Software galaxies

#1

Post by matesz » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 4:54 AM UTC

Software galaxies
anvaka.github.io

Re: Software galaxies

#2

Post by matesz » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 4:57 AM UTC

https://github.com/anvaka/pm/blob/master/about/README.md

Re: Software galaxies

#3

Post by pmontra » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:34 AM UTC

Navigating the galaxies is frustratingly hard.

One finger touch moves forward, but it makes very hard to touch a point and see what it is. I keep selecting something past it, especially for large dots, which I'm curious to see what they are.

Rotating the device changes the direction but it's hard to point towards a specific star.

On the good side it's very nice to look at. I wish there would be something as fast as this for navigating real galaxies, with of course better controls.

Re: Software galaxies

#4

Post by marapuru » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:40 AM UTC

Interesting and very cool!

But since navigating around is not easy, would it be an idea to implement a game like controller that allows you to move around?

Current controls are not working so well.

Re: Software galaxies

#5

Post by cloudwalk9 » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:40 AM UTC

I imagine Gentoo would be extremely difficult to visualize because USE flags add a 4th spatial dimension...

Re: Software galaxies

#6

Post by vavooom » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:42 AM UTC

Maybe provide some insights on the main clusters identified? I think of this youtube video on Wikipedia Graph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JheGL6uSF-4&ab_channel=adumb

Re: Software galaxies

#7

Post by edweis » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:51 AM UTC

Beautiful work

Re: Software galaxies

#8

Post by Varriount » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:57 AM UTC

pmontra wrote: post #3

Navigating the galaxies is frustratingly hard. One finger touch moves forward, but it makes very hard to touch a point and see what it is. I keep selecting something past it, especially for large dots, which I'm curious to see what they are. Rotating the device changes the direction but it's hard to point towards a specific star. On the good side it's very nice to look at. I wish there would be something as fast as t…

Although I agree that navigation via device orientation makes some navigation aspects difficult, I also find it oddly fascinating. It's like my phone has become a window into another world.

Re: Software galaxies

#9

Post by omoikane » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:05 AM UTC

This looks very nice, but a 2D visualization might have been more practical. For example, the fact that the dot size represents the total number of dependents is obscured by the fact that the dot sizes are also a function of camera distance.

Re: Software galaxies

#10

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:07 AM UTC

marapuru wrote: post #4

Interesting and very cool! But since navigating around is not easy, would it be an idea to implement a game like controller that allows you to move around? Current controls are not working so well.

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