I had to throw out my script about this submarine simulator 

Thanks to everyone at Explorandia: I hope, despite my lack of preparation, that I've managed to share at least some of the magic of what you've done!

This aged… interestingly

Marco: ”I didn’t understand that bit” Danilo: ”He said ‘If someone wants to give us money’…” Marco: *stares at camera* ”Siiiiiiiiiiii” 😅

Tom Scott: "My videos will probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time." Well he was half right...

timing is everything Imagine if Tom had released this video about a submarine after the Titanic situation

People that have passion can go beyond what you expect

At this point it’s just a countdown for when Tom will go to space.

These guys put more thought and custom engineering into their backyard passion project than a company charging $250k per person to go on a submarine built using dodgy off-the-shelf products. This submarine simulator probably has more safety checks than OceanGate too

All Titanic jokes aside - this is an incredible project with a hell of a lot of passion behind it.

This would fit in so naturally at one of those interactive science museums for kids.

Omg that enthusiastic "SIIIIIII!" with a hearty thumbs up killed me. These dudes definitely need to be funded.

I don’t think the titanic incident should overwhelm how incredible this simulator is and Tom’s reaction speaks volumes of how well made this simulator is.

I don't know why people are saying this aged poorly. If the timing reveals anything, it's how true innovation is often overlooked, while shoddy tech with slick salesmanship behind it takes in millions. If Stockton Rush was as thorough as these gentlemen maybe he would still be alive.

Can’t wait for a miniature spaceship simulator, that’s simulated with a tiny camera that is hooked to the ISS in real life

Between this and the guy who makes hovercraft in Japan, I am amazed how much folks will build out of passion.

is this horrible timing or incredible timing

Why would you use a sub simulator instead of just simply pay $250k to take a Home Depot sub down to the bottom of the ocean

You can really tell this blew him away. I think he's even more excited here than the time he was literally strapped to the top of an airplane.

The guys hoping to get kids engaged makes this thing feel like a real life Magic Schoolbus. And I'm here for it.

Now simulate a billionaire who hates safety regulations

So glad Tom was able to put out this video before recent events...

It's lovely that after all these years, sheer fanboy joy can still make a dent in Tom's professionalism.

My dad's job is teaching pilots in simulators. They cost upwards of a thousand dollars an hour to run. And these people run one in the back of an old mill... I'm definitely sending this to him.

Not surprise to see another submarine where Logitech hardware is being used

Tom has a time machine. Now we know it.

This has SO much potential for science museums. Super cool.

I can barely even tell he's off-script, he's just that good at presenting

Turns out this simulator has a more complex control than an actual sub

I know how they talked about how this is a proof of concept and how they'd like funding from schools and so on but the fact that the two of them spent years making this in essentially their own backyard is the epitome of "dudes rocks"

Next episode: " They put me in a welded-shut submarine in a blood ocean on a forgotten planet after all the stars have gone out".

Imagine if Stockton Rush invested in this instead. Actually a good business opportunity to create a deep sea-related theme park with various simulated scenarios. Safe and fun.

RU-vid recommendations has a sense of humour

Seeing Tom go off script and be completely giddy is the best way to start a day. 👍

Incredible that this is a homebrew project! I'd half expect Marco and Danilo to have a spacecraft simulator built in a shed next door (which, now that I think about it, I would really want to have a go in, and, from Tom's enthusiasm, he might do, too!)

It’s amazing that how a submarine simulator built by a few guys inside a house is more sophisticated than a real submarine which is used to explore the titanic wreck

That was really classy of those guys to let you take the captain's seat, and just jump right into the service roles without a fuss.

This should be in a museum. Picture this all properly fancy up, and it's in a children's exhibit at an aquarium. Have to use it to feed the animals occasionally so they want to interact with the strange thing, but it could absolutely work. Those two, I hope they end up with funding they could only have dreamed of, and a chance for us to say, "oh Yha, we saw that, Tom Scott showed us the original".

The fact they built it in some old mill gives it even more of a good vibe. Like, on top of doing it all themselves they are also repurposing old buildings?!! Awesome project.

9:10 I didn’t realise that Logitech were so prevalent in the world of Submersibles…

This may have aged interestingly

so glad Tom Scott is short enough to fit in the tiny submarine in a tiny world

This looks nice as a science outreach for sure, but imagine this as an escape room! You are locking in a submarine, somewhere in some complicated water. Gather hints, learn how to move the submarine, move the submarine to some dry alien base, enter the alien base room and get more hints there, move back into the submarine and finally leave for dry land! You would need to put the simulation room on some rails so that it can move back a dozen meters to connect to the alien room (instead of the outside room) and of course emergency exits and all that, but this could be very fun.

Tom is naturally that eloquent. Id be sitting there going “errr… well… um…” and nodding my head whenever anyone said anything. I always find it amazing how tv show presenters and youtubers like tom always seem to know what to say when put on the spot.

Charge some billionaires a quarter million bucks, blindfold them, take them here and show footage of the titanic

- How much immersive you want your simulation ? - Yes.

Imagine being a local kid there and growing up with the "submarine in the mill". You wouldn't believe it until you got to see it. It's imagination and science and adventure brought to life. So cool.

Logitech somehow keep becoming involved with submarines it would seem

This would be amazing for an aquarium museum! the fact that its presented so amazingly gives you the image that you ARE shrunken down, in a tiny sub, instead of in a booth, connected to a camera.

These people are true engineers, they wanted to do something that couldn't be bought from the mass market or a public attraction, so they built it themselves. Just amazing what people can do.

This is great that Tom is publicizing these very unknown passion projects. I really do hope some science foundation sees this video and gives them some funding to develop this into what it should become. For a proof of concept, this is absolutely incredible.

Tom should go off-script more often. It gives us a sense of the excitement that he's feeling when he's feeling it. I love it!

Thank God you didn't join the Titanic Submarine

I like how easy it was to gaslight Tom by showing him a tiny yellow submarine model. this implies that we can absolutely gaslight him into exploring the horrors of the real sea in a scuffed submarine, Iron Lung style, just by showing him that "it's a simulator running in my backyard"... when in reality he's 700 meters below sea level in a OSHA violating metal can.

Honestly, the fact that you were so blown away that the script had to go out the window speaks volumes. This is SO COOL!!! This is what gets little kids absolutely nerding out about tech and wanting to go into the sciences! These should be in children's museums across the globe! I could see this fitting right in at the Franklin Institute here in Philadelphia. I am SO THRILLED you covered this. I hope they get the visibility they deserve. Also, I think you need to do a round two... talk about all the bodging required to make something that cool work.

Im astonished nobody has put a submarine drone in the water with a vr camera, and just projected it into an entire room. Imagine going to an aquarium and getting to "step into the eyes of our local animal survey drone, just walk in and you're there!" I would absolutely pay by the hour to be there. Bonus points if we get to pick a song to explore the water with

"I didn't understand that..." ".....money" "YES!""

I loved “You’re not allowed to introduce the newts”, like they need an entourage to help them make an entrance 😂😂😂

I love how much of Tom's inner child came out during the submarine shots. Such a giddy little child with a smile from cheek to cheek.

I know a CEO who would love to retroactively do this.

Their idea to have this in natural history museums is incredible. It would fit extremely well somewhere like Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry or the Shedd Aquarium. Using it to show kids (and adults) the weird world of invertebrates, the bountiful life in water that is so much more than fish, it would be incredible! I would love to see this in a museum. It would need to hold more passengers at a time; maybe give 5 pairs of riders one of the degrees of freedom each?

When I worked as a Technical Designer at the Boston Museum of Science, on the Charles River Gallery project, I wanted to do a version of this. The Museum sits over, across, the river so the building is in a perfect position to have a controlled camera in the river. Easier said than done, but none the less...

There are 2 stand out moments from over the years I've watched Tom lose his professional composure on screen. This is one of them. The other was, arguably his greatest moment and one that I shared with him on a deep emotional level, his discovery that he in fact, LOVES roller coasters... I Cried in that video when he did.

9:11 he said the word , he said logitech . Talk about timing .

I've wanted a Robot Wars clone for years that is just RC submarines fighting in a pool. The audience can see what's going on, but the actual contestants have to use sonar and other instruments. This thing honestly makes me more hopeful something might happen one day.

This is like the pinnacle of a "Shut Up and Take My Money" concept. I've always loved the idea of microscale adventures. I remember seeing in walmart years and years ago this fish tank they sold that had a movable scope built into the tank where you could look inside and get a close up view of the fish. Always regret not getting one.

Practical effects never translate well onto a video, but that level of kinetic interaction and undeniable reality about everything you saw is incredible

This is such a great idea. Love the dedication they put into it. Having one in a local science museum which can network to different location around the world would be awesome.

They clearly didn't skimp on the "fun" aspect and that in my mind explains how they were able to do this. It might be easy to discard the value of that since so many teams get distracted by it, but just as such it can be a powerful motivator if one cares for more than just it.

I think you just captured the true essence of what made us as Italians. We are mostly allergic to rules (I know) and we fell down many times for this (that’s why we invented the biggest shame of history, the fascism, just to deal with it) but we live in a blessed land, we’re surrounded by natural and human beauty, we love life and we feel like we need to pour this passion in something that’s our, out of our craft, made by hand, not contaminated by society that is noisy, ruthless and exploiter. You have no idea of how many little gem projects don’t get out of the garage but I think it’s part of our legacy

I served in The Royal Navy for 13 years in Submarines. This video was a fascinating watch and the two makers are incredible. Would love to see this develop further. Great Job Tom and Thanks for showing us.

At least this submarine won’t get lost

honestly this would be a FANTASTIC display at a natural history museum. like, set it up so that folks can come see their natural waterways (or a recreation of what the natural waterways SHOULD look like, depending on how polluted the area might unfortunately be), and just let them explore. very cool

i think the picture quality on the "main screen" actually adds to the immersion! makes you feel like you're in the *really deep* depths where it's really hard to see and cameras have to make sacrifices to be able to survive the environment

The "Oxygen levels low" at the end 💀

Weirdly relevant topic considering the news.

Haha 15sec from an upload. Tom Scott. Thank you all the fantastic work and make sure to stay both hydrated and happy. Make sure to take breaks and again. Thank you!

oh my god this is actually so freaking cool!! and entirely built from scratch as a passion project?? I've seen actual museum exhibits without as much depth and detail as this! how incredible! edit: additionally, do they have any way for us to donate to their project? I'm sure there are lots of folks here who would love to contribute, even just a little!

Honestly, I think this is really cool as even just a camera you can drive. Adding in the immersive effects makes it just amazing.

I love these kind of smart fools who have an idea and spend thousands of hours making it real ! And gosh I'd love to explore real ponds this way, anywhere in the World. It looks like something the Futuroscope, a technology Dynamic movies theme Park in France could build for public.

This has just made me want a tiny submarine to explore ponds with.

I'd love this to become a regular feature on the channel - Tom going to see something with little to no research and preparation, just genuinenly reacting to some of the cool stuff he covers much like we, the audience, do.

Great idea, I know someone who would pay 250,000$ for this

People could go visit the Titanic without dying from group suffocation!

analogue simulators are my new favourite genre of Tom Scott video

This took a tremendous amount of effort and this project deserves whatever funding it should ever need, imagine what blending stuff like this does for realism and education.

"With a Logitech webcam on it" 💀

As an avid Subnautica player (760 hours of playtime and increasing) as well as someone who has a side-hobby type of casual interest in STEM... This was an absolutely thrilling joy to watch.

I just love seeing Tom in absolute awe and having so much fun

It is so cool to see Tom Scott still so enthralled with wonder after this many experiences. It is never overplayed or ignored. It really helps facilitate my own sense of exploration.

This submarine simulator is built more solid than some other recent submarines I've been hearing about.

Perfect timing

imagine youre a rural italian guy and the apocalypse happens so youre out here looking for food in any small abandoned buildings you can find, then you stumble upon this in the middle of nowhere

The look of childlike joy on Tom's face is something I'm sure many of us seek. This was a fantastic video, one of my favorites! The details and experience they built into this was really amazing and honestly the way this was filmed was perfect I think, there were times I felt like I was there enjoying it as well

the timing of this video with all the stuff with the titan rn 😭lmao

With this timing, imagine him releasing a "How would a nuclear war look"

I cannot express how much I love projects born out of passion. What an absolutely amazing invention.

I really hope museums (musea?) and theme parks see this and get on it

Tom know what youtube algorithm needs even before anything happens

this is crazy, 10 days before and you made a video showing exactly why those fucks didnt need to do what they did. Holy hell.

I love that in this vlog-like storytelling Tom could explain and reflect on the whole experience. The passion and amazement comes across even more this way. There's a little tiny bit of authenticity that I'm sometimes missing when every single detail looks 100% planned out like it could be a TV show. But I don't just watch it for the story, I also watch it because of the person presenting it.