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Unbelievable animation: close encounters of the desktop kind


You may never look at your cell phone the same way again after seeing this UFO landing on some innocent soul's desk. What a convincing special effect! Quick, look under your desk to see if any tiny aliens are crawling around down there.

It's not only the realistic sounds that sell the visuals, but the camera movement and shifting focus makes it look like it was shot with a handheld camcorder. Remarkable.

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By keithldick at 11:18 PM ON 02/14/08

Well that was a cool vid, I'm amazed some Phone maker hasn't used something like this already...

Thanks for sharing

By dsfa at 12:19 PM ON 02/17/08

My phone didn't come with aliens inside!

I feel ripped off.

By ghosty191 at 3:26 PM ON 02/17/08

That is the coolest done graphics I've seen in a long time.

By DGLB at 5:47 AM ON 02/19/08

I always suspected there was something funny about cellphones... the way I could never get them to work properly.

By iheartcabbage at 1:59 AM ON 02/20/08

there are aliens in my cellphone, sometimes i hear voices coming from it

By prolenot at 2:59 AM ON 02/25/08

That is a new commercial for the new Alienware/Dell phone. Its's suppose to be sick, with amazing graphics and killer games. Internet and all that fancy stuff, going to be better than iphone.

By Norski at 11:32 PM ON 03/07/08

Wow.

Very impressive! You're right: the simulated camera blur of a 'hand held camera' helps 'sell' this as a believable video clip.

By edhurly at 10:46 AM ON 05/08/08

I totally believe that! Thanks for letting us in on.


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