Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by debaserab2 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:19 PM UTC

jzig wrote: post #22

kthejoker2 wrote: post #10

Thanks, I hate it? Seriously, great job, supremely disorienting - it almost felt like the Internet again.

Yep, still better than the New Reddit. Great job!

If I had to choose between using this or the new reddit UI I'd choose this

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by diimdeep » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:19 PM UTC

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…

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

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by 52-6F-62 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

mappum wrote: post #7

Amazing, this is clearly a glimpse into a future of internet content being less like a document and more like a virtual world. Suggestion: the enter key should focus the chat box (like a FPS game) so you don't have to hit escape then click on it.

The dream of the [late] 90's is alive?

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by pixelbath » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:21 PM UTC

jzig wrote: post #22

kthejoker2 wrote: post #10

Thanks, I hate it? Seriously, great job, supremely disorienting - it almost felt like the Internet again.

Yep, still better than the New Reddit. Great job!

Still links to the new Reddit design when visiting links from Reddit 3D, unfortunately.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by larrik » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:21 PM UTC

Neat, although Youtube thumbs are showing the prestitial ads instead, which is a little weird.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by twox2 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:22 PM UTC

It's the UI from the film Hackers that we've all been waiting for.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by ljf » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

diimdeep wrote: post #52

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…

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

Same question here - a long time ago when I first became a PO it was because I told my boss about an idea I'd had where our users could walk around our site - a little like this (this was a site aimed at kids). But this was 15 years ago and likely wouldn't have been half as cool! They asked me to rebuild the site anyway - though I was far far more traditional in my delivery in the end.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by avaku » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

As soon as I move the mouse, it makes me "look at the ceiling" and I can't get out of there :(

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by eternalny1 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

This is brilliant!

Really make yourself feel at home:

https://3dforreddit.com/r/art

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Post by alltalk10000 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

danielbln wrote: post #47

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…

Do you support VR in any way? Can I use this in my Oculus Quest browser?

Second that!