Mind-blowing bowling robot video is completely computer-generated

No, a terrifying bowling ball-throwing robot does not exist. Yet.
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Marcus Gilmer
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Mind-blowing bowling robot video is completely computer-generated
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The above video, the creation of motion graphics designer Tom Coben, is mind-blowing for multiple reasons: the terrifyingly good bowling robot and the fact that the entire video is completely computer-generated.

When Coben shared it to Twitter, the video went hugely viral, garnering over 70,000 retweets and 14.5 million video views as of Friday afternoon.

It also had a lot of people fooled into thinking that the bowling robot was completely real. So much so that Coben had to make clear that, no, it's not real.

He's already uploaded another amazing CGI robot, one that hits baseballs. And has started integrating the hashtag #notreal, just so it's extra clear.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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