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Re: Show HN: Something pointless I made

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Post by _pmf_ »

rl3 wrote: post #33
dhotson wrote: post #2

I made this demo using http://www.pixijs.com/ Something I'm really happy with is the psuedo-3d effect on the cat using a displacement map. I took the cat sprite ( http://dn.ht/picklecat/mesmercat.png ) and made a "depth map" ( http://dn.ht/picklecat/mesmercatdisplacement.jpg ) where white is closest and black is furthest. This information is used to determine how far to move the underlying pixels. It's enough to give…

I'd like to congratulate you for the fact that this has higher production values than the majority of WebGL applications out there.

> I'd like to congratulate you for the fact that this has higher production values than the majority of WebGL applications out there.

1. Doesn't crash video card driver. 2. Doesn't crash browser. 3. Doesn't show empty tab. 4. Doesn't cause 100% CPU usage. 5. Doesn't hang browser forever.

Re: Show HN: Something pointless I made

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Post by voltagex_ »

simoncion wrote: post #82
voltagex_ wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, wonder how much it would cost to get it implemented?

You sure ? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Gradients http://www.shmoggo.com/inkscape-tutorials/how-to-unlock-the-...

Evidently not! Nice find.

Re: Show HN: Something pointless I made

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Post by dan-silver »

kowdermeister wrote: post #90
dan-silver wrote: post #34

That's an interesting way to get background music. Wastes bandwidth on the video though. " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/UsMewmMTA_c?autoplay=1">

Not really, a youtube video with a static image is VERY close to an MP3's size.

I'm seeing 3.9 MB for audio and 7.8 MB for the video.

Re: Show HN: Something pointless I made

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Post by vonklaus »

_pmf_ wrote: post #91
rl3 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like to congratulate you for the fact that this has higher production values than the majority of WebGL applications out there.

> I'd like to congratulate you for the fact that this has higher production values than the majority of WebGL applications out there. 1. Doesn't crash video card driver. 2. Doesn't crash browser. 3. Doesn't show empty tab. 4. Doesn't cause 100% CPU usage. 5. Doesn't hang browser forever.

I am on mobile with a 3 year old iphone 5.

Works.

Re: Show HN: Something pointless I made

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Post by aagha »

yummybear wrote: post #74

Interesting. How do you plan on monetizing this? Are you accepting investors at this point?

He already has a market cap of around $6M. They're talking to Andreesen and Kleiner. The biggest issue right now is lack of adoption: Growing at 137% a day just isn't fast enough.
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