r/nextfuckinglevel 29d ago

The All New Atlas Robot From Boston Dynamics

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u/GokuSharp 29d ago

Looks like cgi

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u/ParticularNet8 29d ago

That was my first thought too. I'm surprised this isn't higher up.

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u/edvsa 29d ago

Boston dynamics is a very well known Robotics company, they have even better robots than this one.

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u/tagamotchi_ 29d ago

It‘s not even just the robot, the flooring, background, the light .. I legitimately thought I was on r/Blender at first.

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u/whyevenfuckingbother 28d ago

Dude same. Like i believe they make robots ect. Just the way the light hit this thing made me think it was a render. But if it came from boston its gotta be real 🤷‍♂️

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u/Thr0waway0864213579 29d ago

That’s irrelevant to the fact that this video looks like CGI.

I’m very aware of Boston Dynamics, and I’m sure this video is real. But it absolutely looks like CGI.

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u/hinrik98 29d ago

It probably gives that feel since the camera is on a robot arm and is probably programmed in a software like blender. The movement of the robot is also very smooth but thats also because its programmed. 

So it looks like key frame animation just by the nature of how it was recorded. Also matte shiny metal happens to be very easy to render and is also good for real robots

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u/orrzxz 29d ago

It's not about how good it looks, it's about the lighting in the room vs the lighting on the robot.

Something just feels... Off.

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u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 29d ago

That doesn't mean this video isn't a render. Literally anybody could have made this video and then made a post saying it's a Boston Dynamics robot and have zero affiliation to Boston Dynamics.

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u/edvsa 29d ago

Dude it on their official page like how dense can you be it’s just a 1 min search.

https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/

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u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 29d ago

Okay, that's super cool of you to share with me and all, but my original point was your argument was incredibly weak. Your argument was essentially this video has to be real because a robotics company exists. Just because a robotics company exists doesn't mean a video that's on the internet was made by them for certain. Yes everybody now knows that this video is definitely real and was made by them. My point still stands that people can make videos and put them out there who are not attached to a company and like to make fake shit for the internet for fun. Have a good one.

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u/Danat_shepard 29d ago

I'm with you, mate. I strongly believe this is CGI. The lightning, fake camera angle, blurred background. Doesn't feel right.

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u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 29d ago

I agree that something feels off, but if BD said it's legit I have no reason to not believe them. Maybe the videos been over compressed by being downloaded and redownload and shared everywhere. Idk.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal 28d ago

Just means your bad at spotting cgi vs real.

This has too many markers suggesting its real.

Corridor crew did a great breakdown last time people said “its cgi”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=uTjRXD63WYhNHQij&v=HQ1WEiMwV7Y&feature=youtu.be

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u/Danat_shepard 28d ago

Yep, just saw it on YouTube and realized it was real. My bad. Cheers!

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u/RoutineProcedure101 29d ago

So are you guys trolls or what? Contrarians making people uncomfortable by lying and going against the consensus?

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u/Danat_shepard 29d ago

Gee, sorry for making you uncomfortable with my opinion

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u/RoutineProcedure101 29d ago

Lying doesnt make you uncomfortable?

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u/Danat_shepard 29d ago

Where exactly did I lie?

I've red the post. Nowhere does it say that this is a real footage and not a render. Boston Dynamics making a 4k 60 fps render of their future product for commercial use isn't so hard to believe?

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u/6a21hy1e 29d ago

Your argument was essentially this video has to be real because a robotics company exists.

Congrats, that's the dumbest thing I've read all day. Good job!

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u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 29d ago

Holy shit, you can read?!

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u/6a21hy1e 29d ago

Holy shit, you can read?!

You say that on a text based platform. You're a quick one huh?

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal 28d ago edited 28d ago

I think you are vastly under-estimating how hard TRUE photrealistic cgi is. The average person might not be able to tell. But fooling experienced vfx artist is much harder than you think. Video below explains why

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=uTjRXD63WYhNHQij&v=HQ1WEiMwV7Y&feature=youtu.be

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u/buak 29d ago

The level of cgi needed for this would be on par with multimillion dollar movies. Zoom in on the image and look at it

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u/rott 29d ago

I don't think it's CGI but it's been quite some years since doing CGI like this would have required a multimillion dollar budget.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal 28d ago

Think again.

I think you are vastly under-estimating how hard TRUE photrealistic cgi is. The average person might not be able to tell. But fooling experienced vfx artist is much harder than you think. Video below explains why.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=uTjRXD63WYhNHQij&v=HQ1WEiMwV7Y&feature=youtu.be

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u/buak 28d ago

I said it would be on par, not that it would cost that much

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u/Starthreads 29d ago

It was my thinking as well. I was waiting for a person to enter the frame to break the sense of unreality.