'Hologram' Display
I thought I should take a look at one of these 'hologram' displays, so here it is.
It's something very few people could find a real use for, but recently I've found that the silly gadget videos have done far better than the topics I've spent weeks researching. Although I appreciate that something like the VHD video was far too dense for anyone wanting a quick hit of entertainment.
However the complicated videos are also beneficial in their own way - not only are they more interesting to make, they also have legs - they can keep attracting steady views for years after these new gadgets have become old and irrelevant.
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Now for a bit of 'housekeeping' regarding the names shown at the end of the video. If your name is listed below please read this.
People come and go from Patreon every day and keeping on top of the list takes a bit of work each week. However there's a problem whenever anyone changes their name or uses a pseudonym as I don't get an accurate notification from Patreon whenever they leave or reduce their pledge. I believe there's also an issue if anyone completely closes their patron account - because as they're no longer in the database a notification of their status doesn't get generated.
So there are now quite a few people on the scroll who may well have left patreon. Below is a list of all the names that don't match with a current username. If one of these names is yours and you should still be included on the list then please let me know in the comments below or if you prefer via a private message.
To send a message - hover a cursor over my name and a message option should appear - this also shows on the left of this page somewhere below the number of patrons if you click on the bubble that says 'More...'
I'm sure a good number of these people are still here and supporting me - it's just that I can't match the displayed name with a current patron name.
I'll keep running this message for a few weeks and then I'll remove any names from the scroll that are unclaimed - thanks for your help.
Aaron
Aaron Campbell
ACResearch
Adam Merolli
Alex Maclean
Alexandra Stehr
Andreas Fauerbach
Archturiat
Austin Anthony
ave. elixi .re
Baddkarma
Bryce Lanham
ByTheRooftops
Charles Simokat II
Chris Skarstad
Christopher Brockman
Christopher Gifford
Cody Clemens
Connery Cateni
Courtney Blount
Craig Leverenz
Dan Allnatt
Daniel Donnor
David Kaehler
Dean Turnbloom
Dominik Aschmann
Eftalan Quest
el_tee
etho624
Frank Daugaard
Gabriel Shatunovsky
Garry Peak
Greg Miell
Gunnar Liljas
h.drew foy
Hugh Jörgen
Ian
Ian Cobb
Jacob Lauritzen
Jason Johns
Jeorge Andres
John Smith
Josh Parker
Justin Lee
Keegan Hereygers-Bell
Kevin Amandius Køhler
Kristián Šimko
Kyle T Nowland
llan Etison
Luke Thomas
Magnus
Marc Herrera
Matt Hanlon
Matt Jones
Michael Schwarz
Michael Spikes
Mick van Rhee
MickyTV
Mikkel Graugaard Hansen
Nat Williams
Nick Morton-Grant
Noel Arndt
Paul Miller
Philip Julian Mayer
Richard Key
RJ d.
Rob Lyons
Ryan Wilhm
Scott Hill
Sean Yem
Sebastian
Sebastian Gabriel
Steven Tucker
Thomas Guillot
Thomas H Khoury
Thomas Jew
Timefire5
Toish
Tree Plant
Troovis
Wannie the Man
Comments (51)
Looks like my name does not appear in the end credits (and it's neither in the list), and I'm still supporting you :)
Sorry about that - I’ll fix add you on as soon as I get back.
I'm pretty sure I'm the Colin in the list, and I'm still a supporter.
Thanks - let me know if you would prefer your full name showing - otherwise I’ll leave it as Colin. Thanks again.
Looks like I made your list (Scott O’Donnell)... but, I'm still here supporting you :-)
Many thanks for letting me know - I’ll make sure you stay on the scroll.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBRuheelu4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBRuheelu4</a> Here's a really well done video about how 2" quad VTR tape works! Only 30k views
Hope this might be useful if you ever cover video tape theory. Helical scanning is the same concept, just a different geometry
Regarding the names, I’m surprised Patreon doesn’t supply you with a simple list you can just cut and paste for each video, rather than having to track additions and removals manually.
They do provide data - but I can’t get exactly what I need from it.
Would it be possible to upload one of the bin files somewhere for me to take a look at? It might be possible to create them without having to use the terrible supplied software if I knew what the format was.
Give me a moment and I’ll get back to you on that.
Thanks Mat. I hope the TEACs days are not numbered. I like that intro.
No it’s not going anywhere - I won’t be changing it.
One day - a 'Hologram' VU meter. Now that would be cool.
I'd be scared holding that thing! Was worried when you put your fingers near it - having to look straight at the camera while not really knowing where your hand is. Brave man!
Hey ... that was actually pretty cool.
That was interesting, but I'm really surprised it does not have a clock function. Adding a clock would be so simple I'd have thought and would make it much more valuable in a shop window etc. as people would get used to checking it and see the current ad as well.
Would it have filmed better (as in less propellor effect and more vivid colours) in a much darker room using a manual exposure or focal setting?
This is the absolute best I could get it to look on any of my cameras - I tried four cameras all in various modes and shutter and exposure settings and in 25fps and 30fps - and with different lenses. There was a full day of experimentation before I shot the scenes in the video. It looks better in person, but the video conveys a fair approximation.
That is really cool looking, but how does it work as a fan, does it move air well?
It doesn’t move air in any meaningful way - it just cuts through it.
A neat little display for the "man cave" wall, that. I note that the "softwere" (sic) file the vendor supplied is nearly two years old. Have they got any updates you might download from their website?
I’m not sure where I’d find their website. It worked enough to demonstrate it in the video. It’s most likely abandonware.
deathdaptors with sleeved earth pins aargghh glad to see you also advising they not be used - good PSA cheers :o)
Very pleased to see Clive's video mentioned after seeing the death-dapter in the box. That remote is incredibly cute with its obsolete little antenna, will have to see if those can be bought with remote switches.
Any word on how the center of the rotor looks in reality? It seems awfully bright, like a flashlight reflecting off a shiny surface. which would be odd. just dim the leds which move slowest...
The centre definitely looks bright - if there’s something lighting up those pixels. Although you’ll notice some things like the Coke can didn’t look as bright as the others.
I love the dialog box with "Please don't cancel!" right next to the Cancel button! If they don't want you to press it, why have the button?!?
The software is a car wreck - I was surprised it worked at all.
Took me a few seconds to realize that the "poor lighting" in the intro wasn't a mistake, but rather intentional in order to show the full effect of the Z1. 😎 Speaking of image quality, though, has YouTube's video encoding been getting worse lately? I see more MPEG artifacts, even at the usual 1080p HD-setting. Recently I signed up on Vimeo, only due to another YouTube favourite (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/jeffquitney/">https://www.patreon.com/jeffquitney/</a>) having been booted off for unknown reasons and simply had to change platforms. Vimeo obviously markets its service towards "artsy" creators and I must say I find the image quality much better most of the time. Any chance you might mirror your future uploads, and keep a presence on both platforms? Who knows, it might even help in case of a future YouTube exodus due to Article 13 and what all... Anyway, a wonderful video as always! I think many of your subscribers have probably "come for the contemporary gadget, stayed for the retro stuff." So, by all means, keep doing both! Personally, I can't remember which Techmoan video was my first (SpikenzieLabs calculator?), but I do know I was hooked after the original 8-Track video! Oh, and about that power brick, German TÜV/GS certification is MORE than trustworthy: <a href="https://www.tuv.com/world/en/gs-mark.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tuv.com/world/en/gs-mark.html</a> That is, unless the marking is counterfeit of course. 😳
Since I started recording in UHD a few years back YouTube quality improved for all resolutions as it used a better video codec. Recently however YouTube (google) have been playing games - if you use Safari it doesn’t support the 4K codec youtube uses and youtube doesn’t support the one Safari uses - so no 4K on Safari desktop or iPad. YouTube looks best in Google’s Chrome (surprise surprise) . I can’t go to Vimeo as it doesn’t generate any ad revenue - or at least it didn’t last time I checked. If I could embed hidden Vimeo videos on Patreon I would do - but it doesn’t let me (at either end). As far as the plug goes It’s more than likely counterfeit - I opened a box today from China and it had a really dodgy UK plug on it without a fuse but with a CE mark - they’d definitely never CE that.
I kind of feel like the memory card could get launched out and go flying, since it's on a spinning part of the device...is it spring-loaded, or just a plain slot?
It's spring loaded. I think it's pretty safe - but I wouldn't guarantee it.
Pheasant hunting coat, check. Spring hay fever symptoms, check. Holes drilled into garage wall, of course. Undying diligence to show how a gadget works, despite everything, double plus good.
The Modern Age Lawn Dart ,hey kids no need for that pesky protection needed around a fan for cooling an area,this isn’t that type of fan.
Hopefully this video doesn't start some kind of Tide Pod copycat silliness where people put increasingly delicate body parts in the path of the blades. Then again - I could do with the views.
A Friend had something like this but inside a Glass Globe. It was pretty old and cost a fortune (~$1500) back then. I think it was made for some Store Window or something. There was some spooky windows software that talks to the Globe via Serial lets you create your own animation and even hook it up to some SMS service i think (for some user interaction or so). Of course we couldn't test that anymore. I think the website is <a href="http://www.ishow360.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.ishow360.com</a>
I featured a much lower tech version of that one in 2011. <a href="https://youtu.be/yoAhGOcO5QI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yoAhGOcO5QI</a>
Are you going to put up a higher resolution "TECH MOAN" logo intro on the reel to reel deck using these LED's?
I’ve been thinking about it - I think I’d first need some kind of full colour animated 3D logo video to truly do it justice.
Aaargh that is Brilliant - I must have one! (I wonder what my wife will say...) I suppose that having one only makes sense if you use animations otherwise you may as well have an electronic photo frame. I wonder if an mp4 file could be rendered down for it? Wonderful video, Mat, hope the hay-fever(?) clears up soon. Thanks, as always.
Yes it takes MP4s - the revolving MD was from an MP4. Unfortunately it's not hay fever - it's just how I am now. I try to mask it as best as possible with nasal sprays when shooting video.
I'd be permanently stressed someone was going to lose a finger with this thing! Even watching the video I was a bit worried haha. Great vid thanks! :D
When I was holding it and could hear it and feel the air moving but from behind couldn’t see where the arms ended, it was definitely a bit hairy. Don’t try this at home.
Does this qualify as a cheese sandwich video? If so, keep the cheese coming. This was _GREAT_ !!! Thanks, mate.
Definitely cheese - perhaps with a bit of pickle.
"Hikari" is me; I switched Patreon to my given name, for various reasons.
Many thanks for letting me know. I’ll remove you from the unknown list.
You know, I wonder if something like this would suffer from the same issue as Vinyl records have. Wherein, the closer you get to the centre of the circle, less distance is covered in a rotation, and therefore there's less "data" as it were. I couldn't really notice it in the video, but that could be helped by video compression and all.
There is a noticeable white dot in the middle as the LEDs there don’t move as great a distance.