I’ll start off with a gif from the anime One Piece, which I’m currently obsessed with (and have repeatedly been obsessed with over the course of two decades): ...

Signs point to yes. Yeah, maybe. Not to worry, because [DJ Harrigan] has given the Magic 8-Ball a modern makeover by redesigning it to serve up suitable GIFs instead.

This new, magic GIF ball from the community of hackers and engineers known as element14, on the other hand… does exactly the same thing. But with great GIFs, which makes it infinitely cooler!

Magic lanterns — basically an early form of the slide projector — could show 3D and even moving images (much like today's GIFs) to entertain a captive audience.