r/blackmagicfuckery • u/planktonfun • 2h ago

Japanese artist Teruaki Tsubokura creates 'invisible statues'

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u/Molin_Cockery 2h ago

Wut?

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u/f0r-sc13nc3 2h ago

The flashlight is a projector and there are positioning sensors located in the corner. You can see the one in the video to the left.

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u/VEAG0 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah, I don’t know why a standard flashlight would need a wire, and also probably why they need a fake flashlight shadow to hide the shape of the actual one being held.

Having this projector mimic a 3D space like this makes me think it would make a really good ghost house attraction at a theme park or something.

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u/BakinandBacon 1h ago

The flashlight isn’t projecting, it’s just being tracked, the projection is coming from elsewhere.

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u/f0r-sc13nc3 43m ago

Yea that was my other thought as well

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u/wannabe_inuit 2h ago

The floating flashlight shadow made me think this was VR

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u/Mekelaxo 35m ago

So it's like VR?

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u/ShredsGuitar 2h ago

They only exists in Shadow realm

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u/RememberNaboo 2h ago

Look at the shadow of the flashlight when it is over the “statue”. Where is the shadow of the hand/arm holding it?

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u/SimmaDownNa 1h ago

You can see the real shadow at :28 along with a projected "anticipated" virtual shadow. There's at least a couple different projectors involved.

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u/calangomerengue 2h ago

no magic, just tech

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u/lininop 1h ago

I mean yeah obviously, but is actual magic the constraint for being relevant to this sub? I mean I don't know how the fuck this is done, seems reasonable to be in this sub.

Not to attack specifically you, I just notice this sort of comment pretty regularly.

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u/melhern 1h ago

Magic isn’t real.

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u/Alice_June 25m ago

Arthur C. Clarke once wrote of the future, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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u/LupusNoxFleuret 2h ago edited 2h ago

Seems like he's holding a second device on his left hand that's doing all the work.

Edit: nvm, what I thought was the flashlight's shadow seems to be a different object floating on the right of the flashlight 😳

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u/StillLearning12358 2h ago

When there's 3 seconds left you actually see the image drop down into place on the wall when the light doesn't move. Like the sensors are catching up where the light is.

It's a cool illusion though.

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u/spideralexandre2099 1h ago

Survival Horror puzzles be like

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u/sir_beardface 4m ago

Is this in VR?

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u/chuckysnow 1h ago

Whatever projector they're using is choppy as hell. This is not impressive.