A CGI masterpiece created by Animusic LLC in the early 2000s

"Resonant Chamber" by Animusic —CGI

Cool to watch! One of Animusic’s masterpieces🔥

They used to sell dvds of these at Fry’s

I didn’t know that

Ugh, this is the incomplete version. I remember when it used to circulate with an E-mail claiming it was actually real.

Thanks for sharing the full version. I think people will want to watch this

made me think of this (non CGI) contraption

Wow! This is brilliant

I cannot even begin to calculate how many times i watched this video back in the day, to the point where i probably still have it on an old hard drive somewhere. A proper hypnotic watch!

It’s almost impossible not to be hypnotized. Incredible!

Well, that's my evening sorted, thanks to this post I now know theres even more videos like this!!!

reminds me of the marble machine

@Dan_Shawn_ The first thing that comes to mind

then Intel made the real one

That was brilliant

Actually, the first version is called "More bells and whistles" and was made in 1990. It was part of the 1990's Moscow animation festival.

Hearing this for the first time. Thanks for sharing!

Here is the complete set

By far the best one

Perfect

I remember this from the ATI video card demo

When?

I had all these DVDs

No way!!

The amazing thing about this, is that it is computer generated. They created a pallet of instruments, the rules for each sound, then fed the program a music score. The program had to calculate the launch times for the balls so they would hit at the right time.

When you think it like this, it’s getting more interesting

This video used to play on repeat in Best Buy Insignia Home Theater rooms in full High Def 720p

Woah!

This is the type of music they be playing on those goofy ass speakers

hey that's my lifelong hyper fixation appearing out of nowhere on the timeline. nice!

💯

I remember the firs time seeing it, in the CRT monitor at I believe it was 240p we had, it looked so real to us back then.

I can’t even imagine seeing this for the first time back then. It must be crazy

Whoa. I remember getting this in an email from a distant relative in the 2000's.

@MichaelianShine Nostalgia

Still 🔥 in 2026 👍

Absolutely!

Y’all I had a teacher that had these on DVD she’s let us watch them fridays if we did all our work early. You’re a goat, Mrs. Crabtree. God bless.

Memories… God bless her!

You have awoken a mempry as old as time for me

If you want to really impress me, build this machine in real life

I had no idea these existed. It feels very anti-slop; precise and thoughtful. I think this sort of thing is what you see when only the tip of the demographic pyramid is involved in a field. Once it is invaded by normies, this sort of whimsical, clever stuff disappears.

I still have the demo app of this that allows you to turn the camera and such.

Loved it when this popped up on PBS

13 years ago they had started a Kickstart for the 3rd DVD and I believe get a good sum of cash collected but nothing has happened. Video is still on their youtube channel.

Reminded me of this 😆

Animusic! Classic.

🔥

I have that on VHS somewhere 😂

Same here😂

@grok, how difficult would it be to build the exact contraption to operate in the same way in 2026?

music class

Sweet mercy, never thought I'd see this animation again! Last I saw of it was when it aired on Eye Drops on TechTV!

This was literally my favorite video when I was in middle school

@Maandblad_Henk