Easters eggs in the tech world
are intentional hidden features, messages or inside jokes that are embedded in websites,
computer programs/games or DVDs. It is believed that the term was coined at the Atari Corporation by "personnel who were
alerted to the presence of a secret message which
had been hidden by Robinett in his already widely distributed game, Adventure."
They are hardly ever static and as such may change as updates or edits are made available. Easter eggs in the tech environment are also known as virtual
easter eggs.
I've put together a few of my
favorites from Google and Youtube. Just
type the following statements listed below, or click on the links provided, and
be entertained.
"Do
a barrel roll", "tilt"
or "askew"
in a Google search window or the Google gravity
experiment by Mr. Doob;
How about the "let me Google that for you" (lmgtfy) site animation;
(click preview to animate)
"Atari
breakout" in a Google image search;
"Google pacman"
is still available - its 30th anniversary was celebrated in 2010. Click your mouse on screen arrows or use the left and right cursors to cycle through other Google Doodles of 2010. You can also peruse many other Doodle treats in the Doodles archives.
In a Youtube search window you
can type "use the
force Luke", "beam me
up Scotty" or my all-time favorite "do the
Harlem shake" (watch with sound on) to view some hidden tricks.
If you're curious like me, Wikipedia
has put together a list
of Google hoaxes and easter eggs over the years. I know there are many other Easter eggs out
there and I hope you can find some additional ones that also grab your attention. Happy hunting!
This is neat! Thanks for sharing! However, I could not get Google to do a barrel roll, so it's possibly no longer an "Easter Egg" :)
ReplyDeleteYour browser makes a difference. I didn't get it to work in Internet Explorer, but to date, it still works fine in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
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