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  • 2019-06-14 (xsd:date)
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  • ‘Gyro Drop’ Ride Video – Truth or Fiction? (en)
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  • ‘Gyro Drop’ Ride Video Claim A video shows a swing function on an extreme ride called Gyro Drop. Rating Not True Like this fact check? Reporting On June 13 2019, @Complex tweeted the following footage, purportedly showing a ride called Gyro Drop and its swing feature: WHO WOULD INVENT A RIDE LIKE THIS??? pic.twitter.com/moRN6N4UbV — Complex (@Complex) June 13, 2019 The tweet was viewed more than 13 million times in just 24 hours. @Complex did not include any additional information about the Gyro Drop ride, such as its location. However, replies to the tweet addressed whether the clip was genuine. One user shared a different video of the Gyro Drop ride that did not include the swing at a stomach-dropping height: Research... Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die Ride: Gyro Drop addy: Seoul, South Korea Located: Lotte World (amusement park) Oh and it’s fake😃 Original ride goes up while spinning and down. No swings. pic.twitter.com/16Re3QiiqD — •yktv• (@Ur_Usual_Bomber) June 14, 2019 That reader claimed Gyro Drop was located in Seoul, South Korea. A 2006 YouTube video showed the same ride in the same location, but without the swinging effect: Popular debunking Twitter account @HoaxEye sent several tweets in response to the many versions of the Gyro Drop video, explaining that the most notably portion of the clip was computer generated: That video is not real. It is actually a piece from a short film ‘The Centrifuge Brain Project’ by Till Nowak. A clip of VFX/CGI has been taken out of context. https://t.co/7IvWaD1v8j — HoaxEye (@hoaxeye) June 13, 2019 Omg this old CGI/VFX marketing stunt always comes back. Original video by Misfits Content Creators. https://t.co/qv0wTiDhLL https://t.co/AHUAHGJVYs — HoaxEye (@hoaxeye) June 13, 2019 One more time, because this video is very viral and I keep receiving questions about it. That is CGI footage from a short film ‘The Centrifuge Brain Project’ by Till Nowak. You can find the original from YouTube. https://t.co/5ilnlTWKsx — HoaxEye (@hoaxeye) June 14, 2019 The UK’s Independent explained the function of the edited version of Gyro Drop versus the actual ride: In the footage, the tower extends to a quite alarming height and as the carousel rises up the seats drop down and effectively become swings and begin to rotate before dropping back down to the ground. [...] Rather than having dangerous looking swings drop down from the carousel, the seats remain in place as the ride spins around before dropping again. A version of the clip tweeted by @Complex appeared on YouTube , but that iteration was labeled as creative fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbHXwF4dz4 Gyro Drop is a real ride, but the video in which social media was awash in June 2019 is completely false. Riders of the thrill ride remained seated flush to its center pole. Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged CGI , gyro drop , rides , south korea , viral tweets , viral videos (en)
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