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Cicret Bracelet DEBUNK

Captain Disillusion · 12.2M views · 2016-09-24 · 13:26

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Captain Disillusion debunks the Cicret Bracelet, a crowdfunded wearable that claimed to project a touchscreen onto the wrist. He looks at the concept, design, execution and fundraising.

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HN uses the Cicret Bracelet as shorthand for vaporware, applied to products like the Humane AI Pin, and praises Captain Disillusion's production values.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2024

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jw1224 · 2017-10 · Strong recommendation

This seems like a good time to mention Captain Disillusion. A filmmaker and video editor, Alan Melikdjanian, started a YouTube channel back in 2007. He debunks viral videos and adverts, whilst performing in character as the rather surreal "Captain Disillision". Don't let the bizarre performance scare you off - his production values are simply outstanding, especially considering he does this all pretty-much singlehandedly, and has done so with hardly any recognition for the past 10 years. I think his channel only hit 100k subscribers last year, so it looks like he might finally be getting some well-deserved recognition. Here's a few links to some of his best stuff. You'll probably be thinking "WTF is this?" when you first start watching, but trust me and stick with it: - [LINK] - [VIDEO] - [LINK]

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 2024-04 · Criticism

Ah yes because light rays from lasers are fundamentally better than other light rays. Handheld projectors won't catch on until the next breakthrough in physics [VIDEO] love with your heart, use your head for everything else

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gus_massa · 2023-11 · Reference

Is that real or CGI? I looked at it for a long time and I didn't find any smoking gun (perhaps too much shacking, it looks like fake shacking). I've seen too many videos of Captain Disillusion, in particular [VIDEO]

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