The Transparent Man: Quirkology Investigates

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • The Science of Invisibility • Video
    With special thanks to Google's Making and Science #sciencegoals
    Music by Cameron Watt

Комментарии • 850

  • @MrThreeWorlds
    @MrThreeWorlds 7 лет назад +1841

    So many illusions at once makes me question my reality.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 7 лет назад +920

    Great work. Each little 10 second clip in this video took a long time to set up! Quality work.

  • @senif684
    @senif684 3 года назад +167

    Looking back on this video now, it’s hilarious to see all the comments talking about how people were complaining about quality. Yet, this is probably the best “quality” you’re gonna get nowadays. Maybe not resolution wise, but ambition wise and with interesting brain teasers that actually make you scratch your head. People were so focused on resolution, they never realized what really mattered: the content itself. And I must say, quirkology probably had the most fun content I’ve seen on this platform tbh. Even to this day it ages pretty well and manages to stump me sometimes

    • @schmeag7710
      @schmeag7710 3 года назад +1

      True

    • @RocketRidge
      @RocketRidge Год назад +4

      True, he reminds me a lot of old Vsauce in that sense.

  • @rzeka
    @rzeka 7 лет назад +421

    Whoa, I really didn't expect it to work

    • @whotfisturbo
      @whotfisturbo 4 года назад +1

      It's just the glasses reflecting the light lol

    • @imnotanesp6254
      @imnotanesp6254 4 года назад +2

      @@whotfisturbo That's what I thought at first too but then he put his hand out in front of the light and we could see the shadow of it. Maybe he used some kind of trick for that part though.

    • @electric_claire
      @electric_claire 3 года назад

      @@imnotanesp6254 You can see the "shadow" because the ninja is wearing black

    • @twistedbus344
      @twistedbus344 3 года назад +3

      @@imnotanesp6254 We would see his hand, not a shadow, that's all we are seeing is a shadow. not actually his hand behind the person.

  • @KingMasterKing
    @KingMasterKing 7 лет назад +1071

    Vsauce and Quirkology collab

  • @zdrux
    @zdrux 7 лет назад +637

    Where's the goat? I miss its presence.

    • @shredium
      @shredium 7 лет назад +64

      Absence of this goat is another illusion. The horned qutie is just invisible too.

    • @emraldswrd
      @emraldswrd 7 лет назад +14

      BAA"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
      hi
      Im here don't miss me
      Ik im not a goat

    • @commentor5479
      @commentor5479 3 года назад

      The goat is a jumpscare

  • @edithtagocon1730
    @edithtagocon1730 7 лет назад +527

    First the Quirkology goat, then the Quirkology ninja. What's next?!

  • @EuphratesCanyon
    @EuphratesCanyon 7 лет назад +95

    But no joke the thing with the balls in the water really tripped me up

    • @iim4xii129
      @iim4xii129 4 года назад +4

      Starting the sentence with 'But', despite it not being a follow-up to a previous sentence...

    • @jahandahan7490
      @jahandahan7490 4 года назад +10

      @@iim4xii129 ok boomer

    • @emiliatan5792
      @emiliatan5792 3 года назад +2

      @@iim4xii129 Trying to act all smart by pointing out other's mistake is just showing how much of an idiot you are

    • @Felix-jn2ly
      @Felix-jn2ly 3 года назад +5

      @@emiliatan5792 maybe he's not an idiot, he just too serious and didn't know when to not too serious. But correcting someone else mistake can lead to annoyance or gratitude, it depends on the person. As you can see I am got too serious replying your message lol. Hope you have a great day !

    • @caz8135
      @caz8135 3 года назад

      @@emiliatan5792 idiot

  • @EngineerMikey5
    @EngineerMikey5 7 лет назад +675

    Oh, look at all these spoiled pre-teens complaining about the quality.

    • @Karuiko
      @Karuiko 7 лет назад +47

      When 480p becomes obsolete and 4K becomes standard, RUclips should keep 480p just for Quirkology :3

    • @daylightanimation
      @daylightanimation 7 лет назад +6

      yeah.... try to find good 4K content.
      instead of some cheesy demos and trailers.

    • @vbeis0
      @vbeis0 7 лет назад +15

      i don't mind if it's 720p or 480p. my videos go even lower xD

    • @drrandomcoolboy5580
      @drrandomcoolboy5580 7 лет назад +3

      MikeTheKnight im 12 in september turning 13, i am not spoiled , and love his content , btw this is typed on tablet.. its not easy

    • @ssaraicastillo
      @ssaraicastillo 7 лет назад +1

      DrRandom Coolboy your 13 and don't have a phone I'm 11 and I have a iPhone

  • @jackofallspades98
    @jackofallspades98 7 лет назад +399

    Wow! This is some awesome new kind of content! Looking forward to hopefully seeing some more of this.

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O6 7 лет назад +209

    This channel and Vsauce

  • @JohnDubuc
    @JohnDubuc 7 лет назад +156

    Lol, all the kids who can't handle 480p. Well you guys don't have 2 million subscribers, so to heck with it.

  • @ZrCorelx
    @ZrCorelx 7 лет назад +95

    plz make more vids like this one! very interesting!

  • @mont9150
    @mont9150 3 года назад +35

    I love when you keep the vids simple. Not 20minutes explaining unnecessary things and props

  • @insidiousy
    @insidiousy 7 лет назад +38

    Really liked this one. I love the how the video played out.

  • @jakerobbins314
    @jakerobbins314 7 лет назад +31

    Okay this video was a really bang up job, I must say. Bravo. I think these investigative, illusion-revealing videos are the next step. Felt like a really fun classroom lecture. Loved the editing and composition, really. Classic Quirkology but in a new way.

  • @chrisw4997
    @chrisw4997 3 года назад +13

    For those confused, it's just the bending of light. In this case, the glass is reflecting the light behind the person

    • @panda45925
      @panda45925 3 года назад +3

      Still quite impressive he discovered it in 1929

  • @CesarDaSalad
    @CesarDaSalad 7 лет назад +120

    So if you made a suit of transparent balls, and submerged yourself in a clear water tank, would you become invisible too?

    • @Henriktranoy
      @Henriktranoy 7 лет назад +31

      No, The water trick is done by having glass with the same refractive index as water. Meaning the light bends the same amount in the water is in the balls. He, on the other hand, is neither see-through, nor does he have the same refractive index, so....

    • @konamihatchibori
      @konamihatchibori 7 лет назад +10

      I think it was a joke >_^

    • @Henriktranoy
      @Henriktranoy 7 лет назад +28

      Haha, you're right, I was a bit absent minded

    • @konamihatchibori
      @konamihatchibori 7 лет назад +2

      Henrik Hovden :3

    • @som-shekhar
      @som-shekhar 7 лет назад +15

      no. you will become naked :D

  • @baileyuniacke8130
    @baileyuniacke8130 7 лет назад +117

    Two videos in one week? What is this sorcery?

  • @tomtomeow
    @tomtomeow 7 лет назад +18

    It's the light reflecting to the front of the person making it seem she's invisible. When he waves his hands, he blocks a part of the light, but the rest still reflects on top of the person.

    • @waelag
      @waelag 7 лет назад +6

      Slywolf no shit

    • @Lucy360.
      @Lucy360. 6 лет назад +1

      Interesting

  • @JKHighLightOfficial
    @JKHighLightOfficial 7 лет назад +59

    See you in 2018 guys

  • @bulman07
    @bulman07 7 лет назад +21

    Why don't people realise the 480p is one of the Quirkology quirks? It wouldn't work in HD

  • @mabeI
    @mabeI 7 лет назад +45

    PLS MAKE THIS A SERIES THO

    • @xmbovlogs
      @xmbovlogs 7 лет назад +1

      great work on recording this video

    • @mabeI
      @mabeI 7 лет назад +2

      xmbovlogs oh it wasn't me, it was my people. I just direct them.

  • @hadiyyaedah-tally7302
    @hadiyyaedah-tally7302 4 года назад +3

    why are people complaining about the quality of this video??? if anything, i prefer it and its style over the quality of most science videos these days! it gives me a nostalgic, “videos that i used to watch on TV as a kid” vibe, and I appreciate it so much!

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 4 года назад +1

      People nowadays are super-spoiled when it comes to video quality - if it is less than like 1080p then they will always be like "w0ot which pixel is the video? I cannot see _anything_ at all!". =P

  • @moprolackofuploads1674
    @moprolackofuploads1674 7 лет назад +4

    Two videos within a year of each other? It's a Christmas miracle!!!

  • @BlueInfinity22
    @BlueInfinity22 7 лет назад +5

    This might actually be my favorite video from you, that was fascinating from beginning to end and presented in such an engaging way.

  • @TheGamingParadise22
    @TheGamingParadise22 7 лет назад +138

    Who is that 1 disliker???

    • @jakearandz
      @jakearandz 7 лет назад +7

      TheGamingParadiseBlue - Roblox How can we be so sure it's not you?

    • @Ethan_Roberts
      @Ethan_Roberts 7 лет назад +5

      Jake Arandilla How can we be so sure its not you?

    • @jakearandz
      @jakearandz 7 лет назад +5

      Ethan Roberts And how can we be so sure it's not you?

    • @MrThreeWorlds
      @MrThreeWorlds 7 лет назад +6

      How can we be so sure its not you?

    • @Ethan_Roberts
      @Ethan_Roberts 7 лет назад +4

      MrThreeWorlds How can we be so sure its not you?

  • @tygarner9142
    @tygarner9142 7 лет назад +21

    I just love how he trolls us the whole time, while educating us

  • @sharcblazer99
    @sharcblazer99 7 лет назад +40

    Light is such a peculiar thing...

    • @mrnat3058
      @mrnat3058 7 лет назад +3

      Why does their comment have to relate to their name or profile picture?

    • @sharcblazer99
      @sharcblazer99 7 лет назад

      ////-/////-/-////////////////////R //////// Make some goddamn sense please?

    • @mrnat3058
      @mrnat3058 7 лет назад

      ////-/////-/-////////////////////R //////// Obvious troll is obvious.

    • @sharcblazer99
      @sharcblazer99 7 лет назад

      Mrnat Indeed.

    • @readytowatch4350
      @readytowatch4350 7 лет назад

      Sharc Blazer yep

  • @whackcar
    @whackcar 7 лет назад +1

    One of the finest videos on this channel in recent memory. Keep this standard of quality in your videos.

  • @aboodtayeh7705
    @aboodtayeh7705 7 лет назад +94

    Two videos in one week???!!! Quirkology ninja??!!!
    Who are you and what have you done to the REAL Quirkology????

    • @HarvoSpoon
      @HarvoSpoon 6 лет назад +1

      the quirkology ninja is staying now

  • @marijnbenschop5580
    @marijnbenschop5580 7 лет назад +1

    This video shows so well how just a little bit of editing can make it so much better :)

  • @tbefilms
    @tbefilms 7 лет назад +6

    This was fascinating and so well put-together! Please explore more forgotten illusions like this!!

  • @cavebelly
    @cavebelly 7 лет назад +7

    Woah two videos in 5 days?!?!Thats a new record!!!

  • @struggle819
    @struggle819 7 лет назад +4

    i liked the last trick , where quirkology becomes visible after adding water 😁

  • @hkayakh
    @hkayakh Год назад

    0:37 “and on a good night” your way of explaining things always surprises me

  • @TheCh0senOne
    @TheCh0senOne 7 лет назад +16

    So the people complaining about 480p and rare uploads are coming later?

  • @JoeLibby
    @JoeLibby 7 лет назад +4

    That's remarkable! Thanks for sharing the illusion with us.

  • @DarkVampireL
    @DarkVampireL 7 лет назад +6

    I love those little gel balls. So much fun to throw at people.

  • @herosive8762
    @herosive8762 5 лет назад +2

    This video got me time traveled, I met my grandfather from another mother

  • @RSpudieD
    @RSpudieD 7 лет назад +1

    That was very well-done and I love how it actually worked after all this time. Nicely done!

  • @MoeJama2015
    @MoeJama2015 7 лет назад +23

    "First time" bullshit. John Cena has been at it for years

  • @Peter-xm7fz
    @Peter-xm7fz 7 лет назад +2

    This is an amazing video, even if it is only 480p...

  • @hrep14
    @hrep14 7 лет назад

    Now that was worth the months of waiting for a new upload.

  • @N.Doughnut
    @N.Doughnut 7 лет назад +9

    beutiful, quirkology making a comeback

  • @terrakittycat486
    @terrakittycat486 7 лет назад +40

    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE CAMERA!!!

    • @ABDZ89
      @ABDZ89 7 лет назад

      Terra KittyCat because he has 2million subs and we deserve better?

    • @DaTux91
      @DaTux91 7 лет назад +3

      Bahahaha XD "We DESERVE better." How old are you? We deserve better... XD

    • @ABDZ89
      @ABDZ89 7 лет назад

      DaTux91 lol. Seriously.

    • @arctic4048
      @arctic4048 7 лет назад +2

      ABDZ89 lol we don't "deserve" anything. you don't have to watch the videos if the quality is to low for your eyes

    • @Xsiniti
      @Xsiniti 6 лет назад

      Terra KittyCat yeah these stupid ass people are caring about his camera so what just enjoy the video and that's it

  • @AndersonNeo12
    @AndersonNeo12 7 лет назад +2

    No man has yet discoverd how to be invisible, otherwhise he would be creeping around in the girls locker room lol

  • @rebeccablaske8634
    @rebeccablaske8634 7 лет назад +5

    I don't know how that would be useful but that's AMAZING!!

  • @laurenlewis4189
    @laurenlewis4189 Год назад +1

    I saw this same illusion (or at least a spin on it) at a Ripley's Believe It or Don't, See If I Care (this might not be the right name, my memory's hazy) somewhere in Prince Edward Island as a kid 20 some-odd years ago! I always wondered how it was done. Now, looking at the setup, it makes perfect sense

  • @IPlayPianoInMyPjs
    @IPlayPianoInMyPjs 7 лет назад

    That was so cool! That man was indeed way ahead of his time.

  • @expelos8571
    @expelos8571 7 лет назад +2

    Please we need more videos like this!

  • @rodneytrotters
    @rodneytrotters 7 лет назад

    I think Paul Daniels performed a similar illusion on his magic show on the BBC. They had a volunteer from the audience step into a box and it was surrounded by people from the audience. A light in the box was ramped up and the person inside the box disappeared.

  • @donatelife4600
    @donatelife4600 7 лет назад

    Quirkology has given some great knowledge about some wonderful ideas. keep the video uploading.

  • @frankbrislin4378
    @frankbrislin4378 3 года назад

    Quirkology , This is your best video yet.

  • @maxresdefault_
    @maxresdefault_ 7 лет назад +12

    I like this, do more

  • @mahfuzurchowdhury2765
    @mahfuzurchowdhury2765 7 лет назад +11

    set countdown to 3 months for next video.

    • @crazymonkeymw2
      @crazymonkeymw2 7 лет назад +10

      How about a countdown until people stop making jokes about Quirkology's upload frequency?

    • @turbotrup96
      @turbotrup96 7 лет назад +1

      Happy Industries we better set a countdown about overused jokes.

    • @huzzzer6083
      @huzzzer6083 7 лет назад

      TinCanMan47 It would be set to 958549918843619819649816699885 years
      unfortunately...

  • @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff
    @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff 7 лет назад +8

    Brilliant video!

    • @ryanrestivo8405
      @ryanrestivo8405 7 лет назад

      Sub for sub??

    • @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff
      @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff 7 лет назад

      Nimrod Challenger - No

    • @ryanrestivo8405
      @ryanrestivo8405 7 лет назад

      Ok

    • @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff
      @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff 7 лет назад

      Nimrod Challenger - I don't mind subscribing to a channel I like. But it makes no sense to sub just because someone subscribed to you. I want subscribers who actually care about the videos I make. That way they might actually WATCH the videos I make.

    • @ryanrestivo8405
      @ryanrestivo8405 7 лет назад +1

      Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French - I actually checked your channel and subbed😂 I get it if you don't want to sub, just know I like your content😂

  • @Karim-Shami
    @Karim-Shami 7 лет назад

    2.1 million subscribers and almost 2017, and still this man uploads in standard resolution.

  • @someperson3807
    @someperson3807 7 лет назад +6

    1:54
    Oh the irony

  • @DeMelkBoer
    @DeMelkBoer 7 лет назад

    This dude still has everything that he had bought when he was in his twenties, Camera, furniture, wallpaper. :D

  • @amefuraggamuffin
    @amefuraggamuffin 7 лет назад

    what that was so cool!!! I love this. Reminds me of old school mythbusters, illusion confirmed!

  • @Novaisnova
    @Novaisnova 7 лет назад +1

    He finally made a double upload this month! Congrats!

  • @mhoover
    @mhoover Год назад

    It's like 2 periscopes. The light comes thru the rear glass, reflects off the front glass toward the center then reflects off the rear glass toward the viewer. And technically it does use mirrors if you count reflecting glass as a mirror.

  • @Spoketlabolina
    @Spoketlabolina 2 года назад +1

    There's no mirrors...but as we all know...glass becomes a mirror at a certain point if the light on one side is stronger than the light source on the other side. So Im guessing that the glass acts as a mirror when turning on the glass which then also would explain how an object behind the person...like a hand is visible in front of the person. And the whiteness blocking her is white due to the strenght of the light and amplifying relfection on the glass while the mid region of the person is the darkest point, emits not light on the backside of the glass. The brightness is blocking our sight due to how the glass is placed around the chair, where the light source is coming from and the fact that the persons midsection is blocking light from one side of the glass.

    • @Spoketlabolina
      @Spoketlabolina 2 года назад

      I have no idea what Im talking about lol...Im wildly speculating!!

  • @arburo1
    @arburo1 7 лет назад

    Robert Harbin was one of my childhood heroes. I think he DID show this illusion once on TV, say, in the 1960's or 1970's. I didn't think it was all that convincing so maybe that's why he never did it again.
    I saw Robert Harbin live in stage when I was taken by my father to one of the magic Circle Christmas Shows, which must have been in the early 1960's. The magic Circle still have their Christmas shows which members of the public can attend. They are held in their now permanent home in Stevenson Street near Euston Station.

  • @polinitravel8078
    @polinitravel8078 7 лет назад

    this has been a popular channel now I remember this channel after 2 years

  • @jasnull99
    @jasnull99 3 года назад +1

    Nobody gonna talk about how he said "on a good night" they emerge unhurt? 😂😂😂

  • @ceciwolfcat7
    @ceciwolfcat7 7 лет назад

    Brilliant, absolute genius! Bravo👏👍

  • @TheNanaguro
    @TheNanaguro 7 лет назад +1

    i would love more videos like this one

  • @V-for-Vendetta01
    @V-for-Vendetta01 6 лет назад

    Read through the invisible Man, there is a chapter where he describes about how he tried to get the refractive index of air and the body to be the same; and then directed his work to nullify the effect of the pigments that absorb and reflect light. That is the basic idea of invisibility.

  • @sirnate9065
    @sirnate9065 7 лет назад +2

    Just commenting to mention that I'm early. This is gonna go very viral I bet and I want people to know I was one of the first 300 to watch it. Report me for spam if you want.

  • @skull123
    @skull123 6 лет назад +1

    0:41 >> 0:45 *watches quietly* 0:46 >> wait, that's a reflection?

  • @fera9328
    @fera9328 7 лет назад

    Absolutely astonishing. Love the old camera style and all that, although people seem to not understand. You are a pretty good talker. And have a very likable face.

  • @Xsiniti
    @Xsiniti 7 лет назад

    how can someone this like this guy's video he is very interesting and very awesome Richard Wiseman is my favorite professor and I just got to both of his RUclips channels

  • @Seraph54
    @Seraph54 7 лет назад +1

    This was great, I hope to see more like this!

  • @ruvimsilc614
    @ruvimsilc614 7 лет назад +40

    Did he film all his videos in 1980?

    • @dragoncyborg817
      @dragoncyborg817 7 лет назад +32

      you must be new haha

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 7 лет назад +4

      Ruvim Silc
      There is nothing wrong at all with the quality of this video, you can see perfectly well what's going on.
      People are too spoiled with crystal clear first class HD nowadays.

    • @dragoncyborg817
      @dragoncyborg817 7 лет назад +1

      the video catches your interest which is more important :)

    • @ruvimsilc614
      @ruvimsilc614 7 лет назад

      Dragon Cyborg shut up

    • @RagingInsomniac
      @RagingInsomniac 7 лет назад +1

      +Ruvim Silc you.

  • @catvlek2
    @catvlek2 7 лет назад

    More videos like this one please, was really good!

  • @benjaminpilosov
    @benjaminpilosov 7 лет назад

    Btw those balls that disappear in water are made of a polymer that has the same refractory index as water so light bounces through them the same.

  • @still_synthwave
    @still_synthwave 7 лет назад

    Awesome channel.
    480p make special atmosphere.

  • @GreatGreenGaming
    @GreatGreenGaming 7 лет назад

    2:37 its fasinatinating but more than that its....AMMMAZING

  • @bmsvg7356
    @bmsvg7356 5 лет назад +1

    I’m glad that none of the illusions got me.

  • @NotSoMagicJack
    @NotSoMagicJack 7 лет назад

    The light is reflecting off of both mirrors in the v shape in front of his torso. His hand is behind the light sheet

  • @WitherGirlGaming
    @WitherGirlGaming 7 лет назад +1

    I'll see you next year, then.
    Also, GREAT video! :D

  • @suhaamina
    @suhaamina 3 года назад

    Such a hidden gem, this channel

  • @DiboDragun
    @DiboDragun 7 лет назад

    could be of the light passing through the glass. alternating an illusions with the colours from the lake at a high speed. making the light to focus on the object projecting to the lamp itself

  • @ashleyhendy1
    @ashleyhendy1 7 лет назад

    that was the coolest thing i've ever seen in my life

  • @clayz1
    @clayz1 7 лет назад +1

    I saw through that one right away.

  • @wildcard2884
    @wildcard2884 7 лет назад +1

    This illusion was done by GMF a few months back. He took credit for the whole thing

  • @mishtaromaniello8295
    @mishtaromaniello8295 7 лет назад +1

    I'm going to assume it's the reflection of the glass reflecting onto the other glass which makes it a correct facing reflection.

  • @helcaraxe301
    @helcaraxe301 7 лет назад +1

    If one could truly become invisible, he or she would also be blind, due to light passing through their eyes.

  • @Joeobrown1
    @Joeobrown1 7 лет назад +1

    very cool... would like more of these if you can think of/read up on them

  • @shivangichaturvedi1543
    @shivangichaturvedi1543 7 лет назад +1

    WOW! This was so cool!!

  • @staticbits
    @staticbits 3 года назад +1

    Recently, RUclips made all unlisted videos uploaded before 2017 private, which includes the video linked in the description.

  • @mrping2603
    @mrping2603 7 лет назад

    You've videos are getting a lot better!

  • @kodokijo7341
    @kodokijo7341 5 лет назад +1

    2:24 *i see a little sillhouette of a hand*

  • @blazeitharry7403
    @blazeitharry7403 7 лет назад

    That was unbelievably amazing...

  • @gchatz6480
    @gchatz6480 7 лет назад +1

    that was awesome!!
    i need more of this :P

  • @BaconFurnace
    @BaconFurnace 7 лет назад +1

    The actual trick to this illusion is the fact that they used a ninja, who used her secret technique to make part of herself invisible.

  • @lagoleth
    @lagoleth 7 лет назад

    It's pretty simply. The image the light bounces off the glass and is projected on the person

  • @otakuribo
    @otakuribo 7 лет назад

    I'm loving the new direction! 👌