Yuvaan Vithlani

RabbitHole

It starts with one small question. Then it gets out of hand.

Rocket racing towards a wall of light, from the speed-of-light story A phone listening to a song, from the Shazam story A torn bank card revealing the systems inside, from the card story

Animated stories about the ordinary, the strange and everything hiding in plain sight.

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Where it can go.

Released? Not an episode

Frame from the speed-of-light story: Earth, Mars and two clocks
Physics

Why can't anything travel faster than light?

Released
Frame from the Shazam story: a phone naming a song in traffic
Music and sound

How does Shazam recognize a song?

Released
Frame from the card story: a tiny person beside a giant terminal
Everyday technology

What actually happens after you tap your card?

Released
Sleep and the mind

Can you control your dreams?

? Not an episode
Time and perception

Why does time seem to accelerate as we age?

? Not an episode

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Thumbnail: Why Can't Anything Go Faster Than Light?

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Why Can't Anything Go Faster Than Light?

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More stories

Making curiosity visible

1. The question

How does Shazam recognize a song?

2. The surprise

Your phone never really listened to the music.

Style test: the sound-fingerprint scene on a dark background
3. Visual experiment

A style test, made in dark and light.

Finished frame: the same scene on a pale background
4. Finished story

The light version, in the final video.

Questions I'm exploring

A personal notebook, not a release schedule.

From my notebook

  • Why do we experience déjà vu?
  • How does noise cancellation work?
  • How large is the observable universe?
  • What happens when a smartphone takes a photograph?

Or pull one at random. These are curiosities, not upcoming episodes.

Follow the rabbit hole.

RabbitHole lives on my YouTube channel.

Yuvaan Vithlani on YouTube