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Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by siddboots »

thefifthsetpin wrote: post #95
masterspy7 wrote: post #2

How to use it Desktop: Click to start, WASD and mouse to move Mobile: Dragging on left half of screen is move, right have is look Append any subreddit to the url to switch subreddits Tech stack - Babylon.js for the 3d rendering engine - Google Cloud Function which queries Reddit Api and then transforms the data depending on the data type - For images: Transform and serve through https://images.weserv.nl - For videos…

Is there a way to invert (or even just disable) the y-axis?

Just spin your mouse around 180 degrees

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by sdrothrock »

This is a really neat concept! I love how you can see other people and their literal sightlines.

Some people have said that they wish movement was faster; I completely agree with that.

I also wish that more of the interface were integrated into the "museum" -- it would be nice to be able to go to other subreddits from within the museum itself rather than having to leave and go to the address bar.

I'd also like to be able to see comments somehow, since that's 80% of the experience of reddit for me!

The movement speed is definitely a dealbreaker though.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by Stratoscope »

You really should not use this old-school QuickTime VR reverse-drag scrolling on a mobile device. That is not what anyone who's used a touch device in the last ten years expects.

When someone drags on a touch device, they expect to be dragging the thing they see. You touch something on the screen, move it around, and that thing follows your touch. Whatever you touched, it follows your finger around.

This site does just the opposite. When you drag on the screen, things move in the opposite direction. That's how QuickTime VR worked, but no one who is used to modern touch devices will be able to use this without being confused.

Or desktop devices for that matter. There is a simple solution: just study how Google Street view works on both mobile and desktop devices, and do that.

This could be a great site, and I would love to try it again if this one fundamental bit of navigation is fixed.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by tempestn »

airstrike wrote: post #137
pixelpoet wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. I guess we're in some kind of weird minority...

Played more flying games than FPS ones growing up? ;-)

I played a fair bit of both, but inverted always just felt more natural to me. I swear early FPS games had it that way by default, but maybe I'm mis-remembering! Definitely hard for me to grok how people prefer the 'normal' way though.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by taneq »

georgewsinger wrote: post #143
orangse wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not trying to flame the guy since he obviously put in a lot of work on his own, but the original idea is from a lainchan thread [1] for the 3d anonymous imageboard 3dchan [2]. I'm only assuming they're not the same person since this project is not on the 3dchan owner's github [3]. Again, the two are quite clearly different, and parallel creativity does exist in the realm of possibility, but my personal guess is he us…

See also JanusVR for an even older incarnation of this idea ( https://janusvr.com/ ).

To go back further, there's the old classic psDooM which lets you hunt down and kill processes on your server: http://psdoom.sourceforge.net/

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by rgoulter »

omgmog wrote: post #80
deskamess wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you make it stop so you can move your mouse to other tabs/parts of the browser?

Press the Escape key on your keyboard to regain mouse control

On Desktop, Ctrl-l works for focussing on the "location" input, too.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by srcmap »

drawkbox wrote: post #147
masterspy7 wrote: post #2

How to use it Desktop: Click to start, WASD and mouse to move Mobile: Dragging on left half of screen is move, right have is look Append any subreddit to the url to switch subreddits Tech stack - Babylon.js for the 3d rendering engine - Google Cloud Function which queries Reddit Api and then transforms the data depending on the data type - For images: Transform and serve through https://images.weserv.nl - For videos…

Well done, adding in some nice lighting from three.js or glslsandbox.com style would awesome. Art Gallery: https://3dforreddit.com/r/art Earth Natural Art Gallery https://3dforreddit.com/r/EarthPorn

This is very nice?

Can it be arrange as artworks on the wall in a long hallway? Or in a maze?

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by Kiro »

orangse wrote: post #136
diimdeep wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please share your thought process, how you get idea to build something like this?

Not trying to flame the guy since he obviously put in a lot of work on his own, but the original idea is from a lainchan thread [1] for the 3d anonymous imageboard 3dchan [2]. I'm only assuming they're not the same person since this project is not on the 3dchan owner's github [3]. Again, the two are quite clearly different, and parallel creativity does exist in the realm of possibility, but my personal guess is he us…

There's no "original idea" here. It's an obvious idea I presumed most people have had. At least I have and I haven't seen any of these before so I don't see why he couldn't have made this independently of 3dchan.
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