YT: The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia is well known. The other Tree That Owns Itself in Eufaula, Alabama, really isn't. It's the same story in a different place. Why?

posted by Fantomas 1 week ago • 407 views • 2:44

YT: In a field near Elberton, Georgia, USA, sit a set of mysterious standing stones: mysterious not because they're ancient, but because they were funded by someone anonymous in 1980, perhaps as a message... continue reading

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Cap D looks into the escherian stairwell viral video from the Rochester Institute of Technology from back in 2013, and how a hoax can endure long beyond it's debunking.

posted by Fantomas 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,253 views • 15:42

Destin catches a small bird in his house and decides to film it taking of in slow motion.

posted by Fantomas 4 months ago • 471 views • 4:22

YT: We're testing a 90-year-old piece of technology that was meant to be part of Britain's air defence. The Sound Mirrors, on Romney Marsh, were built in the late 1920s as a way to amplify the sound from... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 4 months 1 week ago • 522 views • 3:28

YT: 90s VHS video filters are in fashion right now, and most producers are using the same filter as everyone else. Why does the filter look like it does? To answer that question, I went to talk to the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 4 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 3:48

Researchers from NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT developed a deep learning based method that can fix photos by simply looking at examples of corrupted photos only. More info here: https://news.developer.nvidia.com/a... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 5 months ago • 986 views • 1:25

You are what you eat.

posted by Fantomas 5 months ago • 661 views • 2:07

Holly visits The Captain with a request to debunk a machine that miraculously sorts coloured marbles.

posted by Fantomas 5 months 2 weeks ago • 534 views • 11:03

David Firth, creator of Salad Fingers and The News hasn't Happened Yet gives his take on Youtube demonetisation and relying on patreon. YT: This is my Patreon video but it's also informative too, I... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 6 months 3 weeks ago • 564 views • 3:37

Oh là là!

posted by Fantomas 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,087 views • 1:03

YT: An animation collab based on the Steamed Hams meme from The Simpsons scene. Animation collab headed by Andrew Kepple of AlbinoBlackSheep.

posted by Fantomas 7 months 4 weeks ago • 347 views • 2:59

YT: As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea - ISO 3103 or BS 6008 - for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that's easy. Making one?... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 8 months ago • 426 views • 3:34

Wow. YT: A showcase of real-time rendering visuals that will soon be possible in video games thanks to NVIDIA RTX and GameWorks Ray Tracing technology. Featuring ray traced area light shadows, ray traced... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 8 months 3 weeks ago • 349 views • 8:26

You are happy.

posted by Fantomas 9 months 1 week ago • 672 views • 4:30

Part 2 of Captain Disillusion's exploration of the ground-breaking effects that were used in the Back to the Future trilogy. Part 1 can be viewed here: https://videosift.com/video/VFXcool-Back-to-the-Future-Trilogy-1-... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 1 month ago • 271 views • 10:11

YT: Time to step away from viral videos and discuss some historically epic VFX work. In this episode, Captain Disillusion dives into the tech Industrial Light & Magic used to create the diverse visuals... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 1 month ago • 381 views • 10:45

Australia will soon be spending $122 million dollars on a non-binding non-compulsory postal plebiscite on whether the public supports Gay Marriage. Here are a few reasons why they shouldn't.

posted by Fantomas 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 991 views • 4:08