Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My version of Bad Apple based on the 'weird POV effect' technique. I've made two versions, this one is based on the full black-and-white frames of the Bad Apple original, which results in severe strobing - DO NOT WATCH if you are photosensitive.
Although you can clearly see the animation when the video is playing, when you pause you just see random(-ish) noise.
How it's done: starting with a black frame, each frame of Bad Apple is added (using exclusive-or/XOR) in sequence, so that each frame you see is the XOR 'sum' of all the other frames up to that point. This has an interesting result at the end of the video, after Bad Apple has played through twice.
The strobing is caused by the large areas of white pixels, which cause every pixel in those areas to flip between black and white on every frame (incoming black pixels don't cause any change). For a more relaxing experience, watch version 1, which only draws the outline of the shapes on each frame.
00:00 Photosensitivity warning
00:05 Bad Apple!! - first play
03:43 Intermission
03:48 Bad Apple!! - second play
My version of Bad Apple based on the 'weird POV effect' technique. I've made two versions, this one is based on the full black-and-white frames of the Bad Apple original, which results in severe strobing - DO NOT WATCH if you are photosensitive.
Although you can clearly see the animation when the video is playing, when you pause you just see random(-ish) noise.
How it's done: starting with a black frame, each frame of Bad Apple is added (using exclusive-or/XOR) in sequence, so that each frame you see is the XOR 'sum' of all the other frames up to that point. This has an interesting result at the end of the video, after Bad Apple has played through twice.
The strobing is caused by the large areas of white pixels, which cause every pixel in those areas to flip between black and white on every frame (incoming black pixels don't cause any change). For a more relaxing experience, watch version 1, which only draws the outline of the shapes on each frame.
00:00 Photosensitivity warning
00:05 Bad Apple!! - first play
03:43 Intermission
03:48 Bad Apple!! - second play
