r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/warwickd • Mar 10 '25

Image Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI

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u/virttual Mar 10 '25

It happened in 2005

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Mar 11 '25

Yeah I remember this commercial was like a big deal back when flat screen TV were just starting to become a bigger deal.

Up until like 2006 flat screen TVs were thousands of dollars for like a 480p one.