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Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by pttrn »

justusthane wrote: post #12

This would be incredible as a live background, both because it's aesthetically stunning, and also for the information it can provide at a glance. I don't know enough about iOS to know whether (weather?) that's possible or not.

I'm not sure, although I developed this in Unity so I imagine it would be a lot of jumping through hoops to get there... (upvote for the pun :D)

Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by OceanKing »

pttrn wrote: post #19
OceanKing wrote: post #9

I like the app, it’s very intuitive, I’m considering making it my go-to weather resource. I think it could be improved by adding an hourly forecast - perhaps consider adding a slider for how the blob will change over the course of the next 24 hours?

Thanks! I'm not sure what you mean by hourly forecasts, you can already swipe left/right to change the observed point in time?

Oh wow, you can! This feature is super cool, I didn’t see it mentioned in the app description though. Thanks!

Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by Siira »

I think a free demo should be available, or at least some clear evidence of what information this app provides that a traditional one doesn’t. You have mentioned some of the shortcomings of traditional apps, but you have not demonstrated solving those. As of now, this app seems more of a beautiful art project than a pragmatic weather app, to me.

Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by rakoo »

The idea that vision is so powerful that it can recognize shapes to the point of building a language instantly reminded me of the language used by the aliens in Arrival (https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/14/dissecting-the-alien-lan...). I'm sure Itinerant won't go so far as create a whole new grammar but both the blurry, ink-like feeling and the reliance on patterns are interesting.

Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by kqr »

pttrn wrote: post #23
kqr wrote: post #8

I've been meaning to put something similar together for a while now. The visuals in this one are certainly more striking than what I had in mind. Neat!

Thanks! :) By all means do, we need more playful software if you ask me!

Can I ask what data source you use? I have yet to find one which covers my part of the globe, provides data for free, and gives some measure of confidence of the values reported.

Re: Itinerant – a fuzzy weather forecast app

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Post by bussierem »

pttrn wrote: post #21
ericschn wrote: post #10

Looks great! Any thoughts on adding humidity?

Thanks! Yes I'm thinking about it!

Would it be possible for me to inquire as to what library you used to generate the smoke samples for your app? I have a project where I wanted to do something very similar (just not for weather), and I've been having the hardest time finding a good library for it!
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