VideoForge · spacetime crystal

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Drop a tape. Forge a crystal.

A video is a volume of X × Y × T. Slice it — or swap X with time and play.

or try a demo

Time you can cut

Stack every frame and a video is a 3D crystal: width is X, height is Y, time is T.

  • Play along T — ordinary film. Each frame is an XY picture.
  • Play along X (X↔T) — swap the horizontal axis with time.
  • Play along Y (Y↔T) — swap the vertical axis with time.
  • Flip an axis — the crystal is mirrored along that axis.

On the cube, the bright edge is the slice currently playing. Drag the slice sliders to walk a knife through the crystal.

Space play · 1 / 2 / 3 switch axis · ← → frame · X Y T flip · double-click cube to reset view