Rama - HQ version

3D animation of a spacecraft freely inspired from the book "Rendez-vous with Rama" from Arthur C. Clarke.
Making of: • Rama - making of
See also: ebruneton.free.fr/rama3/rama.html

[@feynstein1004]

It's been almost 10 years. The time is ripe for a re-render. Who's with me? 😊

[@PoeLemic]

Yes, the tools have improved. I wish it showed flying up to the Ship or Rama, or whatever. I haven't read the book, but I plan to.

[@barakmiller2890]

I think it would be glorious for a 4k hd version of this i also think it would be cool for a vr version of this

[@feynstein1004]

@@barakmiller2890 I'd be down for that :)

[@elon2159]

I am William Wallace!!!!!!!!!

[@phillipgatlin1138]

Raytracing

[@billyjoeparker8054]

SiFi is incomplete without a Rama movie.

[@Laceykat66]

A GOOD Rama movie.

[@alvinxyz7419]

agree

[@mjtruth1039]

Someone was actually working on making one, but ended up canceling it, unfortunately.

[@jbarnhart2653]

"Someone" Morgan Freeman actually. He kind of sounded delusional about it (like Cameron and Avatar) and his version one have concentrated on the the politics and philosophy... Did NOT sound good. Very definitely "SIFI" and not science fiction. And...this looks NOTHING like Rama, this looks like it started that way and then filled in with google maps. Individual plots of land, for instance and fields with fences? Go back and read the book.It's an action adventure story in a MECHANIZED (frozen solid) SPACE SHIP.

[@mjtruth1039]

@@jbarnhart2653 Not him. Someone who makes animation with some _Grand Theft Auto_ software. I got in contact with them a while ago. It was also apparently going to be accurate to the ship’s appearance in the book.

[@CPLTarun]

Rendezvous with Rama is one of my favorite novels of all time. It is the perfect science fiction story for me: it had real awe and mystery to it. It made you, the reader, think about the vastness of our universe, in both time and space. The eons of time, in which so many things could have happened and still are, somewhere out there, perhaps billions of lightyears away. Everyone needs to read this. And reading with science-fiction music/soundtracks in the background only magnifies the wonder. I remember reading Rama with Marty O'Donnell's music from the Halo trilogy, it was perfect. There are so many tracks from the Halo soundtracks that matched the situations in the book exactly, evoking the feelings of awe and grandeur. The experience of reading it this way was literally breathtaking. I hope Morgan Freeman finally realizes his dream of making a Rendezvous with Rama movie. I can only begin to imagine the spectacle, combined with a deep and surreal soundtrack.

[@vapormissile]

I loved it. I just reread it and bought the two sequels. Rama II & Garden of Rama are a simple money-grab. Crappy sci fi, poor story line, sloppy uninspired writing style.

[@vapormissile]

@John Doe oh now that is not fair. His greedy spawn plastered his name ALL OVER those tragic abominations. Nothing to do with it!?!?!?!If our boy Art hadn't done the heavy lifting all his life, Gentry Lee might have gone on to do actual productive work in human culture like paint houses or something with merit. I read most of RAMA2 before I went "oh, no, it's one of THOSE kind of sequels..." dang humans.

[@cosmoelpresidente4019]

13 years ago and this still looks amazing

[@rwbmusic]

Beautiful, too Earth-like.

[@Jacob-2796]

This is nothing like Rama of the books. There is no mention of grass, skyscrapers, fields... It's a metallic tube with patchwork features

[@patrickcummins79]

Ten years later, this is just as beautiful as the first time I saw it.

[@BamBamSamification]

I'm reading the Rama cycle for the second time. I'm on the pages of Rama's awakening and finding this video and Eric's 3D simulation was a real gem. The video gives me goosebumps and I can finally visualize the emotions of Norton and his crew. One of my favorite books and it's right there, in the Olympus of science fiction together with Asimov, Simmons and other great writers! I look forward to Denis Villeneuve's project

[@joefish6091]

The story would be best told in ten hourly episodes, a TV miniseries, to do the greatness of the story justice and have the realizations done properly.

[@jaibhimadevi5805]

If anyone was wondering, the choral music toward the beginning is Allegri's "Miserere mei, Deus" (probably sampled from the Tallis Scholars 1980 performance).

[@wordzenpix]

Beautiful. I love all the Rama books. This is a hybrid New York/San Francisco, enclosed in Rama.

[@marklloyd4087]

Read the rama books when serving in Bosnia 1995, took me into a whole better world!!!, after the horror of a civil war. 🇬🇧

[@fjoa123]

man, this is absolutely beautifull. gave me the chills. Thank you very much.

[@MrChristian326]

The Space Shuttle at the end, or edge of Rama, adds a nice touch to the many missions it carried out throughout the years. With only 3 more missions left - you gave the Shuttle an honoured salute in your video. Our next step into Space is Rama.

[@Moregano]

Saw this vid in 2009 and I'm now finally reading the book. Pretty incredible. They even test out the zero G flight.

[@Garnog404]

I love this... it's such a shame more people aren't seeing it. The choice of music is exquisite, and the scope of the 3d animation is breathtaking. I read Rendezvous WIth Rama and Ringworld... two separate yet similarly mind-bending concepts. One of my KZbin faves for sure.

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

Seven years later, It would rock to see this redone with denser textures and the improved renderers available now. (and maybe in 3d for VR etc).

[@Shadowmask8]

Okay, that's it. I really NEED someone to invent immortality. Like now. I NEED to be alive to see this happen.

[@CPLTarun]

+Shadowmask8 My feelings exactly :)

[@fjoa123]

+Shadowmask8 It sucks to live in this quite still not spacefaring civilization ):

[@CPLTarun]

fjoa123 Agreed. So close, yet so far. We're now aware of what's really possible, but we're not yet able to get their practically.

[@dfghj241]

+Shadowmask8 "don't worry dude i'm on it" - bio student.

[@stevejordan7275]

And so is Calico, and the Methuselah Foundation, and Aubrey deGray's SENS, and the Glenn Foundation, and the AFAR, and a crap-ton of others. Stay in the game! If you're not doing research yourself, help spread the word, make people aware, give them hope! In the meantime, exercise regularly, drink water, eat real food (mostly vegetables, not too much,) don't drink more than one or two shots a day, don't smoke, and stay out of the sun. Mostly take good care of your brain, it's all you are for now. (Dualists, take note.)

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

still the best space habitat ive seen yet on youtube.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

I think they took the book's description of the island too literally. They described what looked like and island filled with skyscrapers in the distance "like New York" The island turned out to be a collection of buildings that housed some sort of record of its civilization and didn't actually look like a city up close.

[@howtocookazombie]

Beautiful! We need many SciFi movies with images like this. 🤩

[@gonzales94553]

One of the best stories I have read...it would be so amazing to see the inside of rama...

[@alcaminhante]

This is absolutely brilliant...and despite the human looking cities a close rendition of what i imagined rama to look like in rama revealled for example. Incredible atmospheric work here.

[@davidyoung5114]

There's no way that RAMA could be feature-film length and do the book justice. Since Asimov's FOUNDATION is being made into a series, that would be the best way to bring Clarke's fantastic work to the masses.

[@uni-byte]

There is nothing in the Rama series that would lead us to believe that the interior is filled with lush green plant life, cities, lakes and roads. Where is this coming from? Did the creator of this even read the books?

[@voicetube]

This is an AWESOME depiction of an O'Neill Cylinder (without the three windows). It's funny to say but - it seems SO familliar to me - almost like it SHOULD be like this... In any event, Bravo for posting and to the creator of the animation/work of art!!!

[@adrianshawuk]

Still looks good even after all this time

[@hughc023]

Fabulous work . . . Sometime in the future, this concept 'will' become reality . . .

[@f1addict]

Thank you for bringing back all the memories of reading the book. Absolutely Stunning!

[@kumbah2006]

Fantastic! Can't say enough about this one ...

[@l-y-d-s]

This is in the top 500 videos on this website easily

[@spike55151]

Beautiful!

[@dus777]

It is a testament to the writing that you were able to create an image that matches what I saw in my mind when I read the book.

[@ericfischer8295]

14 years later.. this is still a work of art

[@DemetriusCoutinho]

Wow! Just wow! I´m reading this book right now and got curious about some interpretations of the ship around the web. Yours is by far the most truthful and beautiful! Cudos!

[@user-yt2pv7pw7d]

أحسن رواية خيال علمي قريتها فحياتي ، لقاء مع راما ، مترجمة للعربي للي عايز يقراها

[@Adimanther]

What a magnificent view. I read "Randez-vous with Rama" without stopping after seeing this. Even though the Manatthan in the book wasn't the real Manatthan, the impression of the interior of the ship is rendered perfectly in this majestic 3d version. What most impresses me is that the author managed to make this 3d model run on regular 2005 hardware, though. FInally, the choice of music is excellent, the low bass tune which accompanies it reminds of the low humming of Rama's engines.

[@jofox8066]

Beautifully done - I love it!

[@jeffrp73]

So thankful Denis Villeneuve is directing this. I can’t wait.

[@nexusoflife]

This is so beautiful.

[@MrRpapo]

This looks like how Rama might have turned out if a human had designed the place. More specifically, a North American or European.

[@CombraStudios]

Can't wait to see it happen

[@marcfleischmann9911]

Just reread all four Rama novels First time in many years In the right hands these would be great stories to tell…

[@jackpalek2978]

I love this! Well done! Captures the essence, especially considering this was done in 2009!

[@valcan321]

Seriously that is amazing beyond belief. 40 THOUSAND THUMBS!!!!!!!

[@TheYrogerg]

As someone who has read the entire series... let me just say this is absolutely stunning! Now just add the rainbow rings and fireworks and you're set! :D

[@FernZepeda]

That was incredible! Thank you!

[@tothatl]

Wow, nice animation. I have to say I really got captivated by this and had to see it 2 or three times in a row, in order to get just a portion of the details in there.

[@AlexandreRosas]

The seawall is correctly represented in the video. You can see the great height it rises from the water line, and when the "camera" turn the other way around, you notice the difference in height from the sea margin on the rear side of the cylinder.

[@MrChristian326]

I read the book and the cover had the same type cover as your video. Your video is beautiful. I want to live on Rama.

[@Clitmukis]

....this is just awesome....

[@feynstein1004]

I think there will be some people who claim that the cylinder is flat too 😂😂

[@kaneda7368]

Well, seems like I'm reading this book again. I never grasped just how big Rama is, this is an incredible visual aid.

[@joefish6091]

50Km long and 20Km wide, 16Km internal dia.

[@khadijagwen]

Love the serenade also.

[@xamalion7334]

This needs to be done by HBO or Netflix, and is has to be a series. You can only do justice to Rama when you have enough time to explore all the wonders it has to offer. When I watch "The Expanse", I can only wonder why no one ventures into the Rama universe.

[@timmowers435]

It's really incredible to see everyone's diffrent views on rama; Some imagined it a desert, ebrunetum imagined a more terran landscape, I saw it as a cold, dark grey, bare interior. It's a shame we'll never discover Rama's secrets, but at the same time, I think that's what draws us to it.

[@daneriksson8947]

Rama, Science Fiction at its finest.

[@StarDustSid]

Stunning. Thank you.

[@hadiafelauer8460]

Just beautiful!

[@evilwarcow]

This music is just beautiful. And it just touches my emotions and it is so powerful.

[@ARMEDON1]

Tout simplement magnifique et la musique qui l'accompagne se marie bien à la vidéo ; tout simplement sublime.

[@dgreen002]

Simply stunning

[@-Rook-]

Beautiful piece of work

[@MrGeekGamer]

I just got finished reading the first book today after stumbling across this video a year or so ago. Really excited to read the next books now!

[@TheZombieman87]

Read all of them back in 2004. :)

[@fredloeper8579]

I picked up the audio book of RWR at a library sale for $2.00. Lucky me!

[@kristiantushe7250]

Beautiful....

[@Delisle4]

Beautiful work!

[@ms.t9411]

AMAZING!!! Thank you!!!

[@Crossroadsinc]

1: Do you REALLY not understand the phrase "Artistic License?" 2: This is HIS vision of a habitat INSPIRED by Rama. 3: Can you do better?

[@goauld88]

Simply awesome

[@henrayyjr]

this is amazing.

[@jenjibur]

Beautiful

[@daneriksson8947]

Anybody else but me who thought about Rama when Oumuamua passed our solar system?

[@RenBR]

Amazing!!!

[@pimjitchaidilok1902]

Wow this is what I imagined the time when I read Rendevouz with Rama. Thanks to make it visible.

[@xAstronomy]

exactly how i pictured it, amazing!

[@FranlexFTW]

just amazing

[@Clitmukis]

....still my all time favorite on You Tube....

[@Runetrantor]

Beautiful! A Human version of Rama, alive at that too! It is indeed a like unnerving to see a whole island on the roof, but aside from that i would live there happily.

[@DukeOfChirk]

fantastic..... and the music is a masterpiece touch! Shades of choral music to give it a cathedral air, with the more modern sounds represnting the high technology involved in the construction.

[@buddhastaxi666]

We have a future and it will be as sublime as this marvellous video the individual has power

[@voron27]

great work

[@ebruneton]

You can find a PDF document about the generation of the Rama model in the "See also" link in the video info

[@DarkmoonUK]

You have good taste my friend... this is a vision of beauty, a message of hope for what we could achieve.

[@voicetube]

FYI, partly because of this video, I am now reading the book (!) (Arthur C. Clark's "Rendezvous With Rama" - Great video and great book - THANK YOU!!

[@Runetrantor]

He read them, that's exactly how he was able to create a humanized version of it, in which the 'cities' are such, and New York is in fact New York. And the South hemisphere is not a weird mess. I personally like how our own Rama looks like.

[@tomhiggins2562]

Definitely needs to be redone. For a start the neatly farmed and maintained crop and grass fields were not a feature of Rama's interior. No farmers; no bots; no light or heat in the interstellar dark. Next rendition should reproduce exactly what Norton et al would have encountered when Rama began to slowly wake up, as the Cylindrical Sea began to unfreeze

[@joefish6091]

The farms or checkerboard squares were across the sea down near the propulsion system, the field where the flower was growing.

[@MBairac]

super awesome!

[@sendaitohoku]

Amazing.

[@SANDSCORCHER]

Remarkable concept.

[@Jianju69]

What really got me going was the plane rushing by; can you IMAGINE the possibilities of aeronautics in a zero-G atmosphere??? Once you left the centrifugal force of the inner surface, you'd be Scott-free. The music is perfect for this too, btw.

[@PVSector]

Super! Awesome! Amazing! my jaw dropped to the floor when i saw this...

[@illustriouschin]

pretty incredible

[@vincecallagher7636]

Nice, well done, just like the book

[@Clitmukis]

....this is still my favorite video on You Tube......

[@DennisSantos]

I just started reading the Rendez-vous and I noticed the three ladders and stair cases are missing from the north end.. But the bisecting ocean is there, along with it's New York island...and the south end has the spiky things.... Very, very Cool!

[@Fallen1152]

still awesome

[@mtrps_]

i cant imagine the render with Unreal Engine 5/Blendr in 2022. Also very excited for Dennis Villeneuve's upcoming movie based on the book. One thing tho, where are the stairs??

[@arthurrobey4945]

Still the most inspirational video out there.

[@pyenapple]

This looks way too Earthlike. Have you read "Rama?" It doesn't look like Earth terrain.

[@sasmenon]

You are right. In the novel, the terrain is a little more 'geometric' and not so organic.

[@billyjoeparker8054]

the video would be boring if it were totally true to the book.

[@oc2phish07]

And?

[@alastairgordon-forbes3139]

Yes but if you read the sequels then the habitat is more like that.

[@pyenapple]

@@alastairgordon-forbes3139 the sequels mostly sucked.

[@chialeux514]

My favorite shot : 2:34. Gorgeous composition and movement !

[@EdMcStinko]

Reminds me of one of those hypothetical "Generational" ships designed for prolonged interstellar travel.

[@khatharrmalkavian3306]

If you read the sequels, that's basically what it's for.

[@H19Lab]

Ya know, if you think about it, the Ramans had a good idea. They wanted to document all alien life in the galaxy, and judging from the eagle and his advanced A.I, the ramans could be immortal robots, allowing themselves to wait billions of years to create a sort of sanctuary for all life, to protect them from going extinct. Its quite beautiful.