hackaday.com: At $250,000, Virgin Galactic is probably out of most people’s price range; even reduced gravity flights run $5k. You may be in luck, though, as [Justin] and his friends have built a spinning room for $350 (Warning: loud noise @ beginning) that can turn your world upside down. The video provides a time-lapse of the build, but you’ll probably want to skip ahead 5 minutes in for the real fun.
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That's so cool! It is fascinating the things that some people can come up with and build. Of course, this is coming from someone who is in no way, shape, or form an engineer. It seems like, with the way they built it, it could go horribly wrong very suddenly.
Is this really anti-gravity? There is no video so I can't see how it works, but it seems like it is not anti-gravity and more that the room rotates and you have to walk up the walls in order to stay up straight. How does this work...?
What a creative way to utilize two fork lifts and some wood to make an interactive space to simulate a gravity effect. This article and video reminded me of my visit to the children's museum during orientation where we got to experience the gravity room. This mechanism didn't look too complicated to create, but also wasn't anti-gravity, it was just a fun illusion.
What?! This is such a fun project! This is the kind of new art I like to see. This would be so fun to experience, although it could be somewhat dangerous, depending on the size of the room. However even without experiencing it first hand, it has amazing potential for filming. Although as I sit here and think about it I am thoroughly confused as to how they went about filming this as far as camera angles go. It seems like they had to be filming upside down and turning with the room, but that does not seem like the case based on what the video looked like. Also what an interesting use of fork lifts. I have heard of a few things similar to this but they were all much more complicated. This is another great example of how using things for tasks other than their intended purpose can have amazing results.
I always thought this was cool. I first saw this technique used in the NSYNC (Don't Judge Me) music video for Bye Bye Bye. I think they used a steel frame in the shape a circle with the wooden box in the center. I was actually very surprised that this version cost $350. With the amount of lumber that they bought, I thought it would cost a little over $500. I was also surprised at how little they braced the box. From what I saw, they used mostly vertical sticks and very few diagonal braces. I don't know if I would trust this design for a stage production. As much as I would like to see this on stage, I think it would be very difficult because the "axel" would block most of what was going on inside the box. Although this idea was not "new," I found it interesting that this idea could be created with such a low budget. I hereby challenge the Carnegie Mellon Scene Shop to build one!
It's a bit cheesy, and the loud sounds are obviously a nuisance, but if you are on a low budget, it would be a great tool for "anti-gravity" scenes. It's a little ridiculous for it to follow the same pattern and make the actor keep constantly moving in order to keep up with the action, but it's a good start. If there was a way for someone to stay still while the other person moved, it would also make it more believable. Another aspect I found that made it less convincing was that they actor looked as if they were falling and stumbling around more (due to the motion) than they were leaping or gliding around the room.
THis is incredible, however, I don't exactly consider using two fork lifts a $350 budget. Still, it shows how, with using your resources and being aware of what you have, you can create a really great set. I feel as though there's somethings that can be taken from this. Although we won't necessarily use a set like this for a theatrical production, we could always use the ability to properly budge ourselves.
I think this is entirely badass. I mean, what an ingenious idea. Considering that they borrowed most of the hardware and tools, this is an absolutely great budget to be working with to create something like that. The possibilities that could spin off that with a higher budget and better hardware and tools is unimaginable. I would definitely like to do something like this at some point in my life if only to just do it for fun. It looks like a great time.
This is really cool and it makes it even cooler that it was on a $350 budget. This looks a bit like the upcoming project at the Festival of Firsts, "Zimmermann & de Perrot," where they have choreographed a dance around a spinning house set filled with furniture. Having missed some of the shows already I am hoping to see that one. I would love to play around in a set like that.
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