Caustic lenses are really weird
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Published 2023-01-16
Sometimes called caustics or free form lenses, these objects use clever maths to move light around to make images.
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All Comments (21)
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I now have a Discord server: discord.gg/B6uNzAgshy Come and say hi. The sponsor is Henson. Get 100 free blades with your first safety razor: hensonshaving.com/stevemould use code stevemould
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the transition from the goofy shaving sequences to the horrible business model of printers to the sponsor was amazing
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I love how you can clearly see Steve getting more and more giddy with this shaving bit as the video goes on.
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I cannot believe that I didn't see the changes in your facial hair until the half-way point. The strange feeling I got, once I realized it had been happening already and I'd been missing it, will be my main takeaway from this video. And the concept of caustic lenses will probably be floating around there somewhere too... but certainly not as palpably.
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That. Is how you make a YouTube video. Take notes people. This man. This man right here.
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Loved how the shaving starts off subtly and gets progressively more. Way to go, all in for a sponsor. Hope they appreciate you.
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You integrated the sponsorship so well and without interrupting the video that I watched the whole thing at the end out of curiosity and respect. Very well done!
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A1 video Mould. I’ve been subscribed since at least the 10th grade (im 25 now) and I can tell you that I’ve noticed how your videos have gone from purely informative to informative and genuinely entertaining. Feel like you’ve come into your own shoes in the YouTube sphere. Can’t wait to see what you got cooking next man. This is one of the best educational channels on this site.
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Bro the gradually shaving your beard throughout the video melted my brain.
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Caustics are also one of the hardest problems in computer graphics, because light from anywhere in the scene might just end up on one of those bright lines, so you have to simulate a ton of light rays to get a noiseless image.
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1:11 - that's one of the most beautiful things that exists in my opinion. Since I was a kid I always were mesmerized by those lights under the water.
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4:18 this is so cool, I would love to see something like a scaling medieval landscape with a castle or something but instead of it being thru the thin edge, carve it so if shine light thru it sideways you get a long flat artwork
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Finally! I've been waiting for this follow-up!
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At EPFL (where the Alan Turing image comes from) there are a few of those acrylic panels under the library so that when sunlight shines on it, faces of famous people show up on the ceiling. Pretty impressive "resolution" too when the light shines just at the right angle
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The most impressive part is seeing the black areas, you'd just expect the non-lit sections to be the same as the loght passing through flat glass. Seeing that immense contrast is so cool!
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What a cool idea for an episode and very well done. Very fascinating. Bravo
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visually encoded shaving transform is a nice touch and proves production & editing skills.
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Man.. The gags that Steve has for his first video of the new year always get me. Between his ballerina act last year and the disappearing beard gag this time, it makes me wonder if the family he visits during the holidays are all buttoned down people who don't respond to his humor, and he just has to let it all out afterward?
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I absolutely love the creative approach to the ad read. We are so used to skipping over ads because they are just written by a company who is paying the creator to read a script. When a creator spends the extra time and effort to make the ad their own with a creative twist or spin on the ad read it really makes you want to watch the ad! Not because it’s an ad but because now it is content form the creator who you are there to watch in the first place.
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Good job on the sponsorship spot! It did make me want to try a safety razor and I like well engineered items. I'd have been willing to pay £30 for the handle, but nearly £60 is too rich for me.
