@@Anthony-stama this was definitely not printed on your standard FDM printer. Both geometry and probably material choice would make that too difficult. And I bet there was also a lot of post processing to increase durability and add texture. In total, all the machines used to make this ball probably cost north of $200,000. But that doesn’t mean the ball cost can’t ultimately go down to something like $30 with high volume production.
@@Anthony-stamaYou mfs learned about 3d printers and forgot that you can’t just put wtv tf in it and pop out something of the same quality that billion dollar companies can.
@fox8715 Pretty much. As time goes on, the price will drop to a reasonable amount. They take advantage of Whales (People with a lot of money, who want to have things before other people) to fund them before anyone else. Give it a year, and that price will drop significantly. It'll probably still be expensive, probably around 200 dollars, but much less than your standard airless ball right now.
@@ethanschlong4662 hahahaha I said it as a joke and I love playing basket ball, I have a basket ball and hoop at my grandparents house. I love the sound of the basket ball, and I wouldn’t mind having a quiet basket ball, too bad the price is so freaking high lol
@@ethanschlong4662says you ETHAN SCHLONG. Larry Bird looked like a Milwaukee dad and was one of the best ballers of all time, what is even your point here? Dude is probably is good shape and just likes to hoop 🏀
What about the equipment cost? Cheap high end 3d printer can be 20k. But yes seems quite unreasonable still if you just need to sell 9 balls to make a profit
@@ItsJayYork What r&d? It doesn't look like anything that a design engineer would struggle to 3d model, and the prototyping would also be cheap and easy (one of 3d printing's main appeals). Stick the 3d model in a slicer program, slicer generates the 3d printer code, use a higher end 3d printer with TPU filament, boom there's your ball. $2500 is as much or greater than the price of the 3d printers that could do this print reliably, quickly, and cheaply. No reason it should cost anything more than even a regular basketball
Many important factors other than bounce height unfortunately, and even if they perfect them all NBA players will still reject out of pure stubbornness lol. Could be great for practice if they cut the price down to 5% though.
People are acting like making this ball would be only like 20 dollars, there’s a ton of layers in the ball that a normal 3d printer can’t do, as well as it being designed so it’s the same weight, feel, and bounciness as a regular ball. I’m not saying that the 2k is justified, it still is really expensive to make
I guess for people who are actually invested enough in arguing about it they can either make an STL file to prove their point and literally make one themselves, or buy a premade file off of etsy for like $5 lmao
@@elevate7985There is nothing close, the closest is the quest 3 which is way cheaper but it just doesn’t even come close to the tech or capabilities to the vision pro
@@elevate7985 yeah, I mean it’s essentially a portable high resolution home theater with the Apple ecosystem integrated. Just buying a 100 inch TV or projector and some speakers would be about the same if not way more money
@@imnotdavidxnsxyeah with the girl downstairs. Her boyfriend is another comment saying how his girlfriend needs this when she goes to the upstair neighbors house. Guess they play a lot of basketball when they hangout or something. Just know there's a lot of BALLS.
Like another player who reviewed this ball said, it’s cool, but the basketball is just so engrained in the game that this will never replace it, especially for professional use, even if it becomes affordable.
@thatsguy1111 yeah lmao. Flying cars are a terrible idea. We only let professionals fly in regulated airspaces right now and even that requires intense supervision.
@@waltuhputurdaway if you have ever tried to be in an innovation workshop, you'll realize that during the brainstorming you always keep the usefuleness of the invention in mind, it should either solve an existing issue or optimize existing product, and that optimization generally should have some cost savings, but this invention in particular doesn't do either, it is cool and i won't deny that, but currently it is not is not a consumer ready product
@@postgod261because it can be I predict the price goes down as people make copies for cheaper and as this company realizes nobody is buying their overpriced lump of plastic
@@himmelsdemonProbably because all of the holes are the same size and are in a fixed pattern. My trypophobia is triggered when it looks random or is in flesh.
Im not sure but if some has the 3d print details im pretty sure you can print it for free. Maybe the material they print it with the special im not too sure.
I don’t think this is printed on a regular-ish 3d printer within a $2000-$3000 price range, that people could afford. And even the material used, maybe it’s not any of the TPUs that are currently available on the market for everyone. Otherwise, I don’t think this ball would have cost this much.
you’re getting the 3d printer nerds here (myself included) depending what the demographic needed for the printer is designed for they can be as low as £160 but it wouldn’t be able to print something like that you’re looking at the lowest end possible maybe in the £450-£600 range depending on the size and speed and filiment needs ect like encloser you might be able to do it but it is not worth £2,500 my top estimate would be between £35-£50 depending on supports and filiment and electricity ect
A good rule of thumb is that modern mass manufacturing has pretty much made the perfect everything. Cost, ease of production, transportation, actual function, they've already made the optimization tradeoffs.
No. The question is “why?” More unnecessary technology. Why you always gotta fix stuff that ain’t broken? Nothing wrong with or needed to be improved on a basketball
It's even more elegant than looping in editing. He's basically saying the sentence "but it is an interesting idea, so you might've heard about..." and then he cuts this in half instead of trying the much more difficult route of trying to match the beginning and end. He's saying the beginning in the end of recording. That's slick.
@@kdmendonkIt's easy mode. Why wouldn't you do it like this? All you have to do is write the script and record the last sentence and then the intro in one. Don't need to be a perfectionist for this either.
It's basically his outro is the intro. Record the topic Record the conclusion Record the outro follow by the intro Cut the intro part of the outro record Put the cut intro from the outro on the beginning of the video as intro. (Sorry, programmers habit)
@@DarkFlamesDarkness You can either just make your own or commision someone else for $100. I'm not sure if it uses a material that can be printed with a regular 3d printer though
Just Googled it...all the downloads are free...the one that seems the most legitimate/practically identical only costs 3$ Also I don't know whether the download itself costs 2500$ dollars, I'm pretty sure they're just manufacturing like 200~ physical versions of these and then selling then for that much each, some popular influencers get them for free probably? Even If you have the model, it will just shatter or be unusable without the right material, could be used to trick some friends though
The thing is it can never be exact. The makeup of the ball is SO different that it can never be close. It can only ever be just just JUST close enough to be used professionally. Throwing the ball further than a couple of meters will show differences in the aerodynamics like a golf ball has dimples.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming you are very incorrect, the makeup of them is completely irrelevant. You can have two balls of different materials have the exact same properties, especially since air pumping is a feature. Also incorrect about the aerodynamics. Throwing it long distance like hundreds of meters will probably show some difference but short distances won’t have any issue since the effect of the air will be negligible because of the weight and subsequent inertia.
@@Jasoncooldudeit’s not about the weight of the air inside mate - it’s about the surface. Cars aren’t shaped like walls, are they? They’re designed like fish…. a wall can’t move 70mph very easily even if it’s the weight of a car
@@MafioIson Except its the same company(Wilson) that makes the airless balls. Plus they could sell these airless balls for like 50x more ($2,500 vs like $50 or wtv)
If it's more efficient , they will. Change does happen in sports, especially when it yields better results. I mean, that's what a lot of people said when they switched to short shorts to the current basketball shorts. It's just different which is why people don't like it, but again if the final results are better than the traditional ball, place will use it.
@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthatthe players hate it, so it wont. kids will continue to grow up with the current style, and the nba will continue to not make their players relearn the sport just to use a different ball.
@@Green_Bean_Machine But they aren't relearning the whole sport. They're just getting used to the weight which a couple hours of training will fix because other than weight there isn't a difference anything else, even with it being a protype. It's happened before and currently does happen a lot in sports when things change. American football changed the bulkiness of the padding in the last few decades, and that change the amount of weight the players have to carry. European football changed the ball a few different times in two decades. All of these changes made the game more efficient for the players. If the end result of this proves to be more efficient and better for the NBA, they will end up switching, which will make more people use. it
At 2500 you get lifetime warranty and the newest iteration whenever you redeem that warranty. Worth it for someone trying to practice at night not make a bunch of noise.
The quiet bounce would be a huge selling point for me if these came to market at a reasonable price. It would be amazing to run my dribbling drills in my basement without disturbing my neighbors.
@@lesdiscretsIf it can get it, it can fall out just as easily. The real problem (aside from aerodynamics as mentioned) would probably be that the heft of it is all different. Not only would that exacerbate the aerodynamics problems, but would also throw off the players' muscle memory of how to handle a regular basketball.
@@ThePCguy17, that's simply not accurate. A sharp pebble, for example, would be forced into one of the holes with the force of the bounce, then it would be sticking out when it bounces back up and easily hurt your hand. Or, any object smaller than the holes will go all the way inside, where it will rattle around forever.
Have you ever been hit in the face by a basketball? Your face hurts so much that your face becomes completely numb and your teeth are ready for surgery. 😂😂😂😂😂
I think you're right as long as long it's far away lol For me I like the sound of a train in the distance when sleeping. Up close though, GOD D**N @@GAIUSJAKE
@@cyan_oxy6734Yeah, true... but at the same time, I don't think anyone was asking for this thing. These will never replace basketballs, not unless they can change the acoustics and texture, which are both already provided by a normal basketball.
@@VSci_Yeah. I would assume that it’s printed with a special filament developed specifically for this purpose and to sell it commercially they would need good quality control, on top of that they may have used different things to coat it. I mean idk how the heck you would get supports out of that. Idk much about resin printing so maybe that would work. Still 2500 is not cheap. Probably some reason behind it paired with the fact that they probably want money for all the work they’re doing.
Yeah its definitely not $2500 but I wouldn't be surprised if its close. People saying it is "just plastic" don't have any idea how proprietary tech and processes start up and mature.
I’m pretty sure these airless basketballs are designed specifically for professional games that usually use a high number of basketballs during one game, so this can cut down on air costs (in the long term) and also avoids the dirt issue.
That voice😊😊😊😊😊 I felt like it was AI Talking at first when I found his video then I looked closely at him and found out that his lips were moving and that it syncs with the sound am hearing.
If the holes are consistently sized (mechanical/artificial appearance) then it doesn't bother me. It's when the holes are inconsistent (biological/natural appearance), then I get a bit flight-or-fighty, I'm guessing because my instincts are seeing a parasitic infection and think it's dangerous
I'd imagine people with trypophobia are more bothered when they see holes like that in nature because who knows what could be down those holes. On something artificial that you can see through and is well lit even inside., I'd be curious if anyone would be afraid of that and why.
@@adriandrobnak4897 the lack of comprehension these days is insane. He said "don't expect to see it everywhere, anytime soon", and he put a certain emphasis on the word everywhere implying you might see it somewhere. This commenter is surprised he expects that it might be anywhere considering the price
The printers that this is made with is probably Stereolithogdaphy and not the regular Extrusion printers. Light based printing and that size is definitely way more expensive
@@hamuArt as a piece of sports equipment, absolutely. This ball is a novelty however, some nifty little collectible for someone to showoff that they bought.
I love that actually, you can tell they’ve really engineered it to have the same bounce & weight as a normal basketball, they didn’t just put something quick together
"Anyway this is $2,500" was such a brutal jumpscare
i nearly spit out my drink lmao
I audibly gasped
@@DerekRuggiaI'm currently cleaning the coffee office of my computer screen... 😅
right like i was so intrigued and then was brought back to reality
It looks 8 dollars worth
“Anyway, this thing is $2,500”
Yeah, bye! 💀😂
Lmao my exact reaction
fr 😭
😂
Makes the Vision Pro seem like a good deal!
@@BrilliantWhenYouGlowfr😂😂😂
I don't care about performance, my upstairs neighbor needs this
- edit: I am aware about the cost of this
My girlfriend needs it when she's with the upstairs neighbour
@@utubebroadcaster I don't think that's the sound of a ball you're hearing 💀
💀
@@utubebroadcasterbruh😂😂😂
@@kamm3021 well, ball-adjacent
$2,500 was a hell of a jump scare I tell you what
nah fr shit probably cost like a few hundred to make if that (no idea how expensive 3d printing supplies are)
@@mcshadowdragYeah..it probably costs them like 10 cents to make
For now it is
@@mcshadowdragDepends on what type of resin or plastic they use. To be honest, I guess like 100$ tops?
Did not expect to be that quiet... Im talking about my bank account.
41 likes and 0 comments?
Let me change that 😂
man...
How you felt after commenting that: 🗿🍷
make your bank account quiet too
or maybe its already quiet in the first place
😂😂😂
Perfect for playing in the library
😂
Yeah bro scoring hoops in shelves bruh 💀💀
this is gonna blow up
💀☠️
😂😂😂
"Anyways this things $2500..."
- this guy knows how to structure his content😂
but if you have 3d printer you can make it for $5
@@Anthony-stama this was definitely not printed on your standard FDM printer. Both geometry and probably material choice would make that too difficult. And I bet there was also a lot of post processing to increase durability and add texture. In total, all the machines used to make this ball probably cost north of $200,000. But that doesn’t mean the ball cost can’t ultimately go down to something like $30 with high volume production.
@@pidayrocks2235it’s a joke
@@Anthony-stamanope
@@Anthony-stamaYou mfs learned about 3d printers and forgot that you can’t just put wtv tf in it and pop out something of the same quality that billion dollar companies can.
I love how this solves the classic problem of a basketball having air in it. And for such a cheap price too!
Sarcasm? 🙏
@yeetlord613 nah it's cheap as hell get yo money up gng
$2500 is definitely the villain of this movie
That's how development works. They know it's not ready for the masses yet so they price most people out of the market on purpose
Someone should 3d print it
@fox8715 Pretty much. As time goes on, the price will drop to a reasonable amount. They take advantage of Whales (People with a lot of money, who want to have things before other people) to fund them before anyone else.
Give it a year, and that price will drop significantly. It'll probably still be expensive, probably around 200 dollars, but much less than your standard airless ball right now.
@@ton1you need a file, the right material and a commercial 3d printer, you can’t just use one of those house hold printers
@@OllieHicks-Sandriwhy shouldn’t it work with a nice setup
>airless basketball
>look inside
>air
I guess bladder-less, or pressure-less would be more accurate eh?
@@ahhh-beari mean, it has exactly 1 atm of pressure inside of it-
You could use it in a vacuum if you want, and it'll work
@@feels.like.coffee then better put it into interstellar space for that to be a near perfect vacuum c:
lmao
Playing basketball without the sound is just cursed
How?
@@aheartonfire7191no disrespect but you don’t look like you play basketball?
@@ethanschlong4662 hahahaha I said it as a joke and I love playing basket ball, I have a basket ball and hoop at my grandparents house. I love the sound of the basket ball, and I wouldn’t mind having a quiet basket ball, too bad the price is so freaking high lol
@@ethanschlong4662because he's not a black atheist? yikes dude
@@ethanschlong4662says you ETHAN SCHLONG. Larry Bird looked like a Milwaukee dad and was one of the best ballers of all time, what is even your point here? Dude is probably is good shape and just likes to hoop 🏀
Ok but now I want a completely silent basketball game played with this. All we gonna hear is the squeaks of the sneakers 😂
We must now create squeak-free sneakers. Only $5000.... a shoe.
This man said "anyway, it's $2500"
I’d say the fact it exists is at least cool, and if there’s a market for it people will innovate upon it and make it cheaper
Close to the price of the Apple Vision Pro
@@seb1520 they'll still buy it and mass produce for profit
Buy a 3d printer and make it
Or $10 if you 3D print it yourself with TPU
Material cost: $13.47
Retail cost: $2,500.00
What about the equipment cost? Cheap high end 3d printer can be 20k. But yes seems quite unreasonable still if you just need to sell 9 balls to make a profit
how are you supposed to pay for the r&d then
What about production cost?
@@ItsJayYork What r&d? It doesn't look like anything that a design engineer would struggle to 3d model, and the prototyping would also be cheap and easy (one of 3d printing's main appeals). Stick the 3d model in a slicer program, slicer generates the 3d printer code, use a higher end 3d printer with TPU filament, boom there's your ball. $2500 is as much or greater than the price of the 3d printers that could do this print reliably, quickly, and cheaply. No reason it should cost anything more than even a regular basketball
@@jameshancock1528 what do you think material engineers did to create that natural bounce from a radical different structure?
That’s actually wild how similar the bounces were when you let them drop
Ikr i was expecting it to have a weaker bounce
Many important factors other than bounce height unfortunately, and even if they perfect them all NBA players will still reject out of pure stubbornness lol. Could be great for practice if they cut the price down to 5% though.
Lmfao it's almost like that literally the most important feature of a basketball and of fucking course it would be almost identical.......
@@kermdeezy5330just make it mandatory
Just let air out the real ball to make this fake ball look better 😂
The airflow through the holes would completely throw off your shooting game.
“Airless basketball”
*looks inside*
Air
Haha I think the point is that, in theory, you don’t have to air it up and therefore it will never go flat.
@@LaurennM360yeah no kidding
Yep, nothing but really expensive AIR!
Underrated comment
Airless ball is literally the wireless device
Saying the price at the very end of the video was the best move 😂😂
bro lost everyone's hope
Hmm, do i buy a used car, a vision pro, or a bouncy ball 🤔
But the "kerthunk kerthunk" is like 20% of the experience of a basketball game.
Game yes but dribbling inside your house the kerthunk sucks
Or 100% if you shoot like me 😂
Yeah, and the big DOINK noise when you bounce it off your opponents heads like in And1
"Choofah-choofah - Whoo-Whoo!", used to be 50% of the experience of traveling by train.... The world changed, and we got used to it.
There’s also the pfvuht fart sound when you are having sex w ur girl but that actually takes away from the experience for me
People are acting like making this ball would be only like 20 dollars, there’s a ton of layers in the ball that a normal 3d printer can’t do, as well as it being designed so it’s the same weight, feel, and bounciness as a regular ball. I’m not saying that the 2k is justified, it still is really expensive to make
I guess for people who are actually invested enough in arguing about it they can either make an STL file to prove their point and literally make one themselves, or buy a premade file off of etsy for like $5 lmao
Price aside.
This is gonna throw off some senses in the court from sound to texture.
To weight
The is no way it has the same aerodynamic profile as a regular ball.
exactly..
This is the definition of solving a problem that doesn't exist
@@iLoveAppl3947 Exactly
It makes the VisionPro seem like a steal of a deal.
Didn't think of that. So true!
Given the tech in the Vision Pro, it literally is a steal. Everything that even comes slightly lose is over double the price.
What happened to the Meta Quest 3 bud?@@elevate7985
@@elevate7985There is nothing close, the closest is the quest 3 which is way cheaper but it just doesn’t even come close to the tech or capabilities to the vision pro
@@elevate7985 yeah, I mean it’s essentially a portable high resolution home theater with the Apple ecosystem integrated. Just buying a 100 inch TV or projector and some speakers would be about the same if not way more money
Now you can play inside your apartment without neighbours complaining 😂
@@imnotdavidxnsxyeah with the girl downstairs. Her boyfriend is another comment saying how his girlfriend needs this when she goes to the upstair neighbors house. Guess they play a lot of basketball when they hangout or something. Just know there's a lot of BALLS.
@@Iamnobody220wtf
@@Iamnobody220 were you going to finish your thought?
For the low low price of 2500 dollars 👍
Devin Williams is selling one that can do that for waaay cheaper
Like another player who reviewed this ball said, it’s cool, but the basketball is just so engrained in the game that this will never replace it, especially for professional use, even if it becomes affordable.
"Sorry guys we can't shoot anymore, the ball's full of pebbles."
having a small removable part would fix that problem fr
probably the same hooper that doesn't play when it's too hot.
…not many pebbles on an official NBA court 🤣👌🏼
@@firthlaist218 last I checked, majority of people do not play on a official NBA court 😂
yeah, the pebbles will hit your eyes when thrown into the back board or ground I dig it.
*1984: "in 2024, we will have flying cars"*
*2024:*
2024 we got $2500 basketballs 😂
You say that like you trust everyday people to drive flying cars. It’s just impractical. Also we have flying cars anyways
@@thatsguy1111 everyday people are reinventing the wheel and calling it a break through.back then, we expected more from the human race
@siphamandlacele3349 look it up WE HAVE FLYING FUCKING CARS
@thatsguy1111 yeah lmao. Flying cars are a terrible idea. We only let professionals fly in regulated airspaces right now and even that requires intense supervision.
This ball is solving an issue no one is having and no one will ever have
Imagine complaining about a cool invention
@@waltuhputurdaway if you have ever tried to be in an innovation workshop, you'll realize that during the brainstorming you always keep the usefuleness of the invention in mind, it should either solve an existing issue or optimize existing product, and that optimization generally should have some cost savings, but this invention in particular doesn't do either, it is cool and i won't deny that, but currently it is not is not a consumer ready product
$2500?! The vision pro has competition 😂
This a good one lmaoo 😂
Virgin*
You think this and the Vision Pro are the only expensive things in existence?
You are literally comparing a mixed reality headset with a ball
@@GarlicEnjoyeryeah that just shows how expensive the ball is
Might have to start a GoFundMe and have all the neighbours contribute.. 😂😂😂
Probably cost $.50 to make
That's a good joke 😂😂😂
@@fireboltaz That's a bit low bro, I was thinking more like $.69 😂
@@SUBZEROxACID Thanks, I might do it for a video and gift a few out 😆
"Anyway this is $2,500" 💀
Ya I aint buying that
This is clearly for rich people who make 2.5k dollars per hour.
Why is it so expensive if it’s 3D printed?
@@postgod261because it can be
I predict the price goes down as people make copies for cheaper and as this company realizes nobody is buying their overpriced lump of plastic
Wait a few years and they’ll be sold at gas station for 3 dollars. Like fidget spinners.
The main problem is also that it weighs way less, so all your shots and movement would be off
Having the sound is an important feature of ball handling. I’m sure it may not matter to the best players but nevertheless, I find the sound useful.
>Harder to clean
>Doesn’t float
>Expensive
>Potential aerodynamics issues
>No iconic bouncing basketball sound effect
Facts, doesn't float aaand bouncing is only 1 important attribute to the ball. Grip, aerodynamics, weight...
Why do you think it doesn’t float
You forgot the ironic “Priceless” at the end. 😂
@@harrywinner7403 maybe, just maybe, all the holes that would change the ball's interaction with air. Just a guess though.
@@thejadedjester4935it might be able to create enough surface tension on the water to prevent it from sinking, it looks like.
Pov: you’re up against a professional basketball player but he has Trypophobia.
Interestingly, I have trypophobia and this doesn't trigger it at all. Maybe because I can see all the way through?
@@himmelsdemonProbably because all of the holes are the same size and are in a fixed pattern. My trypophobia is triggered when it looks random or is in flesh.
@@himmelsdemon It normally only affects me if i see it in nature, doesn't trigger at all if its man made.
@@rizzcs6018 would an English Muffin do it?
@@lordly123yeah I it triggers in flesh a lot
Even tho it’s a cool concept, nothing can replace the OG ball sound while bouncing😌 plus no way $2500 💀
Imagine player with trypophobia’s use that ball
@beef_burgersI mean they have no reason but they can it’s perfectly legal
It would be great if you live in an apartment and want to be considerate to your neighbors. But for that price......yea NOPE
Well its 3d printed right if the material is available someone will make it cheap
You're paying for the R & D and because it's limited numbers.
An airless basketball... Hmmm... An astronaut could shoot hoops with it while doing a space walk. :D
A 3d printed ball costing the same as a 3D printer is crazy.
Im not sure but if some has the 3d print details im pretty sure you can print it for free. Maybe the material they print it with the special im not too sure.
I don’t think this is printed on a regular-ish 3d printer within a $2000-$3000 price range, that people could afford. And even the material used, maybe it’s not any of the TPUs that are currently available on the market for everyone.
Otherwise, I don’t think this ball would have cost this much.
@@MStoica yeah i figured it would be like that but 2500 usd is exccessively expensive.
@@MStoicaits made in an 3d printer(used by aerospace companies or so) out of some kind of pouder
you’re getting the 3d printer nerds here (myself included)
depending what the demographic needed for the printer is designed for they can be as low as £160 but it wouldn’t be able to print something like that you’re looking at the lowest end possible
maybe in the £450-£600 range depending on the size and speed and filiment needs ect like encloser you might be able to do it but it is not worth £2,500
my top estimate would be between £35-£50 depending on supports and filiment and electricity ect
i feel like hearing the ball adds extra spatial awareness
This is quite important and it’s a subconscious thing
It probably does.
not so much since it's not really distinguishable in a stadium where everybody is running around and the crowd is .elling
doesn't matter when the crowd yelling the whole time
@@lucakun3455 it absolutely is. especially for the players (which is what matters)
“This is Wilson’s new airless basketball prototype.”
*shows ball filled with air*
no he didn't
I get it, nice one
@@MrBanzaiBullet no psi, but still air!
Yes but the pressure is the same as the surrounding @@MrBanzaiBullet
Lmao that's an excellent point 👌🏼
Dude says $2500 and kills all the joy and wonder.
$25, and every kid would get one for christmas.
You're acting like he is the villain, blame the company
I'm not spending $2500, I can afford air😂
Spending $2,500 on this basketball is too risky, what if you puncture it?
see this is for the future where air will not be affordable and you'll be glad to have a ball that doesn't need it 😂
@@elenna_alexia yeah bro😂
@@elenna_alexialike in the Lorax lol
@@PineconeSunsetThat’s the point. It doesn’t need air.
2500$?
Ya ima head over to aliexpress
Fr
LMAO
“I guess this would be cool for mass producing cheap basketballs for third world countr…. Well nevermind”
A good rule of thumb is that modern mass manufacturing has pretty much made the perfect everything.
Cost, ease of production, transportation, actual function, they've already made the optimization tradeoffs.
@@soygemmer8555what 💀
@@soygemmer8555because americans love basketball
@@soygemmer8555 South Sudan 🇸🇸 literally playing US in the Olympics wym
@@soygemmer8555 Same reason football (Soccer) is wasted on America
Finally, a ball I can play outside the house that won't annoy my mom after dark, but $2,500 aint happening!
The main takeaway is that the aerodynamics are gonna be way different
Yea i wanna see a 3 pointer comparison w it. Let steph try it
nah it's the damn price
@0ptimal "we're here with Curry, today he'll do the impossible, a 3 pointer from 2 football fields away"
They designed it so that aerodynamics will be the same.
@@TheJrbdogThe titanic was unsinkable before it set off for NY.
Who just believes claims without checking them these days?
Finally, 3am hoops in the driveway without waking the neighbours.
If only they invented silent hip-hop music, or black people who didn't yell all the time.
@@Revelian1982if only they invented silent country music and rednecks that aren't driving their loud trucks around
@@Revelian1982 they exist, you just don’t hear them
If you’re living underneath someone, I’m sure they can’t afford it
@@facelessnameless😂
you can't beat the sound of the original basketball, like you know it is exactly that when you hear it
WE CAN BUILD SPEAKERS INTO THE AIRLESS (5k then tho)
@@caprimann87 yeah like the ones they put in electric vehicles 😂
@@dedbit6723 exactly what i thought of 😁 ridiculous stuff
No. The question is “why?”
More unnecessary technology. Why you always gotta fix stuff that ain’t broken? Nothing wrong with or needed to be improved on a basketball
Yeah I doubt I would want to sit through an entire game without hearing that ball slam all over the place
Now we can play basketball 🏀 in class 😂
someone had the thought, "i wish my basketball had a silencer attachment."
😂😂😂
and a useless product was born.
The sound of the basketball helps to keep track of it, that ball feels like it would cause more problems than it might be worth.
Would make the game more interesting perhaps.
I'm not sure that is relevant in the NBA. They can't hear the bounce above the sound of the fans anyway
@@michaeltillotson3711brother the ball is right next to u. U can definitely hear it. You can hear the ball bouncing from the stands😂😂
@@michaeltillotson3711 why are you making stuff up that you know nothing on?
Offset by everyone in street doesn't hat you.
This looks like one of those 1970s futuristic movies, where they try to predict what the 2030s would look like.
flying cars and everybody has their own Quatto...open your mind!
Literal back to the future type
Fr back to the future 2 was set in 2015 and they had flying cars and shit lmao
He is becoming cringe day by day
they also predict future price too
Always the old original basketball the feel of the bouncy sound that’s all you need
“Other people may have heard of trypophobia”
*proceeds to zoom in on 4K*
Yeah fuck em
AAHHAHA HAHAHA
With the ultrawide
☠️
I was fine till he zoomed🤣🤣
I was NOT expecting that price 😂
TH-cam asked me to rate your comment. I think someone reported it or something. Otherwise, why would they ask?
Very limited run of them. I'm sure they will eventually come out with one that is way cheaper.
@@BackYardScience2000yep someone reported it
Marques is such a perfectionist. That loop is flawless lmao
It's even more elegant than looping in editing. He's basically saying the sentence "but it is an interesting idea, so you might've heard about..." and then he cuts this in half instead of trying the much more difficult route of trying to match the beginning and end. He's saying the beginning in the end of recording. That's slick.
@@kdmendonkIt's easy mode. Why wouldn't you do it like this? All you have to do is write the script and record the last sentence and then the intro in one. Don't need to be a perfectionist for this either.
@@blad... My comment is a compliment if that's not clear enough with "elegant" and "slick"
His editors*
It's basically his outro is the intro.
Record the topic
Record the conclusion
Record the outro follow by the intro
Cut the intro part of the outro record
Put the cut intro from the outro on the beginning of the video as intro.
(Sorry, programmers habit)
That price is insane, like no way that is more expensive than a leather basket ball.
This was needed before we can play basketball in space. Priorities in check.
Someone call Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, I have a crazy idea
Someone call Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, I have a crazy idea
Space isn't real 😒 but go off.
you gotta be trolling. you aint serious right?@@SpartanVirus
Space Jam is real
I’ll 3d print one myself, thank you
how when the model download costs 2k?
@@DarkFlamesDarkness You can either just make your own or commision someone else for $100. I'm not sure if it uses a material that can be printed with a regular 3d printer though
Just Googled it...all the downloads are free...the one that seems the most legitimate/practically identical only costs 3$
Also I don't know whether the download itself costs 2500$ dollars, I'm pretty sure they're just manufacturing like 200~ physical versions of these and then selling then for that much each, some popular influencers get them for free probably?
Even If you have the model, it will just shatter or be unusable without the right material, could be used to trick some friends though
Utorrent @@DarkFlamesDarkness
@@Holder_Of_Place the patent will have to describe the materials/processes used. And then it's open season.
So it is a very expensive, slightly less useful and trippy version of a product that worked perfectly and didn't need redesign in first place.
2.5k is absolutely criminal💀
It's literally 3d printed so once the manufacturer has the printers they probably only have to pay 1 or 2 people to supervise tons of them.
The engineers are paid up-front. Further production will drop the cost down to competitive levels.
It prob costs $15 to make
spend the 2,500 on a 3D printer instead 😂😂
@@vincencohan3626SLS Printing is surprisingly expensive. Only very recently have companies like micronics have tried to bring the costs down
I wasn’t impressed until I saw it bounce EXACTLY like the regular ball but way quieter.
The thing is it can never be exact. The makeup of the ball is SO different that it can never be close. It can only ever be just just JUST close enough to be used professionally. Throwing the ball further than a couple of meters will show differences in the aerodynamics like a golf ball has dimples.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming you are very incorrect, the makeup of them is completely irrelevant. You can have two balls of different materials have the exact same properties, especially since air pumping is a feature.
Also incorrect about the aerodynamics. Throwing it long distance like hundreds of meters will probably show some difference but short distances won’t have any issue since the effect of the air will be negligible because of the weight and subsequent inertia.
@@Jasoncooldudeit’s not about the weight of the air inside mate - it’s about the surface. Cars aren’t shaped like walls, are they? They’re designed like fish…. a wall can’t move 70mph very easily even if it’s the weight of a car
Y’all talking about aerodynamics and I’m here thinking about its traction and grip.
U have to be blind 😂
all fun and games until the *"ANYWAYS THIS THING IS $2,500"* comes out
I was thinking about the price and I was like maybe $20, because way less materials and it's just a skeleton. I was just 150x off it seems.
@@fan8706 go look up the process of how they make it, its absolutely absurd lmao
@@fan8706it's just a placeholder price they put on the website until they actually put it into production.
Someone's gonna reverse engineer that and 3D print it at home...
$4.99 in materials once it gets hacked... then they won't be able to sell traditional bballs anymore. Killing their golden goose.
It’s literally 3d printed, that’s some crazy markup
I actually hope the nba does some kind of charity event with this ball, just to test what it’s like for a full match
That'd definitely be a good All-Star weekend event.
So for the summer games and people dunk with this, would it be called a….summer slam?
Lmao I’ll leave now 😂
I think a certain company wouldnt give up that contract for making nba balls quite easily though 😢
@@MafioIson Except its the same company(Wilson) that makes the airless balls. Plus they could sell these airless balls for like 50x more ($2,500 vs like $50 or wtv)
Watching a game with that ball will be like watching a race of electric cars. Uneventful and undramatic.
It seems like it could be more efficient than a normal ball, but that basketball sound is so iconic, I don't think anyone is going to use it
airless ball can now be effected by air flow. It's a neat ball, unique. But it can't be used for professional play.
Yeap NBA players hate this thing.
If it's more efficient , they will. Change does happen in sports, especially when it yields better results. I mean, that's what a lot of people said when they switched to short shorts to the current basketball shorts. It's just different which is why people don't like it, but again if the final results are better than the traditional ball, place will use it.
@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthatthe players hate it, so it wont. kids will continue to grow up with the current style, and the nba will continue to not make their players relearn the sport just to use a different ball.
@@Green_Bean_Machine But they aren't relearning the whole sport. They're just getting used to the weight which a couple hours of training will fix because other than weight there isn't a difference anything else, even with it being a protype. It's happened before and currently does happen a lot in sports when things change. American football changed the bulkiness of the padding in the last few decades, and that change the amount of weight the players have to carry. European football changed the ball a few different times in two decades. All of these changes made the game more efficient for the players. If the end result of this proves to be more efficient and better for the NBA, they will end up switching, which will make more people use. it
Once again someone has solved a problem that did not exist.
Let's go bounce it on Mars.
@@amthystxx Earplugs are cheaper
@@amthystxx If you're sensitive to sound that'd be an issue anyway?
Once again someone is mad at someone just making something to be creative
what a naive and closed off way to think for an older looking guy. tech advancement for our species can come from any industry
Kid can finally play at night without bothering neighbors
The electric car of basketballs
I was thinking the same thing. They paid people to make this thing.
So the one, that will soon replace the old ones?
@@p.hardy9372Ha maybe In 50 years from now
@@p.hardy9372Soon? Only if forced by law. Not naturally.
Except that a E-car costing 50K also gives you approximately the same luxorious interior and features as a 50K combustible...
"Anyway, this thing is $2,500"
This had me in tears! The delivery is just so perfect 😭
In $2,500 I can actually setup my own basketball court
idk in US, but you can in my country 💀
$250 in enough in my country 💀
@@FinalFox-jm5rk wtf 250 is too low, we need about 500 in Brazil to make it decent
where u from?
@@Terra157 Pakistan bro. Here you can even build a house with that money 💀
@@Terra157
Not only you can build a Basketball court you can buy a brand new Royal Enfield Classic-350cc bike in less than 2,500 dollars 😂
(India)
At 2500 you get lifetime warranty and the newest iteration whenever you redeem that warranty. Worth it for someone trying to practice at night not make a bunch of noise.
The quiet bounce would be a huge selling point for me if these came to market at a reasonable price. It would be amazing to run my dribbling drills in my basement without disturbing my neighbors.
What happened next?
What's the reasonable price
@@Brandon134Nreasonable price would be like, $150 lmao
Probably cost them like a buck to print
nobody cares
I do care 🗿
“Well anyway this thing’s $2,500” hit me right in the funny bone 😂
The aerodynamic issues the airless ball would have must be astounding.
And so do the amount of dust, gravel(that maybe be stuck just to scratch your hand), stuff that will accumulate within time at its core!
@@lesdiscrets yeh I think anyone paying $2500 for a ball would probably only play with it inside
@@lesdiscretsIf it can get it, it can fall out just as easily. The real problem (aside from aerodynamics as mentioned) would probably be that the heft of it is all different. Not only would that exacerbate the aerodynamics problems, but would also throw off the players' muscle memory of how to handle a regular basketball.
@@ThePCguy17, that's simply not accurate. A sharp pebble, for example, would be forced into one of the holes with the force of the bounce, then it would be sticking out when it bounces back up and easily hurt your hand. Or, any object smaller than the holes will go all the way inside, where it will rattle around forever.
@@lesdiscrets"might scratch your hand" 💀
dont play basketball sugar you might break your manicure too 💅🏻
i was not expecting that quietness
They solved a problem no one has. Congrats, Wilson.
you can now practice at night without the ball being so loud
@saulverastegui9147 you gonna spend 2500 just so you can practice quietly at night?
@@ilovepeoplebro me personally no, but someone with disposable income will
Have you ever been hit in the face by a basketball? Your face hurts so much that your face becomes completely numb and your teeth are ready for surgery. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@saulverastegui9147quiet but depends what it hits. this thing is going places
The neighbors will never call the cops over you playing basketball at 3 am againnn
Ngl man the sound of a lone, bouncing ball on a quiet night is annoying af lol. Never called the cops though that's wack.
@SidSummers depends on the situation, i feel like if it was far enough away it could be relaxing
@@GAIUSJAKE It's a vibe for sure, but relaxing? Meh
If you can afford a$ 2.500 basketball you probably have a sound prove indoors basketball court anyway 😂😂
I think you're right as long as long it's far away lol For me I like the sound of a train in the distance when sleeping. Up close though, GOD D**N @@GAIUSJAKE
The ball dribbling sound is what kind of makes basketball so satisfying.
I agree 100%.
This is subjective, I kind of like the air ball, then again I’m not a basketball player.
@scottsummers2935nah it's annoying af
Basketball is boring no matter what. Might as well get a cooler looking ball
The only thing good about it is it's quiet. Some people hate the loud noises a bouncing basketball makes.
Luckily people were able to re-create the model and you can just make it yourself now
Edit: 1k likes, huh thanks guys!
Yeah that sounds so unsurprising, cause like... This is a relatively simple design. Price tag is definetly EXTREMELY inflated.
@@Umirua They figured out how to inflate a ball that holds no air pressure. Amazing.
@@UmiruaMaking something is much harder than copying something.
You can do the design no problem but you won’t get your hands on that perfectly crafted material they use to print it
@@cyan_oxy6734Yeah, true... but at the same time, I don't think anyone was asking for this thing. These will never replace basketballs, not unless they can change the acoustics and texture, which are both already provided by a normal basketball.
For $2500.00, you can buy something a little less functional than a regular basketball.
At least you can still ball in the library ⛹️🏀
For 2500 you can buy your own super high end 3D printer and make that
@@lukediepfishingi printed it on my 450 dollar printer
_Gone will be the days of,_
_"STOP BOUNCIN THAT DAMN BASKETBALL 🏀 IN DA HOUSE BOY!!"_
And then they beat your ass 💀💀💀
relatable af
The quickest I've ever said "DAMN"
Finally, your son can practice his dribble in the house without all the noise.
But you have to sell his kidney to afford the ball
@@Fred-jc7rc he have to choose one. ball or kidney.
@@Fred-jc7rceh, once he makes it to the NBA he can have as many kidneys as he wants!
Ball or life
This is a perfect example of trying to fix something that isn’t broken.
Yes, they made a slightly worse ball that costs 500 times more. Complete waste of resources.
Jeez, this is a novelty prototype proof of concept. Not a product. It's a fun experiment. Y'all are so boring
Why do we need cars when horses work just fine. Why do anything
@@antikovtno! No fun allowed!
you can say that for literally anything, we would never make any progress if we took that mentality
2500 dollars lmaooooo the audacity 😂😂😂😂😂
Frrrr it costs like 5$ to print
@@Cryo125 No, it doesn't lol.
@@VSci_Yeah. I would assume that it’s printed with a special filament developed specifically for this purpose and to sell it commercially they would need good quality control, on top of that they may have used different things to coat it. I mean idk how the heck you would get supports out of that. Idk much about resin printing so maybe that would work. Still 2500 is not cheap. Probably some reason behind it paired with the fact that they probably want money for all the work they’re doing.
Yeah its definitely not $2500 but I wouldn't be surprised if its close. People saying it is "just plastic" don't have any idea how proprietary tech and processes start up and mature.
Okay so proprietary plastics and all, £20 to print. The margin on a $2500 basket ball is not going to be slim.
I’m pretty sure these airless basketballs are designed specifically for professional games that usually use a high number of basketballs during one game, so this can cut down on air costs (in the long term) and also avoids the dirt issue.
Nah man a silent bounce just makes the squeaky shoes even louder.
That's easy. Just make shoes the same way.
@@jackblack9208and if the people are making too much noise? Just make them the same way
@@Solar3232and if the glock makes too much noise just use a silencer
Couldn’t imagine watching a game of NBA Jam without hearing 🏀 bounce and show squeaks
Your profile pic stands out more
I did not expect it to be that quiet!
That is what you didnt expect out of all the things. I didnt expect the price to be 2500$ 😂😂😂
@@ItsMadRivthat’s exactly what I was gonna say 😂
That transition is as smooth as that ball.
It's the same scene, he just put it at the end.
so not smooth at all?
The aerodynamics of the airless basketball is going to ruin 3-point trajectory shots in the future.
Imagine all the crowd trying to blow air when there's a free throw lmao
Put it in the Sims 4, where someone could actually afford it XD
What aspect of this ball could possibly make it $2,500 lmfao??
3d printers are usually expensive
@@harjasxu can buy a professional grade 3d printer for the price of 2500😂😂😂
@@harjasx you can get good 3d printers for less than a grand and it's at most $5-10 in materials
The fact that it doesn't have air and can still bounce. Ergo, it bounces forever
@@artino7035 *hobby 3d printer* a printer that makes that ball cost like 50k
I'm glad we'll still be able to play basketball even after we run out of air
But you might run full of dirt?😂
All we need is shoes made of this material and we could have the quietest basketball game ever
That voice😊😊😊😊😊 I felt like it was AI Talking at first when I found his video then I looked closely at him and found out that his lips were moving and that it syncs with the sound am hearing.
if a guy with trypophobia is afraid of this, he’s prolly afraid of wire mesh fences
I have trypophobia but it doesn't bother me that much
Yeah I got it too, but when the holes are not on another surface I don't get triggered
this makes my skin crawl a little when it bounces but there's def worse 😂
If the holes are consistently sized (mechanical/artificial appearance) then it doesn't bother me. It's when the holes are inconsistent (biological/natural appearance), then I get a bit flight-or-fighty, I'm guessing because my instincts are seeing a parasitic infection and think it's dangerous
I'd imagine people with trypophobia are more bothered when they see holes like that in nature because who knows what could be down those holes. On something artificial that you can see through and is well lit even inside., I'd be curious if anyone would be afraid of that and why.
$2,500 and bro is expecting to see it somewhere?? 😂😂😂
He said the exact opposite
@@adriandrobnak4897 the lack of comprehension these days is insane.
He said "don't expect to see it everywhere, anytime soon", and he put a certain emphasis on the word everywhere implying you might see it somewhere. This commenter is surprised he expects that it might be anywhere considering the price
With £2000 you can buy a 3D printer and print the exact same thing and still have £1000 to spend 😂😂
I would presume it requires a specific material to make it with, hence the price. But I don't know nor care enough to research it so whatever
The printers that this is made with is probably Stereolithogdaphy and not the regular Extrusion printers. Light based printing and that size is definitely way more expensive
@@devaklegendofmusic IRL nobody cares the tech just the price aaand it's overpriced very much...
@@devaklegendofmusic but at this point, why even have this as a product, when a normal basketball is way cheaper?
@@hamuArt as a piece of sports equipment, absolutely.
This ball is a novelty however, some nifty little collectible for someone to showoff that they bought.
That 2500 price tag hit me unexpectedly hard
I love that actually, you can tell they’ve really engineered it to have the same bounce & weight as a normal basketball, they didn’t just put something quick together
you can just remove air from the basketball to get it exactly like the airless ball.
It clearly doesn't weigh the same 😂
well then it wouldn't bounce properly... lmao...@@phonsely
@@phonsely Good luck trying to bounce a deflated basketball lmao
@@Aoredon Im pretty sure it does