Dancing Column of Ball Pit Balls is Some Pretty CGI [Video]

The above video featuring a project in which a team modifies plastic ball pit balls to be affected by an electromagnet, then makes the modified balls dance in a pretty formation of multicolored plastic, was created by a CGI company Physalia. Yes, that means the dancing balls weren’t actually being manipulated in real life, and yes, an electromagnet that big would certainly affect objects in the room that were close enough to it, but that doesn’t make the video any less pretty.

The video was created for the RE:PLAY Film Festival, wherein teams were tasked with creating a piece with the theme of “happy,” and thus, a dancing column of ball pit balls was born.

(via reddit)