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Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

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Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

#61
Amazing! I might just use this as my go-to reddit app moving forward...

A couple suggestions: any chance movement could be a bit faster? I'd rather run through the museum if given the chance, just as I can scroll quickly through reddit. Maybe I'm just too used to playing CSGO and expect my character to move a bit faster

I kinda wish it included some slight head bobbing to, but I guess that's a matter of preference.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

#63
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.

You mean the future as imagined by someone from 1995?

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

#64

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 filter NSFW stuff by default?

Why would you want that?

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

#66

this is an absolute gem to experience. my question: do you shard it off to different servers or some such thing? i only ask because trying to connect on both my mobile and my laptop, i can't seem to ever end up in the same apparent room as myself. but that's no but deal, just a minor curiosity.

Yes, I have multiple servers running and each room is limited to 12 players, so it's likely that each device is connecting to a different room.

Re: Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D

#68
post #37

I think I read a John Grisham book that had something like this in it.... they had to find and destroy a file or something, but this is exactly how I pictured it.

There used to be 3d filebrowsers which were fun to use for about half an hour. http://nooface.net/3dui.shtml

https://web.archive.org/web/20111102002100/http://nooface.ne...

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