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50 Times Real-Life Looked Like It Didn’t Render Properly
If life was a video game… wait, what if it is? Below, we have some very intense evidence that points to the fact that our reality is full of weird, unexplainable glitches.
Quite like Blade Runner, GTA V, and even The Sims, what if Elon Musk was right and it’s one hell of a simulation? Well, let’s not just jump to conclusions before scrolling through this entertaining compilation of photos with things that look like rendering errors. Think of blurs, pixels, stuff being out of focus, you name it.
Upvote your favorite pics and be sure to check out our previous post with real-life photos that look like screenshots of a video game or a movie set.
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#1
This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot
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#2
Entrance Of An Underwater Observatory In Lake Zug (Switzerland). I Took The Photo At The Weekend, Reminds Me Of The Truman Show
#3
8-Bit Pupper
#4
A Friend On Social Media Spotted This One Pixel Glitch In The Matrix
#5
This Picture Of A Car Bumper Taken After A Car Crash Looks Like It Belongs To A Car Coming From Another Dimension
#6
This Building Looks Like It's Just One Wall Of Windows
#7
This Is Flat Farmland In Eastern Colorado With Windblown/Melted Patches Of Snow Creating A Crazy 3D Illusion
#8
When The Sun Is Directly Overhead In Hawaii, It Looks Like A Bad Video Game Render
#9
Gotta Turn Up Render Distance
#10
Part Of The Cloud Is In Low Resolution
#11
This Floating Ice Effect Caused By A Flood
#12
The Way The Leaves Grow On This Tree Make It Look Blurry
Ren Karlej 5 years ago
Meh, everything looks blurry to me. I need new glasses!! (Opticians finally on Saturday, hooray!!)
#13
My Buddy's Cup Before Our Final Exam Looked Quite Weird On The Table
#14
This Grass Brick Combo
#15
Photo I Took Of The Charles River Looks Like Two Different Pictures
#16
This Pattern Makes It Look Like The Floor Suddenly Drops Off
#17
Poorly Rendered Trees, Just A Transparent Texture
Laura Mende (Human) 5 years ago (edited)
Schönbrunn castle Vienna??? But in summer they are pretty as heck!
#18
Someone Hasn’t Completed The World Of Light Map
#19
Textures On The Church Hasn't Loaded Yet
#20
This Fence Looks Like The Boundaries Of A Game's Playable Area
#21
The Furniture In This Room Made The Photo I Took Look Like A Render
#22
Not A Glitch In The Photo, Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad
#23
A Black House In Germany
#24
Sky.exe Failed To Load Some Pixels
#25
Floating Truck Canopy
#27
The Apple's Skin I Cut Looks Like From A Low-Poly Game
#28
Drive Past This Building Every Morning, Finally Enough Traffic Today To Safely Take A Picture
#29
Eastern Redbud Looks Out Of Focus
#30
This Mosque In Istanbul Looks Like It Was Rendered On The Lowest Settings Possible
#31
This Building Looks Like It Had A Rendering Error
#32
The Shadows Aren't Rendering Properly
#33
Just The Tide Line, Church Bay, NZ
#34
My Peeler Gives Pixelated Looking Peels
#35
I Think There's A Glitch In The Matrix
#36
When The Trees Don't Render
Jayne Kyra 5 years ago
Simplified context from Reddit: Trees sprayed with insecticide, bees did not care, bees dead, wrapped trees until bad insects die and bees live.
#37
This Bizarre Brickwork On My Neighboring Building
#38
Downloading Windows - 90% Complete
#39
"Lahaina Noon" Is When The Sun Is Positioned Directly Overhead, And It Causes Some Objects To Look Photoshopped Into The World
Henry Hagens 5 years ago
Cool. I'd never heard of that because I live really far from the equator.
#40
Looks Like Part Of The Building Is Just Windows
#41
This Diseased Leaf That Looks Pixelated
#42
This Tree I Saw Today Looks Like It Didn’t Render Correctly
#43
The Carts Sign Letters Appear To Float In The Air
#44
Real Life Video Game Glitches
#45
The Fog During My Flight Makes Illinois Seem Like It Hasn’t Rendered
#46
This Apple Has A Blurry Streak That Looks Like The Texture Hasn't Loaded All The Way
#47
My Job Is To Build Walls Not Move Screens
#48
My Unmounted Sheet Metal Roof Looks Fake
#49
Half-Rendered Building
#50
The Clouds Are Glitching In Phoenix, AZ
#51
Just A Guy Wearing A Hoodie
#52
Rendering Error
#53
When You Can Only Afford A 10x10 Shadow Map
#54
This Tree Looks Like A Graphics Glitch
Moneythink 5 years ago
Definitely the way to do it. Too many people would just cut down the tree.
#55
The Clouds Failed To Render
#56
2D Building
Moneythink 5 years ago
What am I even looking at here? It doesn't look like mirrors, nor does it appear to be a triangular building. It looks like the wall was raised up to the second floor.
#57
Car Failed To Render Completely
KATELYN BERRYMAN 5 years ago
it looks like in those movies when the car with invisibility turn its thing off and it slowly turns visible.
#58
The Way The Shadows Look Between My Coffee Mugs
beastmachine. 5 years ago
Diffraction, similar to YDSE. Used to prove that light has wave nature as well
#59
Flying Into Or Out Of A Partially Loaded City
#60
This Building That Looks Like It Glitched During The Rendering
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago (edited)
Sid takes his sister's perfectly good dollhouse and drops his toy bridge on it.
#61
The Reflection Off A Skyscraper Looks Like The Sky
the fallen soufflé 5 years ago
The poor birds… if humans can barely see it I don’t wanna imagine what will happen to the birds…
#62
Was In An Airplane When I Noticed How Far My Rendering Distance Actually Is
#63
Mirage On Lake Ontario Makes Boat Look Like It's Flying
#64
This Building Looks Like A Movie Prop
#65
Buildings Look Like They Haven't Fully Rendered In
#66
This Is In Focus
KATELYN BERRYMAN 5 years ago (edited)
You could have just easily said that it wasn't focused, and now, my eyes are gonna die for it. Thanks.
#67
These Tables Look Like A 3D Rendering
#68
This Tree Started To Render Itself Differently Halfway
#69
The Paint On This Building Is The Same Shade As The Sky
#70
This Boat Looks Like A GPU Rendering Error
#71
The Shine On This Filing Cabinet Makes It Look Like It's Fading Away
#72
Help, My Bike Spawned In A Wall
#73
Skin Texture Failed To Load
#74
This Cut In Half Truck That Looks Like It's Coming Out The Floor
#75
This House In My Neighborhood Looks Like The "Untextured" Version Of Others
#77
This Parking Deck Looks Like It Has Poor Anti-Aliasing
#78
This Cool Pattern Cast On The Snow By Our Street Light
#79
A Building That Seems To Be Flat
#80
A Tower In San Francisco Had Its Material Set To Be Semi-Transparent. Or The Napa Fires Caused A Haze In Front Of The Building, Illuminated By The Sun
#81
The Reflections In This Building Make It Look Like A Bad Render
#82
The Screens Make These Trees Look Poorly Rendered
#83
When Your Textures Haven’t Fully Loaded Yet
#84
Building Not Rendered
#85
This Tunnel Photo I Took Looks Like A 3D Render
#86
Damage From Beechie Creek Fire In Gates Oregon
#89
This Floor Looks Like It's Glitching Out
#90
These Sea Barrier Rocks Look Like A Poor Computer Generation
#91
I Cut A Pack Of Bacon In Half
#92
The Way The Snow Melted In My University's Courtyard Makes The Floor Look Like A Video Game
#95
The Grid Patterned LED Street Lamps Makes The Leaves' Shadow Look Like It Was Rendered On Low Settings
#96
Didn't Have Enough Batter Left For A Full Waffle. Looks Like It Didn't Finish Rendering
#97
Textures: Ultra, Shader: Ultra, Water: Ultra, Shadows: Low
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Someone please interpret the caption into language. I see shadows coming from structures on the right out of camera range or cropped.
#98
The Construction Next Door Doesn’t Look Real - It Looks Like A Painted Backdrop
#99
These Pates That Look Like A Low-Resolution Texture From A Videogame
#100
The Background Of My Friends Picture Looks Like A Rendering
#101
This Bush In My Front Yard Looks Like A Video Game Render
#102
Dead Pixel In Google Earth
#103
My Phone Glitched While Taking A Picture Of The Sunset And This Happened
#105
Phone Died As I Was Taking This Picture At My Job At A Vet's Office. Result Was This Glitched Photo Of Thomas The Bengal Cat
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