Top Ten Tenth Dimension Blogs - July Report

Previous lists:
. April 08 . May 08 . June 08 . July 08 . August 08
. September 08 . October 08 . November 08 . December 08 .
. Top 100 Blog Entries of 2008 . May 09 . June 09 . July 09
. August 09 . September 09 . October 09 . November 09 .
. December 09 . Top 100 Blog Entries of 2009 .
. January 10 . February 10 . March 10 . April 10 . May 10 .
. June 10 .

Based upon number of views, here are the top blogs for the last thirty days. As always, the number in brackets is the entry's position in the previous month's report.

1. Three Becomes One (5)
2. Love and Gravity (new)
3. Are Bees More Sixth-Dimensional? (new)
4. Just Six Things (new)
5. Rift (new)
6. Video - Rob on Bigfish Radio (new)
7. The Fifth Dimension is Spooky - YouTube (new)
8. Seeing Time, Feeling Colors, Tasting Light - YouTube (new)
9. Polish Subtitles - You Can't Get There From Here (new)
10. New Animation - What's Around the Corner? (new)

And as of July 26th, 2010, here are the twenty-six Imagining the Tenth Dimension blog entries that have attracted the most visits of all time. Items marked in bold are new or have risen since last month.

1. Jumping Jesus (1)
2. What's Around the Corner? (2)
3. Mandelbulbs (4)
4. Creativity and the Quantum Universe (3)
5. An Expanding 4D Sphere (5)
6. Just Six Things: The I Ching (6)
7. Roger Ebert on Quantum Reincarnation (7)
8. Poll 44 - The Biocentric Universe Theory (9)
9. Augmented Reality (8)
10. The 5th-Dimensional Camera Project (new)
11. How to Time Travel (15)
12. Poll 43 - Is the Multiverse Real? (12)
13. The Holographic Universe (10)
14. Alien Mathematics (13)
15. Seeing Time, Feeling Colors, Tasting Light (14)
16. Slices of Reality (11)
17. When's a Knot Not a Knot? (16)
18. Our Universe Within the Omniverse (new)
19. The Quantum Solution to Time's Arrow (17)
20. Dancing on the Timeline (23)
21. Monkeys Love Metallica (18)
22. Consciousness in Frames per Second (20)
23. Beer and Miracles (19)
24. The Big Bang is an Illusion (21)
25. Poll 46 - Big Bang an Illusion? (22)
26. Poll 54 - Is Time Moving Faster? (25)

Which means that these worthy submissions are leaving our top 26 of all time list this month:

Norway's Reverse Deja Vu (24)
Urban Garden Magazine (26)

By the way, if you're new to this project, you might want to check out the Tenth Dimension FAQ, as it provides a road map to a lot of the discussions and different materials that have been created for this project. If you are interested in the 26 songs attached to this project, this blog shows a video for each of the songs and provides more links with lyrics and discussion. The Annotated Tenth Dimension Video provides another cornucopia of discussion topics to be connected to over at YouTube. And as always, here's a reminder that the Tenth Dimension Forum is a good place to converse with other people about these ideas.

Enjoy the journey!

Rob Bryanton

Next: Jumping Jesus on YouTube

Ringing in the Brain, Making Connections

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwqokws42s

Last week, in Viendo el tiempo, Sintiendo los Colores, Saboreando la luz, I mentioned what a great feeling it is when new connections are being made to like-minded individuals around the world. The Spanish subtitles created for my recent video blog by YouTube user EmpoweredByKnowledge are a great example of that.

Now, here's another new video blog for your enjoyment. The text blog version of Ringing in the Brain was published last October, I'm still pretty far behind here but trust me, I'm trying to get these more caught up to each other as quickly as I can.

Rather than quote YouTube comments this time, I wanted to thank a reader named Tara who contacted me with questions about Carl Jung and his concept of the Collective Unconscious, and also about Nikola Tesla, where she provided this fascinating quote from the wikipedia entry about his life:

Tesla engaged in reading many works, memorizing complete books, supposedly having a photographic memory.^[21] Tesla related in his autobiography that he experienced detailed moments of inspiration. During his early life, Tesla was stricken with illness time and time again. He suffered a peculiar affliction in which blinding flashes of light would appear before his eyes, often accompanied by visions. Much of the time the visions were linked to a word or idea he might have come across, at other times they would provide the solution to a particular problem he had been encountering; just by hearing the name of an item, he would be able to envision it in realistic detail. Modern-day synesthetes report similar symptoms. Tesla would visualise an invention in his mind with extreme precision, including all dimensions, before moving to the construction stage; a technique sometimes known as picture thinking. He typically did not make drawings by hand, instead just conceiving all ideas with his mind. Tesla also often had flashbacks to events that had happened previously in his life; these began during his childhood.^[21]

In entries like Seeing Time, Feeling Colors, Tasting Light and Crossed Wires in the Brain, we've talked not just about synaesthesia, but also explored how the implicit connections within these conditions might be helping to reveal other things about how intimately connected reality and consciousness really are. In the same vein, Adam, who's a YouTube fan calling themselves "virulentRant", asked me about a condition I'd never come across before: ever hear of Exploding Head Syndrome? Here's a quote from the wikipedia article on that condition:

This noise usually occurs within an hour or two of falling asleep, but is not necessarily the result of a dream and can happen while awake as well.^[1] While the sound is perceived as extremely loud, it is usually not accompanied by pain. Attacks appear to change in number over time, with several attacks occurring in a space of days or weeks followed by months of remission. Sufferers often feel a sense of fear and anxiety after an attack, accompanied by elevated heart rate. Attacks are also often accompanied by perceived flashes of light (when perceived on their own, known as a "visual sleep start") or difficulty in breathing. The condition is also known as "auditory sleep starts". It is not thought to be dangerous,^[1] although it is sometimes distressing to experience. Sufferers may experience an inability to vocalize any sound, or mild forms of sleep paralysis during an attack.

Which leads me to another interesting contact I recently received from a new Facebook friend who suffers from Sleep Paralysis and is participating in a study at the University of Waterloo: "SPAWN, the Waterloo Sleep Paralysis and Waking Nightmare Study". Check out the link, this was a whole other field I'd never heard of before but which seems to be an interesting tangent to all of the above discussions.

Don't you love those times when it seems like things are coming together, and the synchronicites are firing, and you're in the Flow? Me too. That's what seems to have happened in the past few weeks since my new Ringing in the Brain video was released.

Enjoy the journey!

Rob Bryanton

Next - Jumping Jesus on YouTube

Gojira

A direct link to the above movie is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wAd0c4gEds

Did you know that Godzilla's name in the original 1954 release was Gojira? If you did, then you're probably one of this movie monster's big fans.

It seems the release of the Godzilla t-shirt for which Talking Dog created the Augmented Reality has stirred up some questions - in fact, I just received a list of them from Masahiro Wakahisa of the blog TokyoStateofMind. Masahiro (Matt) is an artist from New Jersey, and an avid Godzilla fan - elsewhere on the net he has already declared an Oath that he is going to use his talents to end up in the closing credits of Legendary Pictures' 2012 production of Godzilla. It's good to dream big, that's how you make things happen!

Here's his list of questions and and my responses:

Masahiro: I must say you definitely stirred things up in Fanboy land. This is like the Holy Grail of Godzilla news at the moment. Thank you for the opportunity. Here are some questions. There have been various sources stating that this shirt of yours is a hoax and some saying that it is legitimate. Can you start off by telling us the truth? Is this shirt an official promotional item for Legendary Pictures' upcoming feature "Gojira"?

Rob: Yes. Yes it is.

How did Legendary go about contacting Talking Dog Studios in taking on this project?
If possible, can you please give us a short summary of the creation of this project.

Our blog entry Talking Dog Makes Hollywood Connection touched on this, but I can give you a little more detail here. We've been creating flash-based Augmented Reality projects since the beginning of 2009, so we have a lot of tools in our chest now, so to speak. There still really aren't many companies like ours out here doing creative Augmented Reality projects, so when Larry Monte of California’s Corporate Images went out on the net looking for somebody to implement an augmented reality t-shirt, he liked our work and hired us. Larry had a clear idea right from the start of what he wanted the Augmented Reality presentation to do, and as soon as our first demo was shown to Legendary Pictures everyone was very enthusiastic about it.

What was your reaction when Legendary called upon Talking Dog to help promote Gojira?

I was eight years old when King Kong vs. Godzilla came out, definitely one of my fondest childhood memories was watching that film up on the big screen! My friends and I couldn't stop talking about it. Over the years I've collected every Godzilla movie I've been able to find - so of course it was a huge thrill to know we could be a part of this re-launch of the franchise.

How is an effect like this achieved?

Magic.

Why such a sneaky, silent release?

Interesting question. I'm sure Legendary Pictures would rather answer that one. I don't think it's so much that they were being sneaky as they are only in the very first stages of production, so it's not like they could show us all clips from the movie or anything yet.

Will there be future updates on the film?

No question.

Will there be another run/printing of these shirts?

No idea. They're giving them away free at Comic-Con, but we don't know if they plan to sell them from the Legendary Pictures website in the future or whatever. I would say right now that if you were lucky enough to get one, hang on to it because it's a collector's item!

Did you expect the reception you received?

So far all the feedback we've received has been very positive, people really like being able to shoot Godzilla's "atomic breath" out of their chests, and the way the smoke rises into the air afterwards.

Will there be future collaborations involving Gojira that you can tell us about?

We certainly hope so!

Who designed the Godzilla art featured?

The design was supplied to us by artist Jim Zubkavich of Udon Comics, working in consultation with Michael Jenson of Legendary Pictures who was our main contact at the studio.

Is the logo featured on the back of the shirt the logo for the film?

Could be. Don't know.

Are the sound effects utilized in the project from Legendary Pictures or your own source material?

At Talking Dog Studios we also do music and sound for films and television shows. We created the overall sound design for what's heard in the presentation, but of course you can hear there is a modified version of the original Toho Company Godzilla vocalization that's layered in there.

Are there Godzilla fans over at Talking Dog?

Yes!

What are your expectations of the film? Should the fans have high hopes for the film?

Look at Legendary Pictures. They have given us some of the coolest films that have come out in the last while: Inception, Where the Wild Things Are, 300, Watchmen, the list goes on and on. I think there's every reason to expect a great film when you see the Legendary Pictures name attached to a project!

What are your thoughts on the future of Augmented Reality?

Augmented Reality is going to be such a part of our lives that we won't even think about it. It will be similar to what's already happening with people who have grown so used to using the dual touch screen on an iPhone/iPod/iPad - it's disappointing to them when they sit down at a screen and the can't just push, pinch, and pull the data around on their screen. Augmented Reality will be the same - it will become completely expected that no matter what device you're using there will be AR types of interaction available: and particularly since all the gaming platforms have Augmented Reality interfaces in development, and all of the smart phones on the market now have AR, this is not just speculation... really it's already a done deal.

Is there any chance I could get a shirt? (I had to throw that one in there)

Sorry, that would have to come from Legendary Pictures.

Thanks, I hope these questions aren't a hassle and I appreciate any answers you give. Thank you very much once again.

Masahiro

No problem! And I wish you every success, thanks for the questions!

Enjoy the journey,

Rob Bryanton

Next: Ringing in the Brain, Making Connections

Viendo el tiempo, Sintiendo los Colores, Saboreando la luz

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k31w3xhV0KI

I'd like to thank YouTube user "EmpoweredByKnowledge" for volunteering to translate this video to Spanish and create the subtitles. Check out their channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EmpoweredByKnowledge

For a discussion of the English version of this video:
http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2010/07/seeing-time-feeling-colors-tasting.html

And the original blog this video comes from is here:
http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2009/09/seeing-time-feeling-colors-tasting.html

It's always thrilling to watch these ideas percolate out into the world, and to see other people taking the time to create additional layers as we're seeing here. Thank you, EmpoweredByKnowledge!

Enjoy the journey,

Rob Bryanton

Next: Gojira

BIG BANG BIG BOOM

Do I even have to tell you all the reasons I love this incredible stop-motion animation? Check it out!

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8

Coming up next: Viendo el tiempo, Sintiendo los Colores, Saboreando la luz

New Animation - What's Around the Corner?

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_MgAfeZkk

After having released well over three hundred videos on YouTube, I'd say the above vlog entry comes closest to re-creating the graphic approach to visualizing the dimensions of my original Imagining the Tenth Dimension animation. As we celebrate the fourth anniversary of the launching of my project this month it does seem like an interesting idea to return to that style once again. Fans of the original animation will note that I didn't add sound effects, and that is certainly one thing I wrestled with creatively - the first video has been viewed millions of times on sites like revver and YouTube, but it has also had some people saying they found the sound effects distracting: so this time around I'm showing some of the same or conceptually similar graphics from the original, but with voiceover only. If you're among the contingent who loved the original version's sound effects and feel like they're missing this time around, please feel free to make them yourself as you watch along! :)

Enjoy the journey!

Rob Bryanton

Next: BIG BANG BIG BOOM

The Fifth Dimension is Spooky - YouTube

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHUHSXwntfg

As part of our celebration of the four year anniversary of Imagining the Tenth Dimension this month, we've been looking at some of the new videos posted at youtube and the comments being made there by people interested in the project. Last time we looked at the video for Seeing Time, Feeling Colors, Tasting Light. Now, here's some of the comments which were posted in the first few days after the above video for The Fifth Dimension is Spooky went up:

gadzometer

Wow.. I think I am having a flashback. Your background is reminiscent of some your older videos. There are now three areas of biology that can be explained by Quantum Entanglement. Photosynthesis, Avian navigation and mechanism that holds DNA together. They are all documented in reputable scientific journals (Nature I think).

kamalmichael

"now" is the 5th dimension ?
10thdim
@kamalmichael Right. Watch "The 5th Dimensional Camera Project" for one of my most recent videos about how my idea how that our "now" is a continually evolving point in the fifth dimension, being observed one planck frame after another is starting to gain some acceptance within mainstream science.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87TkFOR_Js

TheForestInYou

Spooky!

kronweed

gotta love Rob Bryanton... he has definitely reshaped my view of the universe.

eVentyrBoost

Hello Rob, I'm wondering what you might think about out of body experiences, I think that obe's are the only way we can experience the other dimensions, lower and higher. I myself have had some out of body experiences and I know its real, though it still might be to controversial for mainstream science. I think if humanity would know for a fact that this really is occurring to people, much good would come from it.

10thdim

@eVentyrBoost Hi eVentyrBoost, I don't have a video made for them yet but if you google OBE Bryanton the top couple of links that come up appear to be my blog entries called "Entangled Awareness and OBEs" and "Entangled Neurons". Check them out and see what you think!
Thanks for writing,
Rob

defect530

i wish my cat could understand me, i would explain this stuff to her. i bet she could grasp it better than most humans :D

windham666

buddha would be pleased; everything is connected to everything else via the 5th dimension?

12GaugeLosAngeles

YES!!!! a 10 minute video... you talking is like a brain massage, Rob. Thank You

TheDarkSagan

For some reason when I try to come up with a reason of why information can transfer faster than light. I think maybe we only observe the particles to be entangled and sending information, but in actuality they're in superposition and that there really isn't a transfer at all.

MainFist

i know why i subscribed to this channel
everytime i watch a video from you a part of my mind blows up and reforms itself into new :)

Rozwellonline

science will soon prove that science is primitive and that we need to mentally focus on nature so our minds can travel to these dimensions to understand what our physical bodies cannot experience ..our mind is the key

googlerobabdul

Rob, you are awesome!

Hey, what can I say, it's always nice to hear a compliment! And I'm so glad to see all the people out there who are using these videos as an opportunity to think more deeply about the nature of reality.

Enjoy the journey!

Rob Bryanton

Next time we'll look at a new animation for one of my most popular blog entries of all time: What's Around the Corner?