can also animate models, and even make self-contained games inside Blender.
However, the wealth of features also make it one of the most difficult programs to learn - when you try to start learning how to use Blender, almost all the buttons you will see are completely irrevelant to making your first model. Furthermore, the critical features are bound to shortcuts - this is nice when you're experienced, because it makes perfect sense that commonly used features would be the most accessible. When learning Blender however, it means you have to memorize 2 or 3 key combination shortcuts, as well as a dozen or so other keys just for basic use.
Presumably, you're asking because you're either new to modeling, or are using a different tool. I would say it highly depends on what you want to do, but Blender is the most versatile and difficult of the bunch. You have the advantage that Blender is compatible with just about anything, and has many addons that allow you to further extend functions at the cost of a learning cliff.
If you know the general direction you want to go for, such as making short animations, you might want to pick something more specialized. However, if you're like me and just enjoy learning and trying new things, Blender does have the most features. It's just gonna take a little while to get comfortable with it.
Blender is the best overall modeling tool on the market
no so sure about that. it's certainly not industry-standard - the studios I know use Maya, 3DS and C4D.
Yea, definitely not industry standard and lacking some minor features Maya has, but still a very good tool. The shortcuts and price make it perfect for hobbyists.
Which is why I said it's inferior to more specialized programs...
I never claimed it was an industry standard, I claimed it had the most features and the biggest range of features, in addition to having standardized export formats rather than proprietary formats.
When learning Blender however, it means you have to memorize 2 or 3 key combination shortcuts, as well as a dozen or so other keys just for basic use
That's not entirely true, I'm pretty sure that anything you can access as a keyboard shortcut is also accessible through menus (or the spacebar search). Of course, once you've learnt the shortcuts they're so much more efficient, so there's little point learning the menus. And then because no one really uses menus much, there's little incentive to make them more intuitive.
blender is free for a reason
You mean like Linux and the whole Free Software movement, right? This kind of FUD is so 90s
Alright! Bubbles all around! I made this one last month. It's very satisfying to make CG Bubbles. For me it was the rainbow shader and the wobble. Made with Maya and Redshift. Circus Worm
How long did it take to render?
Do you mind if I 3D print this and make a video about it?
Cinema 4D represent 🤘🏼. Seriously though Im trying to learn Maya and its a bitch of a learning curb..
I thought I saw this posted on r/cinema4D haha. Was trying to figure out if it was you or not.
Has anyone taken the time to point out that it's 3d software called 4d yet
Cinema 4D
Knew it!
I love C4D. did you use V-Ray or any other plugins?
Holy crap, that is a $4,000 program.
Not for the high seas! yarr
Really?
I mean, this is pretty impressive work, but I sort of don't quite believe you.
I want it to be C4D, and I'd be very impressed if you had made this, but i'm having my doubts.
Tell me some details of the process you went throuigh to acheive it, because this looks like a 3DS job to me, and a repost.
I want to believe you, but I kind of don't.
Please prove me wrong.
How about you check my original post at /r/cinema4d, it has a lot more technical info :)
Just go away. Fuck.
Instant Zoombini memories
Yes! It looks exactly like that last excruciating level before Zoombiniville.
I am so glad I wasn't the only one
Scrolled through the comments to make sure zoombinis were represented!
MORE TOPPINGS!!!
I didn't read the title and thought it was real....
Ditto, slightly disappointed that it isn't.
For me it was the movement of the motors that clued me in that it was animated. It looks like the motors are operating within zero gravity while loosely mounted.
I read the title and had to go back and read it again slowly coz I couldn't believe this wasn't real.
Like seriously......how did you do this....? I thought it was real until I looked at your comments. It even shakes when the fan spins, who thinks of that?
It's all witchcraft!
I knew it. You sorcerers, always doing this so us normal people will keep buying your elixirs.
Did anyone notice that the soap juice looks like coffee?
I thought it was real til I read yours and I was confused about what you even meant by not real. Holy shit that's impressive.
Unless one of the fan blades is made from a significantly denser and heavier material than the other for some reason, it shouldn't wobble at all.
Seriously. I completely forgot it said "animation" in the title.
I thought the shaking was really overdone for style. It wouldn't shake like that, not even close.
That people think this is real because of the shaking makes me :(
So make this then take a video of it then post it
What? What is the purpose of me making this?
This is the goto art-criticism comment as well. "You have a criticism? Well then YOU MAKE IT!"
How can you have a context to whether something is shaking too much, unless you recreate the exact thing in person? Otherwise, you look and sound foolish.
The small motors are something rather ubiquitous and exist in real life. If you understand how motors and fans work you would quickly realize that the way they shake in this rendering does not make any sense at all. It's stylized.
This has got to be the dumbest argument I've ever gotten into on the internet.
Likewise
Definitely not the dumbest argument anyone has gotten into with you on the internet, because you're fucking dumb.
really? How can you possible know it wouldn't shake like that?
Unless the fan is way, way off balance it wouldn't do that. Additionally, since the speed is pretty high, and more importantly, it's a regular motion, there would be more of a vibration than the random shaking in the animation.
I've used my eyes. I've seen motors with propellers and gears attached to them.
And you've probably seen motors such as those that go into video game controllers and cell phones which clearly have a weight that unbalances the motor to cause vibration. This doesn't have one, and I'm so happy you've called out OPs bullshit. I really have to leave this post, it's making me unduly upset.
This is really well done. But is the machine standing on carpet? And the soap pool is cut into the carpeted floor?
its 3d....
Yes, I realize that this is not a video of an actual gadget. I meant, it looks as if it is standing on a carpeted floor. If so, where is the soap supposed to be?
*Edited to not be as much of a smart-ass
What makes this special, is most a-holes wouldn't have the fan actually speed up to force more air through the loop to create the bubble. They'd either have a comically slow fan rotating, that somehow generates enough air movement to create the bubble; or they'd have it going at max speed all the time which would cause bubbles to try and form early as the hoop enters the air stream, causing failures in bubble generation.
But you did.
So, upvote you get.
wouldn't have the fan actually speed up
At first I thought it was constantly going slow and the coin hit a sort of turbo button. Then I noticed that the propeller almost stopped right before the button was hit, which made it even cooler.
The propeller is just slowing down, so if the whole process took longer it would stop fully.
The blades should have stopped moving way sooner and "lock" into place in orientation with the motor's magnets.
Depends on the motor and the magnets. Not all electric motors will cog that badly. I'll give him that one.
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The circular bit on the rod that rotates around and compresses a switch next to the fan.
That is a VERY detailed animation, I love the motor shake. Well done.
Not only that, the bottom mounting board shakes as well. Very nice!
Don't get me wrong awesome job by OP I couldn't do anything close to this but I felt the wiggle (or maybe the amount) really put it in the uncanny valley for me.
There was just too much or not quite wiggle and shake. If it were real and held down by rubber bands it would be more of a slight torque and vibration as the fan motor changed speeds and the other motor would just have a much smaller vibration.
Anyway my two cents, or even less because OP actually did the work and I am just in the peanut gallery criticizing.
Looks fantastic overall, but I definitely feel like you over-did the wobbling on the motors. Motors that small wouldn't wobble like that, and I can't see a reason the one on the right should be wobbling so irregularly in the first place.
Maybe the gear teeth are a bit mismatched.
Yeah, that was the only thing I could think of that could cause it, but you can see it sort of bounces off and back. It's not damped nearly as much as you would expect a small motor rubber banded to a block of wood to be. With the amount of friction in that scenario, the motor has way too much inertia!
Yup. I didn't notice the engineering issue with the string that many other people pointed out but I was immediately drawn into the uncanny valley with the motor wobble.
However really great work by OP may have been an artistic choice rather than a realism choice.
Definitely wobbles too much to be realistic. Maybe it was a stylistic choice.
I will make this machine within the next month. I will be posting regular pics of progress, although I'm not sure when I will manage to begin this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6n5g46/got_my_soap_bubble_machine_to_work/
K now I'm not doing it I wanted to be the first :(
RemindMe! 1 month "Check on Tyson's progress on this"
/u/The-Big-Ship, /r/Simulated would absolutely adore this, it's fucking fantastic. Better post it before someone else does.
Someone please build this IRL
I expect a working model to be on the front page within a week. Someone will do it for sure.
RemindMe! 1 week
It's the entire reason I'm in the comments. I'm sure this will be posted soon.
Paging Simone Giertz /u/simsalapim/
!remindme 2 days "Real bubble blowing machine"
Very cool except I don't like how the dipping ring goes deeper than what the device appears to be. It should either dip flat or the device should be high enough for it to dip the way it does.
The pool of soapy liquid is carved into the surface. It's much deeper than it looks.
I was thinking of kinda like a chain necklace that just folds flat...
You're one of dozens to mention this.
I like it. It means the pool is magic.
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I've seen a lot of people comment similar to this, but what is making everyone assume it's on the floor? It could be on a table (though a carpeted table is a little weird, there's still nothing in the gif to suggest it's on the floor).
Saw this when you posted it to /r/cinema4D and was amazed. Looks way better looping on GfyCat vs instagram's shit video player!
beautiful. the only thing that bothers me...besides the ring not moving in the wind.. is the formation of the bubble should be quicker with the fan moving at the speed it is, then get blown further out after formation.
And, the bubble doesn't form IRL like in this animation. This animation makes it seem like it "appears" from a portal, where in fact it should start forming around the edges of the soap ring and then close in on itself.
/r/oddlysatisfying
Your animation skills are next level.
Happy cake day!
I hadn't noticed. Thanks!
This is seriously good work. Mad props.
I wouldn't say mad since they are not crazy all the time. Since the props speed up and slow down I would probably call it manic depressive props.
OP,
Are you Blender Guru from youtube?
Nope, this was made in Cinema 4D.
This is awesome, what was the render time?
Around 20h on a 780TI with Octane Render.
Teach me your ways... I'm new and have made far less complicated items but my render time can be around 25h with a GTX 970. Maybe its because of the 6000 max sample count?
Holy fahk! That's decent!
Why is the battery moving?
The amount of detail in this is incredible, OP. My only thought is that the bubble hoop might rotate on the single string.
Aside from that, though, holy fuck this is cool. The motor shake really makes it feel authentic.
Modern version of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_(series)
So it's been two hours and no one has made a real one yet? This is Reddit right?
Thats so rad. love the actual design of it too. the only critique i have... the shaking of the overhead support doesnt look natural to me. like, the physics of it are off. nothing would cause it to shake based off of the starting of the motor. the dunking disk would push out, but it wouldnt shake pivoting on the center. sorry to nitpick. its really super awesome.
I thought this was real. It was bugging me that the little plastic ring wasn't flying around when the fan turned on. It was also odd that such a large compartment was used for the suds.
I watched for waaaay to long. Thank you for the satisfaction.
Ahhhh r/perfectloops
Looks cool, kinda reminds of Treasure Planet.
I sat and tried to figure out how this whole thing worked. Then realized its an animation. Fucking sweet
Congratulations, you've created the new Hypnotoad.
Beautifully done. It doesn't look real so it is art and fun to watch. Thanks!
Oh! I saw this on Instagram yesterday and your stuffed creatures, along with this, are absolutely amazing!!
Automation at it again taking our soap bubble jobs
Allentown bubble man will be out of business!
I mean, I appreciate this, but why? amazing work!
Lol but why not?
fair question
this reminds me of this computer game The Incredble Machine, where the purpose was to build Rube Goldberg devices to meet objectives. great memories
is this animated or automated?
How about both?
took me a while to realize it was both. pretty crazy
Anotomated? 🤔
Yes.
Are you claiming you can't see it's animated?
I can see it now, but if you didn't tell me it was animated, I would've assumed it was just a contraption someone had rigged up
I kind of want this as an animated Windows wallpaper.
I want to work for international bubble machines co.!
This is some fucking amazing animation man good job.
That ring would be spinning all over the place because it's hanging on a string and completely unstabilized otherwise lol
How did you do this? What program are you using? I realize its likely a professional tool, I'd just love to know how you create something like this
Lost half my zoombinis on this one
Do you have this in 1080p? i wanna make this my desktop background using wallpaper engine
You can check out the full project here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/54470057/Soap-Bubble-Machine
I can't stop watching it. I'm reverse engineering it in my mind. I'm very impressed by both the simplicity and complexity that is this build. It's so simple in modern times but show this to someone from the past and they would be in complete awe. Shit I am actually in awe right now, look at this fucking ramble comment. Thanks, OP!
Can someone build this?
Black wires for positive in a DC system - savage. Great animation, I feel like some of the motor dynamics are... off... but that just adds to the fun of it.
Looks like you even modeled the motors after RS-775 motors that are pretty commonly available, rather than making them entirely generic. Kudos!
So the international bubble machine Co. expect everyone to have a ~4 x 6" hole in their carpet so that the ring can drop down into a housed bubble solution?
IU could watch these for days. Motor speed is a bit off but some great innovations and mechanical features. Love the coin pushing the switch on and off like a cam.
Immensely satisfying
This is super rad
Dude this is amazing. I'm staring at this and it's all so well thought out. Do you have a portfolio link?
Tadaaa https://www.behance.net/JohannesM https://www.instagram.com/johannes.matsson/
Nice is this you?
Yes :)
Nice work mate!
Honestly, the only thing I don't like is how aggressive the motors move. They would be VERY smooth.
So, what else do you do? Any chance to see more of your work?
I'm a 3D'er so there's plenty more.
https://www.instagram.com/johannes.matsson/
and
https://www.behance.net/JohannesM
You've got a new follower on instagram. I love te kraken :D
What program do you use?!?
Edit: Cinema4D. NVM
WOW
Lisa, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
The airflow should be moving the ring.
why are the strings completely rigid? am i the only one seeing that?
This is really cool. FYI since I think you're going for full realism, you're running two of the same motors with the same 1.5v source and they're going different speeds. I don't think I saw anybody else point that out. And if I'm gonna be picky, brushed DC motors will stop abruptly below a certain RPM, instead of gliding to a stop. The magnets inside the motor will start to overcome the decreasing rotational inertia.
That is so satisfying to watch.
would almost work as drawn... except the string holding the loop... that would spin as the air from fan hit it... need some kind of stabilization of the loop when it is in front of fan.
The wiggling of the fan is my favorite part for some reason. It's like I can hear it going: "Hnnnnnnggggg! whew!"
I am very turned on right now.
only thing that bothers me is the bubble-making hoop is just facing the right direction every time perfectly. now i cant not notice it :(
This is reminding me of that old computer game The Incredible Machine.
There have been a few points as to what made if obvious it was an animation. I have not seen anyone point to the fact the ring goes straight down and up. It seems unlikely to have a hole in the floor for the solution pool, so the ring would have to fall flat then pick up.
Took me a long time to figure out why the fan accelerates. Even longer to notice it is an animation. Have an upvote sir!
Please modify to only produce one bubble.
Sincerely,
MY report reviewers
I'm so curious as to what made if obvious it was satisfying when you posted it to swivel.
BULLSHIT! You CLEARLY just built the machine and filmed it! No way something that detailed is animation!
^^/s
I love the motor shake when the fan fires up, great extra details.
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Endless berbels!
The attention to detail here is astounding. I love how the whole thing jiggles more when the fan speed increases. Material choices really help that. 10/10
This is amazing
The ring on a string would be blown by the fan.
Holy shit that looks realistic. Reminds me of those hyper realistic drawing/painting styles.
Dawg that's fly as hell how you do dat?
Now ad an adapter behind the fan to emit fart bombs
Me watching this got Hypnotized
This is some LSD s**t, I love it!
Someone should make this irl and report back.
Looks really cool! What typeface did you use for the little metal plaque?
Holy shit, I skimmed the title and thought this was just a cool handmade project. Was impressed at the effort you took to make the soap bath flush with the ground...
Jaw dropped when I realized it was an animation. Mad props
/r/Cinemagraphs
how difficult would it be to get this as a wallpaper on android?
just wait, someone will make real replica from this awesome animation! Anyone out there?
Even though its a cool effect to have the fan shake on startup, I gotta protest that electric motors dont shake like that
For how it is mounted to the 'ground', seems there is too much overall wobble when the fan turns on.. DC motors aren't going to freewheel like that when they don't have power and would stop much sooner
Reminds me of a PC game I used to play. Can't quite remember the name of it, but I remember you had to design different machines using different parts. I don't know what the aim was, but it was satisfying when you got something to work.
Tons of hours wasted on building idiotic things!
Holy hell, that was it. I could never remember the name of it. I loved that game growing up. Thanks for the nostalgia
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Ohh is that what that coin was. I was thinking it was a US penny.
I want one! I could watch it for hours. Just have it sitting on my desk spewing bubbles out the window.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MA MONEY
Are you telling me, that this is not a real, actual soap bubble machine?!
/u/mistersavage this is something i know you will love to see
I like it so much I almost want to make one IRL, but the ring would need to be suspended from two or more points, or else it would spin. You could consider adding two rubber bands to the ring at ~120 deg and ~270 deg to make it "work" better.
This looks great but I think the reflection on the fan motor looks a bit too stable when the motor moves. Like the reflection should change angle and probably intensity too. As it is it moves a little bit (although it looks like maybe it moves with the motor rather than acting like a real reflection) and the reflection itself is matt without changing intensity or reflection.
We are at a moment in time, where I cannot tell if real/CG or not.
No way this is an animation!
What causes the fan to speed up though?
There is a metal plunger beneath the button on a spring that makes contact with the wire leads to complete the electric circuit. The button is being pressed by a coin on a camshaft coupled with the drive gear via a string.
Goddamnit, I wish I could set this as my desktop background.
That bubble is dangerously close to bumping into the spikes 😰
Watching the video gives me anxiety that the gears will pop the bubble.
This reminds me of Tengu man's level in Megaman 8.
you deserve high commendations indeed.
This is oddly satisfying.
The way the motor sits so imperfectly is...perfect! Awesome work
/r/mechanicalgifs
Pretty cool - one thing though is the electric motor jiggles around like it's a combustion motor. I guess it could be from a bent shaft or really unbalanced prop though.
Start and stop torque
Start and stop torque would be a single jump and not the bouncing all around it displays.
Crack for my eyeballs. Very nice work!
I love this animation! Very well done. Is this a hobby or do you have more work I could see?
Looks like UZ album art.
I would buy one of these machines if they were real or if there was a kit to make them. Though it would need to be on a thicker base to hold the pool of bubble mix.
I like how I read the title and knew it said animation, but when I watched it I was like wow someone actually made this! Then I realized the word animation again...
My country already does all the things mentioned in the gif. But regardless I have sent an e mail for you guys! I hope you dont lose your freedoom
someone needs to make this in real life. i would actually be surprised if someone hadn't already started.
Every kitty I've ever met loves these things
Almost just watched this for 20 minutes
The bubble ring has no mechanism for keeping it aligned with the fan.
Animation... yeah right!! lol...
Sweetest thing i saw this month. Thx!
Fan is too fast when it inflates. Bubbles would popbefore inflating.
Well, this is beautiful. I want it as a screensaver, please.
While it may not be meta, this is high quality as fuck. Send it to /r/HighQualityGifs
Your attention to the details is remarkable! Very well done.
This looks so good that I was actually about to comment telling you that you should use real motor mounts for the fan blade. Wasn't until I read the comments that I realized it's a rendering. Very well done!
Reminds me of that 90's computer game "The Incredible Machine"
That game was awesome, but I lost the booklet or whatever that came with the floppy disk with all the passwords on it. Couldn't install it after that.
Can I commission one from you? PM me.
I thought this was real before I read the title, good job!
The thing that bothers me about this is the fact that the two motors are identical and are powered by identical batteries, but spin at different speeds. Cool animation regardless.
I'm kinda sad that there isn't an International Bubble Machines Company.
Looks cool.
Wow just wow.....
I actually lost my sense of time for a little bit watching this. Not a smart move while at work.
I get the feeling that your work here will be shared for a long long time. This is great art.
Wow you are so good mate!
that prop needs some balance! look at that vibration
Get this on r/simulated, stat.
Never mind, it seems someone already put it there
so fake but cool
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the box for the liquid soap should have been deeper.. not hard to do
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I don't have their original models
Great job! The amount that the fan motor bounces around sort of ruins the illusion for me...I work with a lot of tiny motors as a hobby, other than that it looks absolutely real!
Wow so realistic. This amazing. The only thing that would make it more realistic is if the metal soap ring was blown back a little by the fan right in front of it, since it's hanging from a string.
I watched this for far longer than I would like to admit.
The animation quality is great. But just a few (physics) things to make it more realistic:
1) neither of the motors (the fan engine nor the other one) should shake; fans don't shake/rumble when you turn them on (they would if the blades were drastically unevenly sized, but they're not). This is esp important to the one without blades.
2) the fan speed is not proportional to the rate of inflation of the bubble;
3) the frame should not shake either; even if the fan was imbalanced and did rumble, the left and right ends of the frames would shake in unison, not in an opposing mode (which isn't possible since an unbalanced frame could only shake the platform in the z (up) direction, not a rotation around the z-axis
I have zero mechanical ability but. I want to make this.
That switch with the 2 Euro piece is so awesome.
I truly enjoy the attention to detail with regard to basic mechanics. Could those 1.5V batteries power those servos? Probably not. But the fact that a power source, wiring, and gears are even there is nice to see.
this is way too fucking sweet.
Nice mate, very realistic.
Where does the ring go when its dipped in the soap?!
Oh I want to build this
Hey, /u/The-Big-Ship could you pretty please provide the scene file so noobs like me could learn? Also, what did you use for the textures? Was it substance designer? They look great
What's the spring for?
Now I want to put a screen on my wall with this on.
Everything looks so realistic. Except maybe the begining of the forming of the bubble. It's a little uniform.
Shouldn't the gears rotate faster when the fan rotates faster?
They look greatWhat's the spring for?That ring would be blown by the fact that the machine is flush against the floor?
Pure Awesomeness
it took me way too long to realize this was animated (I didn't fully read the title). well done op, well done.
Pretty awesome, the only slightly unrealistic part is bubble formation, otherwise I would have thought it was real.
I must build one of these! Thanks for sharing!
There's nothing to keep the loop from turning sideways and hitting the fan.
The fan speed trigger is inspired. Excellent work.
I love the aggressive shaking of the fan motor. Great animation!
Wait.... this is a fucking animation. I watched this gif for 10 minutes looking at all the pieces and parts figuring out how everything worked.
This is incredible.
Where is the animation? All I see is some cool machine making bubbles?
Another mechanical problem with this design is that I don't think it's possible for a DC electric motor to spin freely even when the leads are disconnected. It's still a permanent magnet spinning near conductive coils which causes electromagnetic resistance to the motion.
The fan should be coming to a complete stop quickly once the switch is released.
Woah, I didn't even realize it was fake until the comment. Great job dude! Super cool.
I am just so happy anytime something is on the front page that is not politics.
What if you put a vape pen inside the fan so it releases smoke through the center of the fan when the fan is turned on to make a smoke bubble machine? Then you could one of these contraptions on a boat or flotation device for a cool effect on a river or stream.
Need a real one of these for my kid. Would keep him entertained for hours.
In all honesty i didn't read the title and thought i wanted that machine... Until i saw it was computer animation... Nice work there champ.
ITT: people who failed physics
In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Is there a hole cut into the floor for the soap?
I kinda want to make this. :)
Man that wobble everything does when the fan picks up... so amazing
That's mesmerizing and stunning in every way. Fantastic work.
It's really delightful. I love the shakiness of the rubber band motor when it engages.
After the 14 minute mark the motor finally falls off from the intense spinning.
Anybody want to bet on a timeframe for when somebody actually builds one of these and posts it here?I'm guessing about 1 week.
The perfect loop
Right, who is going to build this?
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Wait animation as this is not real!?Wow good job dude!!!
Amazing. I think it's so cool that people can make this stuff.
Which one of you brilliant, tinkering motherfuckers is gonna build this?
I think you did an amazing job, I guess for me the bubble seems a bit too "colorful"? For the type of scene and the liquid used. It's sort of overpowering. If that makes sense? But honestly though, amazing job!
I love how the button for the fan motor is a shirt button. Very creative.
We need to build this for future generations!
I want this...
I think I'm going to get my daughter and build this over the weekend. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Wow they had to drill a hole on the ground for this to work
Wouldn't another coin be needed to balance the shafts though? Another sane weight - opposite direction so the shaft always moves in balance - that way it would not rumble. Right now it's like a rumble motor inside a Dualshock controller
This is awesome! Are you also the Oreo separator machine guy?
I could look at this for hours if it was larger.
Edit: I'm an idiot :)
This is absolutely amazing!
I can tell it's animated because the rings carrying the string attached by elastics don't move towards each other like they would in a real life situation, i think.
This reminds me of an old PC game called "The Incredible Machine" where you build machines to achieve simple tasks using household items.
Oops!
My bad. I guess I have got a little cynical about Reddit posts and reposts. And your work appeared too good to be true...
...on account of it being really brilliant.
I take it all back.
:-)
You know how I know this is fake because the way the dipping wand goes way below the carpet line. Excellent job, I love this!
holy crap! what software and hardware and time to render?
If this was for sale, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Okay but can someone make this irl?
You know how I know this is fake, because the way the dipping wand goes way below the carpet line.
Excellent job OP, I love this!
The talent on reddit never ceases to astound me.
This is just great.
This is really cool and it makes me want to make it. But, is the ring supposed to go through the table like that?
Wait, so this is a machine in real life and not a computer animation, right?
K so how long until somebody makes it and posts it to Reddit? I want to make sure I'll have enough upvotes in my budget for this post and that one.
I like it.
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Well if it makes you feel better, I thought this was an actual video, lol.
That is one unbalanced prop.
Kraft Macaroni noodles for the 90 degree joints is genius!
Stellar animation!
Bubble machine? Those didn't exist yesterday! Goddamn you Mandala effect!! 😡😫😡😫
I want one.
ME TOO
My 2yo found this the funniest thing ever, well done OP!
This is another one of those incredible pieces that I look at and say "That's not actually real?"
Genius! Can someone tell me how to make this my screen saver?
it's beautiful! i'd love to see a few more renders from different camera angles!
engineers of reddit we call upon you to make this a thing
What software do you use?
I wanna try that.
This should be r/perfectloop !!!
Bravo!
Goddamn this is fuckin Beautiful
Well this is just delightful.
Having a belt linking the string pull and button depression is sloppy design; the timing, which is critical to function, will go off with one slip of the belt, a chain or gear to gear linking would prove more reliable.
The way everything moves as the fan spins is.... incredible... such detail
For a minute I thought it was another meme post in /r/pathofexile
What mechanism causes the fan to speed up and slow down so rapidly?
There's a button to the right of the propeller. It is pressed by a coin that is drilled off center.
Op is going to work for Pixar someday...
Someone please make this happen!
I don't know whats crazier: the quality of this animation, or the amount of people that think this is real. Good god.
Where can I purchase an Electric Automated Soap Bubble System? I believe this device can fulfill all my automated soap bubble needs.
The only unrealistic thing about this is that it is mounted flush to the floor (carpet?). So there's a hole in the ground for the soap container? A more realistic form factor would be if the bottom wasn't a flat platform, but more of a wooden crate.
Makes me think of Mega Man!
Beautiful, I love these animations, I haven't seen quality work since the dawn of videocards back in the late 80's
Great animation! Really top quality work. How long did it take you to do?
Rube Goldberg would be proud.
The only thing I can comment on is that the bubble formation from the ring looks a little fake, aside from that - brilliant!
Looks like that toaster game from the older computers
I've been watching this since it posted 4 hours ago, and I'm amazed the battery still has power. Figured it can't last forever ^^^^^^S
Reminds me of those Rube Goldberg machines.
Why do the bubbles go up?
Neat.
David guetta would be jealous
This makes me happy
ITT: This looks amazing, well done! My suggestion to improve it is....
This looks amazing, well done! My suggestion to improve is is to make the bubbles less wobbly
Your attention to detail is heartbreakingly wonderful. Thanks for that.
Why? Because he can lol. Na I think it's cool 👍
I want that on my future desk. I'll turn it on passively aggressive when the person I'm discussing at the moment need to leave. I'll make sure everyone in my future office knows about that signal and teach it to the future new bees. Oh my, my future is going to be glorious
Awesome work. I'd be curious to know if the bubbles are generated from that non-deterministically?
My favorite part of this is the little wiggle the motor makes when it's on
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Those electric motors need to be mounted more securely. What did you use, virtual ponytail bands?
That wobble on the motor running the gears is brilliant. Really nails it.
Redditor makes this and gets gold. Calling it.
this is CGI?? it looks just like real life. Only thing that makes it suspicious is the high frames per second.
Simulated?
Strangely tantalizing, I needed this after all the mind numbing NN stuff that's been going on
The subtle animation/shaking on the motors, plank of wood, and suspension are all really great and lend lots to the overall realism.
I 100% thought this was a real contraption at first. I'm amazed that it's an animation!
How do you make this? I am so intrigued in learning how to make this type of animation.
Makes me really wish there was a remake of the old game The Incredible Machine.
This is hypnotic. And also makes me want to build such a contraption in real life.
incredible
Does this belong in r/oddlysatisfying as well? I literally watched this loop for a solid 5 minutes. Made my nipples hard.
Engineers! I want to see this work in real life
This thing is amazing. Stared at it for a while just trying to see if anything was off and it looks great.
Didn't read the title at first and thought I was looking at a real thing for a moment. I love how the motor revving up shakes the frame. Also great detail with the improvised parts (Love that 2€ coin)
Can't wait for someone on /r/DIY to inevitably make this irl.
The style reminds me of MS Tinker
AWESOME great job
what is the purpose of the spring?
Turn on the fan
thanks. I wish i could rotate this model! haha
This makes me feel oddly nostalgic in a way?
How do you make animation like that,? What program?
Hands down, the most awesome animation I have seen in quite some time. I love the detail!
This is just remarkable, great job!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FCRr3t9WU
This is extremely satisfying.
Really cool, but the prop looks too balanced for such a low frequency wobble on the motor
Reminds me of the contraption in zoombinis
this whole thing is CG? holy crap
This offends me as a bubble machine
Wish this was real. I would buy one.
Wait... so this isn't real? WTF mind blown.
Flipping brilliant!
Most satisfying thing I have seen in a long long time. Wow
r/cinemagraphs
I want this as my background/wallpaper/screensaver
I was really impressed by this. Didn't know it was an animation. Was really curious as to how the soap tub was lower then the floor though.
I took me a moment to realize this was not real. The only reason I noticed is that the ring doesn't move when the fan blows on it, and it stays oriented straight when there's nothing holding it that way.
this is amazing
I love how its mechanically sound
I love the transparent tape on the battery. It's the little things. Amazing job.
Mmmm...whimsy.
This is really just beautiful. The attention to detail is almost impeccable. All the mechanics seem sound but the one thing I am fixating on is the fact that the soap water ring being submerged and lifted would certainly spin as it's merely dangling from a piece of tied string with no rail or other stabilizing element to keep it steady and facing forward. Physics aside, aesthetically this is just incredible, though. Well done.
Why. Is this. So. Satisfying.
Shit like this makes me question what's real in this world. Too good! Lol
Wow. This looks epic. I feel like it could be made in real life.
nice work!
Wow... Incredible stuff
Reminds me of the kind of machinery used in the game Lumino City for mobile. Great game full of fun hand crafted engineering.
Shut up and take my virtual money
What the heck! I want one!
I missed the word animation in the title so the comments confused me. Now that I get it, holy shit, this is even more amazing.
How long did it take to render?
Wow! It's so good. Has this been posted on woahdude already?
Those are some great bubbles my man. Did you hand make em or use a particles sim in Maya?
I am mesmerized. I could sit and watch this all day and achieve even less that my usual daily output. Take my upvote and get out of here.
What kind of program do you even use to make something like this?
Great creation and excecution.
thats fucking amazing dude, i thought it was real until i read the title. you will make tons of money with this much talent my friend
I love how the motor on the right jiggles under load!
Straight bitchin. You should track down the Factorio team and tell them you want to make a game.
Animation?
You did this in a computer?
This isn't something you built and recorded?
Really?!
What did you use to make this? I want to learn how to do this.
Is that a Canadian Toonie?
If only ricky and julian could buy this for bubbles
Looks like a waste of money
So much detail except the bubble ring doesn't move went the fan is blowing. It bugs me.
Your name Mesmer?
If you wait long enough the battery dies and the loop ends.
I'd like to buy this. Where do I send money?
Cool
Someone somewhere, make this thing please.
Imagine this as a background... Somehow.
I admit I stared at this for way too long to scrutinize its physics and realism.
Very awesome
Why can't this be my desktop background
Very impressive animation. Of course the practical side of me argues that this machine would not work in reality, at least not for than a few rotations, but I guess that would be like arguing with a Roadrunner cartoon.
Woe!
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There's no tutorial I'm afraid, it would be a bit long and boring :)
It's just a lot of different 3D elements animated separately honestly. Not much more to it!
If it's not too much hassle and you don't mind, you should totally stream the process of building stuff like this
I think that would be a pretty uneventful stream :) It's a lot of head scratching and tweaking, not too much action I'm afraid.
You might never know :) Plus the audience might help with ideas
Be ready for thousands of these to be pumping out of Chinese factories tomorrow
In all seriousness.. where would a personlearn to start making something like that? Everything looks so real.
Fuck I want to buy this for my niece...if only it was realllllll
I love how it's sunk into the table. Very cool.
r/trailerparkboys
This makes me want to play the level of zoombinis where they float over a chasm in bubbles
Should add a little bit of soap water drip to the ring as it comes out
This is extremely well done though
The real question is if the bubble is being generated by simulation or not?
It's not. I hand-animated it and then there's a noise displacer on top of that.
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Make bubbles, not bombs.
soap bubble physics...
bubbles would be proud
This looks real, doesn't look CGI at all but I guess it easy for inanimate objects.
Would be pretty cool to see someone make this into a Fallout mod
theres so many details in this, i think only people in cg can appreciate the small things about it.
unrealistic how the fan shakes the entire frame but doesnt shake the circle it's pointing directly at
Now i just want to build it
I really like this
Can I be your apprentice? I'll quit my job and move wherever. Teach me your ways.
CGI
Looks great! If there was a higher resolution version of this, I would definitely use it as an animated desktop background.
/r/perfectloops
wow, I love it...very detailed gif.
My niece and nephew would love to have something like this
This isn't real?
Excellent! I love the detail you paid to this. Especially how the whip thing shakes when the propeller spins.
You made the whole mechanism shake with the motor. That's some intense attention to detail right there
Could someone make this for /r/simulated?
Fan is turning in the wrong direction though, it would blow wind backwards like this :P
That shaft with the eccentric mass is not going to last very long
That loop though. Good job op
Shouldn't the soap bubbles continue moving outward and not so much upward, since the fan it still spinning (albeit slowly)?
I almost can't believe this isn't real because it's so damn realistic
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high
Till they reach the sky
Then like my dreams, they fade and die!
Fortune's always hiding!
I've looked everywhere
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air!
That electric motor is about to come loose!
Why isn't there a larger version :(
Here you go, full project link:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/54470057/Soap-Bubble-Machine
So it's not a physical thing! You made a machine on a machine? I can't believe reality anymore. Well done. Amazing.
Yummy :)
So why does the frame holding the hoop shake?
The more I look at it the more I learn about physics and electricity.
Would all the physics be rendered by itself or would OP need to have calculated the movements of everything here frame by fame?
It's so fluid that it can be water.
The most impressive part to me is the slight jiggle of the frame holding the ring up.
The things that gave it away for me are the fact that someone wouldn't go through the trouble of making a metal plaque with the name of the invention, and merely tape the batteries down to the board, and the fact that there isn't a ton of soap schmutz in front of the machine from misblown and popped bubbles.
That is really cool
Your physics are off. That is entirely too much air too quickly to form a bubble. All you will get is a mist of bubble fluid.
Can't run a motor like this, you need an ESC inbetween the battery and the motor. Animation's awesome though.
I like how the button is a literal button. Like for clothes. :)
This looks like a cool kids project I can do with my kids. Thanks!
r/wallpaperengine
Deeecent!
This is lovely!
So satisfying
The motor is loose and wobbly. FAIL!
Go back to animation school.
r/perfectloops
I'm about a 8/10 right now and watched that for a good 10 minutes
Deeeeeeecent
did you make this with blender?
How long did this take?
Is the entire image animation or just the bubbles? It looks so incredibly real or maybe I'm just crazy.
Except maybe the begining of the air blast, 100% of the invention, and merely tape the batteries down to the flow of air from the older computers
Science done right. This guy is gonna change the world.
r/perfectloops
I would love to see someone make this for real
How the hell do you even do this?!
Reminds me of the opening from Pee Wee's Big Adventure
This is amazing! Well done!
The whole machine seems jiggly.
I don't think the fan would blow up the bubble in real life though.
Holy fuck this would be sick if this was real
The way the whole thing shakes a little when the propeller spins is a very nice, realistic touch.
The worlds a changin
Nice try Pixar
neat
Very unique concept ! Congrats for this !!
what did you use for this/how?
this is just so cool.
Does it work?
Can it be made into a wallpaper :D ?
Bring it around town!
there's no way this is animated, i refuse to believe this isn't real
Came here for a windows vista screen saver joke
Can anyone ELI5 on how I could make this my animated desktop background? Windows 10
This is the level from zoombinis
Can I make this? What parts do I need? Would radio shack have them?
This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Zoombini puzzle game done in real life.
I love the detail with the right most motor wobbling
How many years did that take to render?
r/bassnectar
This looks like something out of a Miyazaki movie
Is there a sub for stuff like this? This is cool. And I saw a mechanical binary counter today animation today too. I want more.
Is it possible to make this my computer's screensaver?
amazing
When you have to play with your 5 year old cousin at 8 and have to graduate engineering class at 10
I want this to be real.
might be too elaborate, but one could argue for a /r/loadingicon xpost!
This thing is awesome. Allow me to nitpick.
Why is does the propeller keep spinning when it's motor is turned off? That's not how electric motors work. When people say they "make all their torque at 0 rpm" what they actually mean is that electric motors don't want to spin. They only spin when current is applied. That means when you turn the current off, they want to stop immediately. The only thing keeping them turning is inertia of whatever they're attached to, and propellers have very little inertia. For this animation to be actually realistic, that electric motor should stop spinning just as quickly as it starts turning, if not slightly quicker since aerodynamic drag from the propeller is decreasing as it slows instead of increasing.
Someone is going to take this and start mass producing it. I'm calling it.
Now make the real thing!
Beautiful ray tracing, OP! How did you go about it?
This is fantastic!
What program did you use, and do you think that design would work irl?
This is so ridiculously soothing. I could just watch this forever if I was having a bad day and it would cheer me up. Incredible. Thank you for creating this and sharing it with the world!
What software us used for this? Pretty amazing as well.
Wait.....you're telling me this isn't real?
President: Sir we need your help, you're the ONLY Person who can Save Earth!
Scientist/Engineer: Working on something mechanical... Busy
President: .....But.... What?
Scientist/Engineer: I said, I'M BUSY!
President: But Sir the Earth will be destroyed to Bits! We NEED your Skills and Knowledge!
Scientist/Engineer: No! Now Go Away!
President: What could be SO important that you can't take time away to Save the WORLD?! Are You MAD?!
Scientist/Engineer: Bubbles.
President:...... What?!
Scientist/Engineer: BUBBLES! Continues working on Machine
President: .....what the fuc...😓😓😧😧
the only thing that doesnt look totally real is the bubble forming. and the fan jumps around more than normal would seem.
Wow pls control the vibration from that motor
Love it!
neat animation other than the fact that logically, it makes no sense.
fix those two things and it would be a far more successful animation.
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what you are seeing there has nothing to do with gear ratio.... at all. there is no larger gear driving a smaller gear here
but i see what i missed the first time, the plunger is completing the circuit for the fan and the battery, which is what is causing it to spin up really fast for a brief second and then it loses power.
that doesnt negate my first point though.
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it isnt connected to the fan in any way though.
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Only if the bubbles turned into bubble's face from the trailer park boys then I would be impressed
Turning the fan on and off will probably use more power than just leaving it on, although I'm not sure if that would break its operation.
Can someone in r/diy make this?
So who is going to make this?
Looks like something that could have been in a portal 2 ad
How did you make it? What software did you use?
I really, really like this
Gorgeous. Love the candy-like feel.
Can this be a real machine
Cheep prop, its terribly balanced (its actually a really nice touch)
this is amazing down to every detail
Very cool. It's hard to believe that it's not real, though that shallow pool is a dead giveaway and a total mind trip at the same time.
very awesome
How in the heck do I get this to open in VLC? All it shows up as is a magenta square.
love the jiggles.
So satisfying that I jizzed my pants. ❤
Seems like a contraption from the game Myst....
i had to read the heading to check that it's animation
What's most impressive with this is that the wooden board also shakes a bit when the propellar engine turns on.
Really awesome animation, one of the best ones I've seen recently.
I do want to mention if realism is being attempted here, the device is blowing too big of a bubble from 1.5v AA battery.
Someone will build this soon and it will be on the front page.
This will definitely be buried but just wanted to say this is awesome work OP.
I honestly can't look away!
this is amazing
In this house we obey the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!
If anyone wants a wallpaper of this, here you go.
Fantastic.
It looks really good, sans the bubble and the physics
reminds me of a MYST animation
How
A 2€ coin ?!
My cat enjoys watching this.
It's a little fake, aside from that motor
Oh look at that greasy bastard.
Sync your breathing to it for instant relaxation
You could probably do this all with one motor if you replaced the fan motor with a nautilus gear! Not every day that a gif gets you thinking like that. I like it!
This is really awesome, now I want to see a real one.
I absolutely love this. My one and ONLY critique is...Maybe give the propeller blowing the bubbles a tiny bit more speed at the apex of the spin and then ease out so that right in the middle you get a bit of the "wagon wheel" effect where it looks like the propeller is spinning backwards.
Other than that, this is beautiful.
Edit: hot damn do I love the jitter motion you have on both of those motors.
I want to get into animation so don't flame me or anything for asking this :/ but what's this made in, something like blender ?
How to make this?
For whatever reason whenever the fan spins I hear "hnnnngggh" in my head
remarkable
Your soap dish goes below the carpet. Odd.
Damn, that looks nice. So realistic and shit
I think eventually the string would get wound up and knotted, also affecting the circular disk.
holy shit its good
So hypnotic
I want to build this
I want to build this
Someone should build this!
Cool af
Suggestion: Replace the plaque with a smaller, faster motor & prop facing upward. Have it give a very short upwards burst that blows a couple smaller bubbles through the wall that then chase each other inside for second or so like this. It would even give the whole thing an upward kick which explains why the bubble doesn't just immediately sink onto the plaque like it should.
Send it to Reddit?
I love it! But where does the ring disappear to?
Brilliant. But the hoop would definitely rotate on a string, especially when the fan blows.
after like 5th cycle i noticed you wrote it's an animation
well done!!
Ohh is that I jizzed my pants.
Good job
The electric motor wouldn't keep spinning so smoothly. The magnets in the motor would stop the propeller pretty quickly unless it had some serious mass, in which case it wouldn't spin nearly as quickly as that.
Otherwise I love it.
I am 100% illiterate when it comes to animating using CGI but your work inspires me to want to learn how simply because of how beautiful it is. Do you have any tips on where to start. I am a photographer a digital media specialist that is fluent in photoshop and after effects but I have NO clue where to even start with this level of work.
I want to bet on a river or stream.
What's keeping the ring from spinning, when it raises out of the soap?
This one is cool. Very huge bubbles, though much slower than a bubble machine.
Wow is this a real machine ?, The bubbles look identical to the bubbles from our latest episode https://youtu.be/vuFeiWGSwws
The ring would twist.
Boyfriend was amazed by it...but then blew his mind when I asked him if it made it more amazing if I told him this was an animation...LOL He's inspired to actually build a real one now.
Same here! I'm very motivated to make one eventually..really cool!
Downvote this
y tho
Why not
Why the unnecessary slow motion? It ruins it.
There is no slow motion
Incorrect.
Then feel free to point out where it is.
It's the part where it slows down.
The physics are wrong.
Who is downvoting? The bubble doesn't separate from the circle correctly, and the dipper goes all the way into the table..
Im tripping, What did you use to make this?
There's no soap drip. -1 point. Haha. Awesome animation. Good work
Is i just me or the fact that the string gets pulled more and more but the bubble ring stops moving before at max stretch; bother anyone else?
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Yeah I know it is dumb but that is where my brain went
It doesn't look like the gears go any faster when the propellor spins faster
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Then the gears don't stop when the soap ring stops...
Well dude, here's what I was about to write, which is a considerable compliment...
"Awesome! I've been wanting to make tons of little gadgets and robots just like that, but have really struggled finding good gears/pullies/bands to get the job done. Where did you find yours? I appreciate the help!"
...grumble.
In reality, brushed permanent magnet DC motors don't freely spin like that, but whatever it looks cool at least.
The wires attached to the back of each motor are not jerking and wobbling with the motor… they’re locked in place like they’re not even attached to the motor. So much wonderful attention to detail in all other respects. /r/mildyinfuriating
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When it is one of the very first things you notice, because it is so out of place, then of course there is a problem with it.
What’s wrong with constructive criticism? Or is this a criticism-free echo chamber?
Where did anyone say constructive criticism was wrong? Did I trigger you again? 😢
Your criticism of my statement and the downvotes in general pointed toward that. What in the world makes you think I am triggered? You use that word far too easily and inappropriately for it to be anything other than a weapon of annoyance.
The second gear seems unnecessary and the motors wobble little bit too much.
the slowmo is so redundant
There is no slowmo in this.
July 12th has been declared as the Net Neutrality Day of Action. This is what your browsing experience could look like. Don't let the ISPs charge you extra for what you access now for free. Take action.
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What if I'm in Canada, how can I help?
Be as polite as you possibly can.
Sorry
You clearly have this politeness thing down pat, trooper.
"Join me, my Canadian serjo, and together, we shall end corporate scum plaguing the internet!"
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Down pat*
Sign this petition to help
True hero. Thank you from BC, I have signed.
I signed and shared on Facebook to get friends/family involved. Thanks for posting this
No problem :)
Not to be rude, but has change.org ever actually done anything? Getting a bunch of names from people online is cool and all, but do they actually have any real power?
They kiiinda do in the UK... If enough people sign it, the politicians have to discuss/debate it (i think it's law... dunno for sure). Can still be overruled though... most are :/
TIL, thanks!
But that also requires that people are from the UK, right?
Honestly, I have no idea on that one :/
I can't answer that but the petition will be sent to the FCC
Yeah. My question exactly. Is this only for Americans? Or for Europeans too?
Wtf Canadians are so stupid
Wtf Humans are so stupid-
Fixed that for ya
Hey what did we ever do to you? :(
https://resistbot.io/ for people who are lazy otherwise, text the bot follow instructions fax/message your reps.
Wow, this is really cool.
Done! Thank you!
I can't believe I'm just now finding out about this, it's amazing!
I can't see that because imgur is banned in my country. Oh the irony
Wait are you for reals?
Yeah, I live in Turkey.
I forgot to click play and thought that that was what the gif was supposed to be
Ahahha its funny cause we cant access imgur in here and if our governmental issues goes like this we probably wont be able browse any site that contains free thoughts and our browsing experience will comprise of clicking and seeing site is inaccessible sentence
I know it's slow as balls, but have you tried TOR?
"Don't let the ISPs charge you extra for what you access now for free."
This is like demanding an act of Congress if McDonald's starts charging for straws and ketchup.
Slow video? It seems this thing won't inconvenience me any more than the internet already has.
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It is my birthday. This is awesome!!
Good luck Murica you need it #extracorrupt
Oh yeah, because #AmericaIsTheOnlyCountryWithCorruption right?
No thats why i said ''ekstra'', because every country is corrupted in some way or form. It's just more clear with the USA.
And what exactly does this have to do with the price of eggs?
Reddit being annoying is making me dislike net neutrality.
That's stupid.
You'd rather this was really happening everyday? Would that be less annoying?
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These companies definitely do care. Net neutrality disappearing would be terrible for them. You think people would watch Netflix as much if they had to pay their ISPs extra to be allowed to stream video? What if ISPs started a shopping website to rival Amazon, and then charged people extra to have Amazon "included in their package"? No matter how big the company, none of them are safe from this - they're all just open to extortion from ISPs.
Look at this comment. The situation it describes isn't all that farfetched if net neutrality is removed. A lot of American ISPs already have data caps in place, when the total amount of data you use doesn't matter - it's just another way for them to charge you extra. The next logical step is for them to charge you for streaming video. And then to block websites that are vocal against them. Removing net neutrality is so open to abuse it's unbelievable, and (no offense, but) anyone who doesn't oppose it is either lazy or ignorant. The point of today is to annoy people, to give them a taste of how much worse it could be if net neutrality is removed. If you think today is annoying you'd better do something about it, else you're going to be annoyed a whole lot more in the future.
They care because it effects their profits. Not because of any other reason. If you think reddit is doing this because they care about you youre living in quite the fantasy world.
Well duh, they're a company. That doesn't take away from their stance or make it any less agreeable though.
It would, because then I'd be used to it.
what happens if they decide to start censoring sites that allow or promote the use of Bitcoin? I bet you'd be a little irritated, huh.
Not really, no.
Sheep level 10/10
ok
i fully agree with you
Then it gets worse, and worse and worse. Don't have that mentality unless its for a positive outcome.
Yeah but it'll happen over time. We won't even notice the difference.
If net neutrality is taken away... you'll notice when your internet bill increases
Then I'll use the computers at my library.
Your library will have to start charging you to use computers there so they can pay their internet bills.
They don't right now, why would they in the future?
Troll level 100000/10
Because without net neutrality it will cost a lot more, and they won't be able to afford the increased prices especially with all the people now using the library's internet instead of their own.
Where's the math that proves this will happen?
So you're a troll then, I guess I feel better now.
So you have zero proof.
Why don't you look up the crap that happened before net neutrality if you want proof of how bad isps just testing the water is.
So I should look up the 5 times some random person complained about Comcast and not use my own experience?
Look up the times Comcast was successfully sued over net neutrality issues instead of some random reviews. You've got some excellent selective hearing btw.
Maybe it could happen over time, but you would always notice something amiss before it would be fully implemented.
Same thing happens all the time. Some website implements a dumb new feature, I'm irritated for all 30 minutes, and then I forget that it was ever different.
Similar, not same. You're not paying to access those websites and/or features, sure they might be annoying but it's not drastic.
I agree. Especially since being not from the US means it's all completey irrelevant to me.
Us sets the standard, many countries will follow.
Like you do with health care, gun control, social change, broadband speeds and a hundred other topics where the rest of the world either look at the US and laugh, or look at the US and feel sorry?
I'm heavily in support of net neutrality, but "the US is about to fuck something up really badly" is not a sign that the rest of the world is going to follow.
The rest pf the world is actually pretty bad when it comes to internet rights iirc, that's one thing the US does pretty well. Again, if that standard is lowered, it will be easier for other countries to do the same.
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No, but it's on most of the front page, on most of the subreddits I view and now in the comments of unrelated posts.
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Yeah I'm using the platform for free, the vast majority of users are. I could keep scrolling, but what about the next time something spams everything. Sanders and all of that shit, Trump and all the current shit, its just a constant whine that I think can easily be stopped. I've tried sorting it out by using filtereddit, but it's reached 200+ blocked and there's still more popping up.
Well then today you might as well just avoid the internet. Most of the major websites are doing similar protests today.
I keep seeing these "here's how net neutrality works in layman's terms" posts that simply say we're gonna get charged more money to browse the web. I'm sincerely wondering if anybody can actually ELI5, because all I see is a petition asking for my personal info right now. You guys are underestimating how little I know about how net neutrality works lol.
This is exactly it. They don't explain it because it's not facts, its fear mongering. No one knows what will happen if we do away with net neutrality. Technically companies could do all these horrid things. But they won't, because they're not stupid. What will probably happen: the internet will get better for the vast majority of users, but you will have to pay a bit more or start shopping around for smaller ISPs. That's it.
So they rely on what-ifs and heavily biased arguments to scare people like you into supporting them. Reddit bites on the "its gonna be like comcast guyz" and then makes it political which hits all the right boxes. Thus you get a day of circlejerk
Most websites are doing a one time popup, not endless spam
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That's literally what will happen if the law is passed. Companies will control everything you do online.
They will control us. We won't be able to do anything as we please anymore. It's stupid and wrong. Censoring of certain things. Really wrong.
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/r/creepy
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Something something you need to start doing something instead of just sitting here waiting to be charged more for less
It's okay, there's people in this world that are too apathetic to care about anything, really. We have to fight for their freedom too, just like a soldier fights for the freedom of the good and bad apples back at home.
Your are a true hero. Thank you for your service.
Leave the 13 year old kid alone. He came from 4Chan and has no idea what he's actually talking about. He's here to pretend he's not a normie while being a normie sharing his not so dank memes.
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It's really what I got from the Buzzfeed vs Dankmems OutoftheLoop Post.
What? Normie? Dank memes? 4Chan? Never been on 4Chan and I still understand and hear those teams fairly often.
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Fuck you then, buddy.
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You are on reddit, you use the internet. The internet is going to be slow and expensive if this bill passes.
In this case his problem literally is your problem though...
This is a problem for everyone who uses the internet, which I assume you do. If you don't understand that, I'm not sure which "real world" you are actually living in.
Yes I can tell you know all about the real world by how childish you are.
And your problem is grammar obviously! Mine instead of "mines" you fool.
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Uh, no it doesn't lol.
'Your problems are not mines' - Wrong
'Your problems are not mine' - Right
Why do we expect you to care for net neutrality when you don't even care about your own grammar?
If that's how you feel, then what the hell are you doing on reddit?
You should appreciate it when its going to affect every fucking person in the USA and basically screw everyone over.
I definitely understand what you're saying, but I think there's a limit to it. As an extreme example, I think it would be completely reasonable for Reddit to take a public stance against a proposed law to reinstitute slavery in the US. Similarly, net neutrality is unarguably bad, and so I have no problem with Reddit forcing this issue down everyone's throats.
This jives with my politics so anyone who disagrees is obviously disingenuous.
Also, Net Nuetrality = Slavery? Come on man...
I didn't mean to say that a lack of net neutrality is comparable to slavery, apologies if it sounded like that's what I was implying.
But I do think that net neutrality is unarguably good and important for the internet, at least if you believe that competition and free speech are good things. Those are pretty basic underpinning of the US, and so I think that a lack of net neutrality in the US would be unarguably bad.
That's not at all what he said and you know that's not what he said. Why are you acting like you're not as smart as you actually are?
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It's not a political agenda if it is going to undeniably negatively affect you as an internet user.
Right now it's just a doomsday prophecy.
This is what "could" happen, doesn't mean this is what will happen. Even if something similar happens, this is the worst case scenario. It's sensationalist and a bit annoying. Saying "This is how your browsing experience will be" is just you guys making it up off the top of your head.
If the door opens and suddenly it's possible for ISP to make more money... you think they're NOT going to take that opportunity?
Obviously they will, I'm not disputing that.
Does that mean it will look the way /r/technology is simulating it? I'm just saying you guys are making it look way more annoying than they ever will.
I'm against what they're doing, I already supported the cause. Just leave me be and let me enjoy my current internet freedom, instead of trying to be edgy and filling everywhere with overly sensational doomspeak.
Lol welcome to a world where your internet will be their agenda
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Yes, but I can write whatever and you are free to ignore it. With these changes you can't ignore it.
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Fuck outta here stupid-assed shill.
Spot the Comcast executive.
Fuck off automod
You kinda deserves extra charges and censoring.
Fuck off