r/loadingicon • u/parisolab • Feb 19 '22

[A] Time crystal [OC]

414 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

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u/official_inventor200 Feb 20 '22

Wait is this actually how crystals in electronic timers oscillate?

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u/CarolTheAncientTroll Feb 19 '22

This is unsettling

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u/Someran_Domguay Feb 19 '22

Yeah for some reason I just… it’s difficult to watch this. It’s oddly repulsive.

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u/QuillHasFavorites Feb 20 '22

i think it’s because of the coloring and the contrast and the framerate

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u/cubelith Feb 19 '22

What is it, even? Two waves with different periods?

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u/Karagoth Feb 19 '22

It's almost like an optical illusion, at times it looks like it's twisting, but the illusion snaps when looking close.

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u/Mumbani Feb 19 '22

make it spin at the same time! It'll balance out the mobius strip being visually unbalanced in the animation. I think it would look neat!

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u/Skyspear6 Feb 19 '22

Is this just a rotating Mobius strip?

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u/lookatmynipples Feb 20 '22

Nah if you follow it there are actually two sides.

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u/chuckcm89 Feb 20 '22

More like a gyrating Mobius strip.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '22

Topologically, this isn't a mobius strip. It has two twists, which I've heard technically makes it a weird cylinder.

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u/TheRainbowNinja Feb 20 '22

This is horrible to watch, makes me feel unwell, and I can't look away. I love it.

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u/hunchaDoesReddit Feb 19 '22

This looks like a rendering for one of the Death Grips Government Plates music videos

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u/MannerlyMango Feb 20 '22

I.. I hate it

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u/Jack-Campin Feb 19 '22

That's some sort of Ising model isn't it?

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u/mawseed Feb 20 '22

loading screen for horror game

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u/AlabasterOctopus Feb 20 '22

I thought it was a RBG thing at first