{"id":302155,"date":"2023-12-07T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=302155"},"modified":"2023-12-08T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:27:02","slug":"seth-rogen-las-vegas-sphere-video-lights-up-internet-with-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/seth-rogen-las-vegas-sphere-video-lights-up-internet-with-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Rogen Las Vegas Sphere Video Lights Up Internet With Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Famed comic actor and cannabis entrepreneur Seth Rogen posted a video on Instagram recently that lit up the internet with speculation and amusement. The clip depicts Rogen, the purveyor of the Houseplant brand of cannabis and accessories, apparently sampling his own product on the Exosphere, which at 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide, is the world\u2019s largest LED screen.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_302156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302156\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-302156 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-858x625.jpg\" alt=\"Seth Rogen\" width=\"858\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-858x625.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-430x313.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-302156\"class=\"text-description\">Is this Seth Rogen video real or synthetic? (Image: Instagram\/Seth Rogen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">\u201cStraight to the dome,\u201d the caption read. \u201cHappy Holidays.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>The Instagram Reels clip has already been viewed 8.8M times and earned comments from as high as <em>High Times,<\/em> the drug culture magazine, which quipped: &#8220;Finally, a proper hot box.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<h2>Don\u2019t Believe Everything You Sphere<\/h2>\r\n<p>The unbelievable videos flashing across the 18K-seat concert venue &#8212; \u00a0a blinking eye, a basketball, the Moon &#8212; have encouraged a slew of hoaxers to produce their own fake Sphere videos for display on social media.<\/p>\r\n<p>Rogen, who, by the way, is a filmmaker, is apparently just the latest.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s a TikTok version of the clip:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@scottanewport\/video\/7308978955560815915<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>While Sphere Entertainment didn&#8217;t reply to <em>Casino.org<\/em>\u2019s request to confirm or deny the video\u2019s legitimacy, it\u2019s fairly obvious to us for these reasons:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>The video neglects to mention the Sphere or Rogen\u2019s cannabis brand, presumably so the Sphere can\u2019t sue him for faking a free advertisement.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Rogen\u2019s head only occupies 30% of the display, making it viewable to only a very narrow band of observers directly in front of the Sphere.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>It is laughably low-fi, even featuring vertical grid lines.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you require more evidence, Reddit user ZackZak30 did some impressive sleuthing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s edited,\u201d the Redditor wrote. \u201cThe areas around the bottom of the Sphere don\u2019t reflect the Seth Rogen clip like they did with the previous clip.\u201d In addition, ZackZak30 pointed out, \u201cthere is a reflective surface near the bottom left of Seth Rogen&#8217;s collar that is a left over reflection from the previous clip (probably the frame where they rotoscoped the Sphere out).\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Influence of Sphere<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Intentionally faking Sphere videos has become something of a thing. Not only does Tiktok have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/discover\/vegas-sphere-fake-or-real\"><strong>\u201cVegas sphere fake or real\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0category, but someone invented\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/discover\/sphere-las-vegas-filters\"><strong>a TikTok filter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that puts users\u2019 faces right on the Exosphere, though its results don\u2019t appear very realistic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"callout\">\r\n<p>A video posted to Twitter in October, appearing to show the Israeli flag, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-sphere-denies-displaying-israeli-colors\/\"><strong>exposed as a fake a day later by the Sphere itself<\/strong><\/a>, but not until after it received hundreds of thousands of likes and shares. Even news outlets fell for it, including the\u00a0<em>Breaking News Network<\/em>\u00a0and gossip reporter Perez Hilton.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The original poster of the Israeli video was a Twitter account named \u201cTallywood,\u201d which is owned by Tal Cooperman, a visual effects artist who works as executive creative director for Station Casinos. It seems the Israeli native didn\u2019t create the video as intentional misinformation, but as a way to show solidarity with the festivalgoers attacked, killed, and taken hostage by Hamas on October 7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In October, we compiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-images-the-msg-sphere-never-displayed\/#:~:text=Don't%20Believe%20Everything%20You%20Sphere&amp;text=Regardless%2C%20intentionally%20faking%20Sphere%20videos,don't%20appear%20very%20realistic.\">this list<\/a> of the best fake Sphere videos so far.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famed comic actor and cannabis entrepreneur Seth Rogen posted a video on Instagram recently that lit up the internet with speculation and amusement. 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