No repo? Curious on a high level how it works, averages nearby pixels or something, or just makes the video really low resolution and each large block is a checkbox? Would think title should say "webcam video output" or something There is the minified demo.js
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#23"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should." (Just kidding, that's awesome!)
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#24Doesn’t work for me on iPhone.
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#25A colleague of mine created the EmojiVision app for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emojivision/id1472824315
It's similar, but with different sets of emojis and variable fidelity. Very interesting results!
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#26Some background: a little while ago I built a library called "Checkboxland" at the Recurse Center for rendering stuff into a checkbox grid. I recently made an update that lets it render arbitrary images and video. The video feature supports HTML MediaStream, which is what powers the webcam demo.
Recurse Center for Rendering Stuff into a Checkbox Grid, 1 Checkbox Drive, etc.
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#27Gotta love the "back to CheckboxLand" link
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#28This is great! It would be better if it dithered though.
Dithering is quite a tough problem, especially video.
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#29Your were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should.
No, but, seriously this is hilarious.
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#30the demo was exactly what i expected when i've read the title
To nitpick a bit, my first thought was "how do HTML checkboxes detect light"? It'd be more accurate to call it a checkbox video renderer that uses a webcam as input.