ASCII Google Streetview • Hacker News Board

halis wrote: post #8

Looked pretty cool but it slowed down my work computer so bad that it practically crashed it. And this box is an i7 with 10GB of memory...

But do you have a GPU on it, and if so how powerful is it?

My Macbook Pro handled it with no noticeable slowdown.

Re: ASCII Google Streetview

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Post by nowarninglabel » Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 10:14 PM UTC

dataangel wrote: post #4

I see nothing.

If you are using a supported browser and WebGL is enabled, make sure to also enable javascript if it's disabled, then reload and wait a minute, took a little while to load up.

Re: ASCII Google Streetview

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Post by codequickly » Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 10:27 PM UTC

I'm on macbook with nvidia 9400m, only works on Firefox. On Chrome (latest) and Safari, it doesn't show anything. I wonder why WebGL isn't working on these browsers.

Re: ASCII Google Streetview

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Post by codequickly » Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 10:30 PM UTC

jof wrote: post #12

This is the dopest WebGL application, IMO. Totally loving this, including the green mode.

Looks like effects from Matrix in green

Re: ASCII Google Streetview

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Post by dangrossman » Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 10:32 PM UTC

codequickly wrote: post #17

I'm on macbook with nvidia 9400m, only works on Firefox. On Chrome (latest) and Safari, it doesn't show anything. I wonder why WebGL isn't working on these browsers.

These MacBooks have dual graphics chipsets don't they? So does the HP Envy I'm using now. Chrome has a built-in list of chipsets on which it disables WebGL. It detects the onboard Intel chipset as on that list and disables WebGL even though the ATI Radeon chipset I'm actually using at the moment would handle the site easily. I'm guessing it's the same situation on your MacBook.

You can probably manually flip a setting in about:flags to turn WebGL back on. I just switch to Firefox to check out the demos.

Re: ASCII Google Streetview

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Post by unttld » Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 10:34 PM UTC

codequickly wrote: post #17

I'm on macbook with nvidia 9400m, only works on Firefox. On Chrome (latest) and Safari, it doesn't show anything. I wonder why WebGL isn't working on these browsers.

You might have to enable WebGL in Chrome and Safari. They usually default WebGL to off for me when they update for me.