We Found a Terrifying Concept Hiding in Quantum Mechanics

[@victornunes900]

And here I thought the garbage was for Clint's Christmas gift :(

[@michosadventures]

Hopefully they can reuse it 🤞

[@seek7297]

@@michosadventures 😂

[@jajssblue]

Still a possibility. It'll be Schrodinger's gift until then.

[@saintplayer86]

W Comment 🏆

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Lol!

[@NickCombs]

0:20 Schrodinger didn't create that thought experiment to teach to his students. He famously disliked the concept of quantum superpositions and came up with the cat in the box as a way to demonstrate its absurdity. It just also turned out to become the most common way to describe that really challenging concept!

[@nobirdsnomasters]

Same thing as the god particle, “created” as a way of saying, this is stupid and here’s why

[@xmashayes]

@@NickCombs it's only challenging if one chooses to view the mathematical expression of probability in a wave as representing what is actually happening in reality at a scale we cannot directly observe in any way. The interpretations of quantum mechanics are more philosophy than science, and the reality of superpositions/wave functions became popular from the misguided philosophy of holding to the math, which is the entire theory, as the gospel truth of reality. This would be like insisting that when someone throws a ball there is an actual vector arrow we can't see for the energy of the throw and the force of gravity teaching an invisible, mystic line that the ball follows. The math describes what we observe in reality, not really itself.

[@xmashayes]

* tracing not teaching

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

To be clear, Schrodinger was specifically criticising the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum physics, which happens to be the most broadly used framework when concepts from the field are communicated to the broader public

[@rickyrocha7526]

You beat me to it. HAHAHAHA A family friend of ours was actually a student of Schrodinger and was the first one to teach me that before I learned about it later on.

[@42redpandas]

Really loving these SCP-like videos recently. The filmography behind is always so ingenious as well. As an actual physicis, I would really love to see "Maxwell's demon" turned into an horror short. To summarise the paradox: If you have two rooms, one hot and one cold with a single door connecting them, you would expect them to stabilize to an intermediate temperature, however if you have a "demon" opening the door between them only when a hot particle goes from the cold room to the hot one, you could have a room become colder and emptier, while the other one becomes hotter and fuller.

[@JimNgStunts]

Check out Ken Liu's short story "Maxwell's Demon" 👍🏻

[@DocWolph]

So one room you are crusher and burned to death and the other you are frozen in an ever "hardening" vacuum. Like having a portal between Venus and Mars.

[@vextormull]

It's like our fridge

[@cartoonkeeper]

As a furry I think it would be interesting if they tackle the pathOWOgen a fictional pathogen that when infected by it turns you into an anthro

[@markfergerson2145]

I was just thinking “So *this* is how SCPs come to be.”. Love the Maxwell’s Demon suggestion. In this context it doesn’t have to be specifically about heat, which is a proxy for average particle velocity. Imagine a room with a horizontal velocity gradient- the whole room could have the characteristics of the Demon’s doorway. It would be kind of like a gravitational gradient but not quite. Bullets fired in one direction would accelerate but decelerate in the other, it would be easier to walk in that direction than the other and so on. Of course the air in the room would be extremely cold at one end and nearly hot enough to set the wallpaper on fire at the other. What other physics effects can be “demonstrated” in this way?

[@AriYusyli]

Third episode could be breaking PERSPECTIVE. Stuff changes based on how it's viewed, can grow, shrink, morph into an AI mess, etc just by changing the angle you look at it. It doesn't work with depth perception at all, but with only the one camera, you guys could pull off some sick shots

[@dragonlordjonerc]

Reminds me of the shadow monster video they did years ago.

[@JbToner]

There's a game called Superliminal that's exactly this!

[@DavidPagan]

Yes! Look at the latest StuffMadeHere video for some ideas on that too, he makes a rig that can capture FOVs that are impossible with traditional lenses using a spinning laser, it's really cool.

[@AriYusyli]

@@DavidPagan if that could be done real time that would be sick, but in that video it took like 30 secs or so to take one single image

[@AriYusyli]

@@JbToner I love that game, was on my mind when i posted lmao

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

Can we talk about how the concept in the thumbnail is a completely different but still very cool horror concept? You should do one where the monsters look like normal people and/or animals most of the time but if you shine a particular light on them they look different and much scarier (real world ideas to base this on - scorpion researchers find them in the wild using UV spotlights as they're fluorescent, human skin is slightly transparent in some infrared wavelengths which is used by certain medical devices to see veins, there's plenty of options here)

[@izensplash.]

yeeee

[@kuroketsueki9059]

AI: "What is my purpose?" Human: "To generate trash" AI: "Oh my God"

[@thatguywitacap]

Wbalabadubdub!!!

[@DownTownDK.]

oh so this was what all the trash was for. thats cool

[@51gunsalutes]

The lore deepens

[@lilDOOTINATOR]

OH I thought they just got lazy or were having some kind of issue LOL

[@Af5j]

hydrogen privovdeide

[@richbuilds_com]

I'm not a fan of AI generated content, but getting AI to do the "dog work" (ie. the jobs no-one wants to do like fill in trash around 10,000 frames) is exactly a positive use case for it.

[@thomblueart8448]

95 percent of ai uses is people just being lazy, you can't forget to do the work yourself when you use it

[@mateoremedi4703]

lots of people use AI as a replacement for the actual job. Corridor uses it as a tool

[@TauGeneration]

@@mateoremedi4703 that's because AI is a tool 🗣🔥🔥🔥 (just so we're not cofused, i'm in your side, mateo)

[@EvilPineappl]

Sadly even when used like this, basically every model has stolen tons of copyright images for their training data. Stable Diffusion is not an exception.

[@StuartHetzler]

Lemme play devil's advocate and point out that the grunt work is often how lower skilled people get into this kind of industry to begin with. Outsourcing tasks like this to AI helps established professionals crank out more work, but serves as a barrier to entry level artists looking to gain skill and experience.

[@ajbiffl4695]

Lotta hate in the comments about the interpretation of Schrodinger's cat (how fitting, given the thought experiment was proposed to denigrate one of the major interpretations of quantum mechanics!), but I have to give props for the very cool premise of the characters' flashlights causing the collapse-of-wavefunction of their surroundings. It turned into an extremely cool short with lots of cinematically awesome moments. The muzzle flash lighting turned out spectacular!

[@AlfredoEspinozaRhoton]

This also works perfectly as the reason why light allows you to shoot monsters in other franchises like Alan Wake. It collapses the wave function and makes them "real" in a fixed location in space.

[@sumtensor]

Technically, the wavefunction doesn't collapse. The quantum states of the photons, surroundings and characters all become entangled, which is why you only see one of the eigenstates.

[@ajbiffl4695]

@@sumtensorit's fiction, I don't know if it "technically" anything

[@hurrdurr7861]

Correcting a factual error isn't "hate"

[@jonathanrynjah]

​@@hurrdurr7861 how you correct it is.

[@lukebravin]

its crazy that this has sorta become Corridor's main channel now, yet years ago this was their 2nd channel but it makes senses as a lot of people are pulled into the react videos and Wren's CGI videos, too

[@SpencerPaire]

That opening with the chief and his analysts deserves some love too. I am pretty sure its an insta360 on a pole being whipped around the set, but it works SO well, and the tight transitions in and out of screens absolutely sells the urgency and technohorror vibe. This is some of your best work, and I am positively eager to see the next episode! And I've got a suggestion! Maybe the next room takes perspective to a new level? Stuff Made Here just dropped a video about a camera with a zero or even negative FOV. Combining that with audio-perspective tricks could make an epic mind bender.

[@Yowl]

Yes! They looked at those reversed and ortnographic perspective shots in the podcast. That's actually a great idea! Like someone walking away but getting bigger...

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

They've already got the tools to do this as well, since perspective trickery is an increasingly popular theme in surrealist indie games and Sam has been continuing to build on UE as a cinematography tool

[@Becvar80]

Awesome that Gui helped out with this

[@grantpflum6844]

Once they finish all these physics horror clips they need to put them all together into one badass short film!

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

This ingenuity and forward thinking in narrative is so Nolan-esque. Got so much respect for the work put into these.

[@reev3417]

Maybe something related to info hazards in the third episode? An info hazard is something that dangerous to know or understand, its a dangerous idea or concept. Its terrifying because the more you know, the more danger your in. Great work guys!

[@mr.inconspicuous6395]

I think Cognitohazard is the more well known word for it, atleast in the SCP circles.

[@reev3417]

@@mr.inconspicuous6395 Actually, they are different. A Cognitohazard is something hazardous to sense in a cognitive way, like SCP-96 for example, if you look at his face you die. An info hazard can be safe to look cognitively observe, but is dangerous to know about. The knowledge is dangerous VS. sensing it being dangerous. I to am part of the SCP circle, and sometimes mix the two hazard up, very similar. Now that you mention it though, a cognitohazard might be better for episode 3.🙂

[@mr.inconspicuous6395]

@@reev3417 Isn't that KZbin short called "Overlord" based on an infohazard? I suppose it could be either or. I can't remember the story that well but it's something like that. Mixed in with invisible... _things,_ of course.

[@executivespooky]

It may be too close to Schrödinger, but I think the Heisenberg uncertainty principle would be really cool. There's a limit to how precisely we can know two properties of a quantum particle. We can know the speed and position of a particle, but the more precisely we know one, the less we can know the other. Also, time distortion as you get closer to a mass with more gravity would be neat

[@christopherbascue6297]

Being honest, that feels kind of like the weeping angels from Doctor Who. But it would be fun to explore.

[@executivespooky]

@christopherbascue6297 that's how I felt about this one, like it felt oddly familiar

[@onurcaksu3145]

Love the idea. It is very similar to that of the Doctor Who episode, Blink. Saying this as a compliment, as Blink is one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen.

[@LegoTardisArchives]

I had the same thought

[@AustenRedman]

The Weeping Angels in Blink had a very similar concept.

[@awandererfromys1680]

Yea, my first thought were the Weeping Angels as well. That's such an awesome episode.

[@theneighborlynetwork]

I know it's an old video, but please can you bring back TETHER? Such a cool concept and as much as you guys have advanced through the years... I would love to see that vision come to fruition.

[@RC-1290]

0:24 No, it was created to illustrate why he thought the prevailing explanation of quantum mechanics was silly. Except everyone started using it as a way to explain quantum mechanics anyway.

[@TrueDemonLordRimuruTempest]

Yeah, he hated how stupid it was and used this metaphor as an insult as to how nuts quantum mechanics was.

[@danielcondran5767]

White walls, ouch. In college we had the opportunity to shoot in the "black room," which is exactly what it sounds like. A void. Darkness. The best studio space we had!

[@dgjanes917]

Schrodinger didn't create it to help his students. It was to demonstrate the ridiculousness of the theory EDIT: In case it wasn't clear, he created the thought experiment to critique it. As in "look how ridiculous your interpretation is." However, the experiment has become a simple method of explaining this accepted interpretation of quantum mechanics

[@grantpowell4135]

I thought shrodingers cat was the name of a band lol

[@private1177]

Specifically the Copenhagen interpretation. That states that quantum effects can have a effect on the macro scale.

[@thiagolaguna4991]

🤓

[@Omni_Consumer_Products]

I came to the comments looking for this

[@nickg77]

Open your mind

[@TopherAustin]

Hey Niko, I think a great next direction for this would be to go try and interview a Quantum Physicist professor and ask them what kind of stuff within their field scares them, then try to visualize it. Who would know the scary corners of their field better than them… UCLA is right down the road. 😉

[@danchovy1111]

Coolest behind the scenes I think yall have done. The concept of the changing backgrounds was genius

[@andyb7808]

I loved your second graymatter even more than the first. All the effects blended together so well and you and the whole team should all be extremely proud! It was sick!!

[@DanielColson]

The use of the depth map with AI tools to generate multiple different apartment backgrounds with the same layout was amazing!

[@Solanaar]

I really appreciate the genuine ad. Feels more effective and sympathetic than ad reads even when dome charismatically

[@Wild_Pilot]

These videos are the best. Your BTS is just as, if not more, engaging than the video proper. As for another concept, maybe fiddle with the speed of light. Have the character stumble towards the exit as the light starts to Red Shift. Eventually, he hits what appears to be an invisible barrier: The Speed of Light. Going the other direction, the light begins to Blue Shift. He could mess around a bit with throwing items, watching them either fly with supersonic speed or hang in place before moving at his approach.

[@abdoghany5008]

At this point Niko has become the Christopher Nolan of KZbin.

[@anurudhaabeysinghe2549]

Yes hands down!

[@ldlework]

I thought Schrodinger made the metaphor to demonstrate how ridiculous he thought QM was. Not to "help his students understand".

[@YoonaBrew]

12:05 "I'm lurking and I'm stalking when you least expect it" - Wren

[@prettyfast-original]

00:20 Schrödinger did not create the cat metaphor to "help his students understand" quantum physics. He created the metaphor specifically to show how absurd quantum physics is when applied to the macro world, and that those who interpret this as what the real world is actually like are equally absurd. He was trolling the physics community when he said the cat was alive and dead at the same time! For all those who claim they "get" quantum physics b/c they know the cat metaphor, Erwin is laughing at you right now from beyond the grave.

[@supremebuffalo6322]

its "corridor poorly explains science to sell Vessi shoes" again. Maybe Ren woulda done it better. but then again, who knows

[@luiscc2884]

So ... "To help his students to understand ... " 😅

[@najibzulkafli5820]

oh, is that what the story behind the metaphor was about? cool! great learning moment for me. thank you for explaining it to me. personally, never looked into it, so i'm glad

[@nicolasjonasson4820]

They didn't even understand the point of this idea.

[@wheelsndealz]

i was gonna say. it's funny that Schrödinger's insult now lives on as every layman's way of understanding quantum physics.

[@Tetratronic]

You guys absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one. This gave me Annihilation vibes. Especially with the music, which was top-notch. The camera work was great. The acting was solid, they sold the feeling of actually being scared. Loved it.

[@pesterenan]

This is the best piece of artwork you guys have made so far. I can't wait for your next projects, this one was phenomenal!

[@J3553xAnotherFan]

Hopefully this turns into a long running series of shorts exploring terrifying concepts.

[@kilbymorgan8626]

One of my favorite quantum super powers is when a object has more mass or takes up more space than what we perceive to be possible. Example: Little girl walks through a doorway and blows a hole in it the size of the hulk.

[@BallisticHighSpeed]

Episode 3 should be the horrors of getting stuck in various time rifts. Stuck at 1/1000th speed, experiencing the same moment for hours or days. Or life rushing past you incomprehensibly fast, with no way to control it.

[@Orillion123456]

FINALLY the lore behind the garbage is revealed.

[@space_1073]

The gray matter series is the coolest thing to come out of corridor so far in my opinion. My imagination goes nuts thinking about other rooms in the facility.

[@systematic]

10:39 It's good to see Jan rocking that prosthetic finger still.

[@mrmovess_]

VISUAL effects are obviously the foundation of the channel, and what I fell in love with, but I'd love some BTS on what goes into the AUDIO for a project like this! Whoever handled the sound design crushed. Another amazing video from the crew.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Schrödinger's cat thought experiment isn't just a cat in a box with anything deadly, it requires the cause of death of the cat to be triggered by the decay of a radioactive atom. Whether the atom decay triggers a poison gas to be released or a mecanism to strangle the cat, that doesn't matter. The thing is, let's say the atom has a 50% chance to decay after 5 minutes. The thought experiment says that after 5 minutes, if you applied quantum mechanics at our scale, it'd mean the cat is in a superposition state of being 50% alive and 50% dead. The thing is, and this is what the thought experiment was about, 50% alive or dead doesn't mean anything. Either it's alive, or it's dead. Even if you don't open the box after 5 minutes, the cat is already in a given state, alive or dead. Opening the box will only reveal the state it's in, not "decide" it. On the quantum scale however, particles are all in a superposition of states and only collapse into a single "whole" state when observed. Observed doesn't mean looked at, it means interacted with. Whether an electron touches a photon or a proton, those particles then become "observed." Also another misconception, a particle doesn't exist in multiple states at once before it's observed, it's in a superposition of states. A superposition is a single state with various pre-defined probabilities of collapsing into certain whole states. It's at the core of quantum computers.

[@yeahah3617]

TLDR: nothing is changing in the quantum scale, they are all in "A" state. but if we want to know what that state will be, we have to interact with it, thus affect it or change it in one way or another. So you can't really know for sure what the state of it would be prior to measuring it, but when you measure it directly, it change. So instead you just count for the possible outcomes. is that shortened version correct?

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@ It's not that we don't know what state the particle is in before it's measured, it's that it's a superposition state of different whole states. A superposition state is a single state. Despite the term "superposition state", the particle is not in many different states at once. It has a possibility of collapsing into one of these states upon being measured. Prior to the measurement, it's both in all the whole states and none of them at the same time (I can't find a way to explain it so it's easy to understand without a drawing 🥲). Depending on how a particle is generated, you can know exactly what state it is in. The probability coefficients themselves of those states aren't random, it's which one it'll collapse into upon being measured that is undetermined. Scientists figure out the coefficients through experiments that're way too complex for me 😅. I think Science Asylum has video that explains quantum superposition pretty well 🤔.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@yeahah3617 It's not that we don't know what state the particle is in before it's measured, it's that it's a superposition state of different whole states. A superposition state is a single state. Despite the term "superposition state", the particle is not in many different states at once. It has a possibility of collapsing into one of these states upon being measured. Prior to the measurement, it's both in all the whole states and none of them at the same time (I can't find a way to explain it so it's easy to understand without a drawing 🥲). Depending on how a particle is generated, you can know exactly what state it is in. The probability coefficients themselves of those states aren't random, it's which one it'll collapse into upon being measured that is undetermined. Scientists figure out the coefficients through experiments that're way too complex for me 😅. I think Science Asylum has video that explains quantum superposition pretty well 🤔. P.S.: Maybe my comment will appear twice for you, but I couldn't see mine so I'm reposting it 😐.

[@yeahah3617]

@@louisrobitaille5810 so the first half I was right in that it's in a single state, and that prior to measuring, we don't know what state it exactly is, so me can only know the possibilities.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@ I'll say it again, we can know what it is in, even without measuring it. The state it is in prior to measuring it is fixed (it's the superposition state). It's not that we don't know what state it's in, it's that the state it'll collapse into is undetermined until it's measured. By undetermined, I don't mean that we don't know, it's that it's not in either states at all, yet is in both states at the same time. That's why the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment makes no sense at our scale. It's not possible to be neither dead nor alive, yet alive and dead at once. For particles however, that's what our best theories (quantum mechanics) tell us. This concept is one of the hardest to accept about quantum mechanics because it's in complete contradiction with our intuition.

[@staCats]

I actually said "woah" after watching it. The setup made me think it was the same sort of thing as the one before, but then the twist of the room am body, then the stunning twist of the creature slowly picking them off one by one, until the ending. It was insanely unique, nothing I've ever seen before, and it looked so good I want more.

[@manuellayburr382]

It had nothing to do with cobras, or even about whether the cat dies of old age or starvation. Obviously if the box is completely sealed we don't know if the cat is alive or dead. People quote this as though it is a philosophical concept - it isn't. It is about the implications of the decay of a single quantum event - the decay of a radioactive atom.

[@MisterUnconcerned]

It wasn't quoted here as philosophical. Did you watch the vid?

[@zeitgeist909]

no it isnt? It has nothing to do with radioactive decay. That was just a concept. The point is about observation. It could have been a brick that falls on a trigger that shoots a gun that kills the cat. it's not about the trigger mechanism. It's about observation.

[@TheSkillotron]

@@zeitgeist909 No. How do you so confidently know nothing about this thought experiment? The radioactive decay is the key part because it's about quantum physics and superpositions. It's not a philosophical problem about lack of knowledge caused by obstructed vision.

[@zeitgeist909]

@@TheSkillotron ​ I hear your argument. Please explain to me the difference between what kills the cat, and how the method makes the difference? The cat is in superposition until someone opens the box? The method of killing the cat is irrelevant. Imagine a box with a magical switch inside. it can be either on or off., but we cant see the position from outside the box. lets say the switch controls a bulb inside the box. if the switch is on, the bulb is on, and iff it's off the bulb is off. Untill we open the box is bulb is both on and off. I am pretty sure this is basis of the thought experiment. It really doesn't need to rely on radioactive decay. The radioactive decay part isn't necessary to explain the quantum superposition of the cat. that is just a distraction.

[@bitodd]

@@zeitgeist909You’re pretty sure about something you’ve clearly never read. If you read the actual letter (at least the first couple parts), it’s pretty clear. It’s a thought experiment about taking something that happens at the quantum level (radioactive decay) and translating it to a human-scale outcome to illustrate the absurdity of the idea of superposition. Observation is the point where the superposition of quantum potential is hypothesized to collapse into the “actual” outcome.

[@connergoldsborough4093]

This is such a cool take on the schrodingers cat theory, just came from the corridor video and it’s a certified banger, Niko’s muzzle flash light was a massive part of why this worked for me

[@rafakliber9147]

Got, my inner physicist wants to advice that the cat was actually to mock the QM

[@NotSoMuchFrankly]

I feel irked.

[@RFYoriginal]

The fact that Niko said "Our other channel" when referencing their OG channel 😭 But also, make the monster change the look every shot as well! Different face, different appendages, etc.

[@comedybychameleon7850]

Niko!!! Whaaaat did you make this video was amazing

[@CrimsonSlug]

A good idea to keep the theme would be time dilation. As you approach the speed of light time moves slower for you so the rest of the world appears to speed up. Imagine getting caught somewhere where this effect happened at lower speeds. If you don't move very slowly the world moves on around you supernaturally fast. This makes great horror because the faster you run the faster the monster seems to move.

[@hardrockinhere]

"A world-famous textile wholesale area" Shows a bunch of run-down closed stores

[@outkastagc]

I am so glad I watched the final first, for once. I didn't see half the details that were there, like the apartments changing in the flashes, and it's so amazing! Great work!

[@carlarmstrong7328]

Schrodinger's Zombies is actually the name of a short story I started writing but never finished.

[@MrMarshallMan3]

This is your sign to go finish it

[@miclowgunman1987]

or did you finish it but never complete it?

[@infinitenex8165]

I would never have guessed you used AI for this. I think this is the best way to demonstrate how AI can be used in filmmaking - ways that people dont notice it. It makes the VFX artist's work easier, and the final product cant be told apart from the rest.

[@fudan1]

The aim of Schrödinger's cat thought experiment was to illustrate the paradox of quantum superposition and measurement by applying quantum mechanics to a macroscopic scenario, showing how a system (the cat) could seemingly exist in two contradictory states (alive and dead) until observed. Schrödinger intended this as a critique of the Copenhagen interpretation, questioning how and when quantum possibilities collapse into a single reality, and challenging the boundaries between the quantum and classical worlds.

[@natedagreat19]

So “to help his students understand Quantum Mechanics” and how absurd the concept is. Ultimately no different to any other concept that breaks down physics as we understand it.

[@collin4555]

@@natedagreat19 It was not for the benefit of students, it was a debate between colleagues.

[@sealdoggydog]

This really is some top tier, insanely creative, out of the box thinking. This is so much more dynamic that just 'we'll make it CG", and I love it

[@michaelwoodby5261]

I mean, I think the terrifying concept in quantum mechanics is that cause and effect can run goddamn backwards, but this is good too.

[@antonliakhovitch8306]

Well, we already have Tenet for that

[@xmashayes]

This is also the case for Newtonian physics and relativity. It is a basic component of all physics that the descriptive equations can be run in either direction from any given point in time.

[@barnacleboi2595]

What about having a cause without the effect? Or better yet, having an effect without a cause. Or even bettererer yetterer: Poo poo pee pee quantum mechanics is so weird that this sentence definitely makes sense in that realm.

[@michaelwoodby5261]

@@xmashayes Something existing in a model doesn't have quite the same bite as reality breaking before your eyes.

[@xmashayes]

@michaelwoodby5261 quantum mechanics in no way breaks reality. It is the most successful scientific theory for describing reality. The predictive power of it is even more reliable than relativity. There is nothing woo woo or musical about it, only in some of the interpretations of it that are found lacking. As demonstrated by Schroedinger and his cat.

[@BioshadowX]

After hearing about this one for so long from listening to the podcast it was great to see the final result. Also loving the SCP/Control style series

[@MadSpacePig]

NGL you did the set expansion so well I thought that they had been teleported to a landfill and were outside until the white floor was dug up.

[@Dobbyisfreelmao]

Really cool to see how the film came together and the tools you used to expand your little studio into an endless space! Really makes me want to direct fun short films haha These behind the scenes episodes are always so much fun to watch!

[@Monkeylordz88]

For the third episode, I think you can take inspiration from Outer Wilds! In this case, maybe they devise a plan to beat the monster using the "rule of quantum imaging" :)

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

If they want to continue the theme of a different concept for each video that wouldn't work because this is already the same concept from Outer Wilds, including using quantum physics as the claimed explanation. OW even has a set piece where you specifically turn off the lights to exploit the effect

[@nedyrb133]

why is this such a good episode 😭😁😁 it was really cool seeing matt and dean's workflow contributing to your project :)) behind the scenes for a corridor video is always awesome

[@AVeryHeavyAgenda]

Runway gen3 expand feature is great (utilizing horizontal and vertical) but did you know the Pika 1.0 engine for almost a whole year has had a just as good and possibly better version of that same feature, its actually more configurable too where you can shrink or move the original video anywhere you want before expanding. Looking forward to you guys doing something new with video2video AI Gen3 or hunyuan-video (open source) which has gotten extremely advanced since the last few things I've seen you guys making with it. hunyuan-video has a bunch of comfy U/I configs now that can do extremely controllable specific things with video2video. Also Sora's remix/blend feature can do similar things which im sure you guys have already been playing with.

[@W1ll14m317]

Really cool, loving this series so far! In the third episode, I want to see you do something around time dilation, e.g., a character leaves their friend for 5 mins but when they come back a week has passed, that kind of thing

[@Panthror]

I loved the short, great way to include a science example in a horror scenario. For the third episode maybe you could do something with the 'Deja-vu' scene from The Matrix. Perhaps combine it with the game 'Labyrinth'. The cops go through a building where things keep resetting, kicked down doors are suddenly whole again, or the doors change positions, and walls keep changing or popping up. If you can figure out how to do it, you could turn a stairwell into an M.C. Escher painting. Etc. Anyway whatever you do I'm sure it'll be awesome.

[@daytonsoward6815]

Keep doing these type of videos where you are explaining your whole process and step by step instructions for everything. It’s fun to learn and see everyone’s touch on the project. Keep these comin!

[@chezcheese]

15:12 Is the uap debunking video coming soon? :)

[@Jack_Wolfe]

That was such a sick short for how simple the beats were. That use of Ai scene extension, I think it’s found its calling, extending sets.

[@b.z.5383]

OMG please please pleeeease make more SCP style content! Not enough of these get made and yall are the best of the best! Love this so much!

[@alexandrashipman8300]

2:14 Lighting people be stunned

[@stepankasirotek1192]

Schrodinger actually made that thought experiment in attempt to show the absurdity of quantum mechanics.

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

No, he made it specifically to show how absurd he thought the Copenhagen Interpretation was

[@Wolfpack7000]

Just a little bit more information on Schrodinger's Cat: the original idea was that you put a cat in a box with a cesium atom, a detector and some poision. If the cesium decays (which is a quantum process determined by statistical not deterministic math) then the poision drops and the cat dies, if the cesium does not decay the cat lives. The cat is then in a "quantum superposition" which means that it is in a state of being both alive and dead until directly observed. As a note this is NOT what happens is reality, it is just used to ilustrate what a superposition is.

[@arandombard1197]

It's a terrible thought experiment because it just isn't true.

[@anonymes2884]

@@arandombard1197 That it "just isn't true" is the entire point of the thought experiment (Schrodinger and Einstein were trying to highlight the _absurdity_ of what Bohr etc. were claiming quantum mechanics said about the world).

[@arandombard1197]

@@anonymes2884 It doesn't matter what the point or intent was, it was a bad thought experiment because it just doesn't apply at that scale anyway.

[@noisy3156]

Schrödingers Matt

[@Derpy101]

This is honestly so cool, and using AI to supplement amazing shots like this is the best thing artists can do for their craft. Great work, I wish this was a full movie!

[@noisy3156]

Schrödingers Wren

[@itsmebrotherkc]

what dean did using the depth map to generate different images to project on the 3d scene is freaking insane, what a great freaking idea

[@davetaira8665]

I expect "ayaiying" to become common spelling within six months.

[@subasurf]

That stable diffusion workflow for generating multiple kitchen "sets" is impressive.

[@EleosAnim]

0:11 i mean.. i can hear the cat meowing..

[@jeremyachristensen]

Man the video was so great! I hope you keep the story going! I want a full-length feature based on this premise of a malevolent reality altering location.

[@benedekfodor269]

This was my favorite short of what you made in a while! Absolutely excellent

[@davidsdoinit]

This is one of my favorite corridor videos ever

[@anco7622]

This explains the big piles of garbage in the other videos

[@AlbertaTrailCams]

If you live in Australia, check out the Darkfield experience. There's a plane crash simulator that asks the question "What would it be like in the box if you were Schrodinger's cat?"

[@Pretzil43]

Corridor: How do you generate maximum engagement comments? ChatGPT: Poorly explain Schrodinger's cat and use AI video tools

[@anonymes2884]

That's a bit too savvy for ChatGPT I suspect but that doesn't mean they didn't do it :). (I remember seeing something about actual research showing if you ask an honest question in a video you get fewer people giving you the answer than if you just straight-up state the _wrong_ answer but I can't remember where - might even have been these guys)

[@johnwatchorn6548]

I don’t usually leave comments, but I just had to drop one in real quick. Corridor Crew, you guys have been a great constant in my life ever since I discovered your Nerf John Wick video about 7 years ago (geez, I feel old). I’m blown away by the consistent quality of your work, and I especially love how you continue to find ways to innovate and improve. Seeing your company and team grow is a great joy, and I wish you all the best moving forward. PS, when’s Son of a Dungeon making a return? 😅

[@FirstLast-oe2jm]

Schrodinger cat was absolutely not a "student aid" he came up with the thought experiment as a way of demonstrating how ridiculous it is to apply quantum mechanical properties to "real-world" objects

[@CBoxStudios]

And in the process came up with an easy way for anyone to understand quantum mechanics. Just because it wasn't his intention doesn't mean that isn't what he did.

[@TahmidA150]

The concept and execution was brilliantly done>

[@Neptune0404]

First off, its as always amazing to see your work, and I really want to point out how far you all have come. From making "low quality" (you know what I mean) home videos, to making professional grade short films. And with that said I also want to touch on AI. It's a touchy topic, but it's important to remember that, like Niko says, its an asset. What we can complain about is the lack of safety rails to stop people from misusing it. And we can complain when people are guided by greed and allow AI to ruin the art. But Niko here is using it as a tool to do a job they otherwise wouldn't have been able to do. AI is an incredible tool, some people are just using it with bad intent. Superposition is an amazing short film with amazing visuals and making it without AI would have raised the cost beyond what a small crew like this can achieve.

[@Chilxx098]

Man, when I saw superposition I loved it with the video, but after watching this, I see details I hadn't seen before and I like it even more.

[@wuzupers]

I really appreciate that you acknowledge that Generative AI is a tool to be used. So often online AI is referred to anywhere from a boogeyman to a disgrace if artists use it. It's a tool. It's not going away. Learn to use it and incorporate it.

[@NRay7882]

Great work on this, I'd like to see either time manipulation or hallways/rooms that change when they're not looked at.

[@Literally_hatsune_miku_39]

This looks epic! But I cant say I’m on board with this whole artificial ‘intelligence’ thing

[@stoef]

I love that we now saw the muzzle flash simulator come into action. And boy has it paid off. Such a great asset to improve the realism of the final product

[@DANNYonPC]

Great use of GenAI for creative purposes!

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I love how a scientific concept became the basis for a horror short. especially ones that blends into a previous mind bending short. While the Schrodinger's cat concept is unique, the fact that it was probably the also basis for the Weeping Angels isn't lost on me. But this does a good job of being distinct enough from them that I didn't instantly think about it until long after the video. Makes me wonder what other concepts like it can be used: I think you guys did Time Dilation, maybe "cause and effect" or some sort of molecular weirdness?

[@sikliztailbunch]

6:29 As if AI generating trash would be something new XD

[@sei161]

This is so cool! I was wondering how you made the trash look so endless just from your studio lol. Glad to know there will be a part 3!

[@hi__im_zack4890]

I feel like the issue with the AI in this case is that it didn't understand what the garbage was for. Like in the wide shots it just looked like a landfill with metal scraps and stuff. Very much not what you would expect inside of a trash-filled apartment. Whereas the shots that were extended via more traditional CGI had a completely different type of garbage look to it.

[@KosiiqsMusic]

That is the fault of prompting. Better prompting always yields better results

[@tehpwnerer7]

You guys killed it! Such a great video and world building the tension is great!

[@Nurolight]

To me, I think Niko has the best grasp on AI and it's uses. It gets so much hate nowadays when really it's just a computer doing what it was fundementally designed to do. Crunch numbers.

[@brianmuicey1283]

Yeah, it's literally what AI is supposed to be, a Tool to help people create what they want. But people just see it as a weapon used by Masssive Corporations to cut costs and make more money for themsleves. They are basically blaming the hammer for killing a person and not the killer themself.

[@Memphis89Official]

Thanks for all you do !!!