What do you know of something like this? (thelemmy.club)

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I made a blender model and animation of this thing I experienced to show how it looks like and moves, and to use that as a way to find out if someone knows what it is, where or why. I don't know much more and am wondering what others know based on their encounters. It's somewhere at some time, seems huge. The discs are flattish and don't reflect light other than from the edges. I've tried posting in a few communities and get mostly aggravated answers, or overtly focusing on how I got this knowledge (almost like I've done something forbidden when it's not an aspect I care about), and one got modded hidden.

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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 19 hours ago

Gimbals might be free-spinning or driven by motors, it depends on what they're used for, what their purpose is. Either way though, they usually don't move all that much, it's just shown in animation for demonstration purposes. (And in sci-fi because it's cool.)

For example, there are camera gimbals which are designed to keep a mounted camera steady while the gimbal is held by a shaky human. In that case the gimbal only rotates as a counter-reaction to the rotation of the handheld part. If you have a steady hand, the gimbal would hardly move at all.

I should note that camera gimbals don't look like those fancy rings, but mechanically they do the same thing.

I can't tell you any more than that (frankly that's all I know), but since you seen interested you should take your time to read up on it and watch YouTube videos about it.

[-] funkyshoe@piefed.social 2 points 19 hours ago

appreciate it thanks. I'm familiar with camera gimbals and such as a steadying tool, but didn't connect that topic with whatever this is.

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