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Why does this look like a render?
Because renders are good enough now that real-life video "looks like a render", I guess. Why do you think it's a render?
Not entirely sure, it just feels off with the DoF, the camera bobbing and overall aesthetic. I get the same on rendered scenes a lot of the time, like some uncanny valley effect where it just looks "wrong"? Maybe the actual robot movements add to that effect as well.
I guess it's when footage looks "too perfect"?
I absolutely had the same impression, unnecessary camera pan and lighting descrepency on head.