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Re: MathBox 2

#4
I gave up trying to understand it and just clicked through for the eye candy. Cool stuff as usual from Steven Wittens.

Re: MathBox 2

#7

Wow, after viewing the examples, almost 10% battery was consumed.

Some probably helpful debugging questions to ask:

Laptop or mobile? How much time did you spend watching the examples? What is your battery's storage capacity (milliamp-hours, usage hours, etc.)? Does it have a GPU? CPU usage? Is that battery drain consistent w/ other things that use that amount of CPU? etc.

Re: MathBox 2

#8
This is one of the most beautiful things I've seen for some time. And to think this is all in a browser, usable from JavaScript. I feel like there could be so many applications for this, for more complex, interdependent visualizations, yet easier than D3 and the like. Also, in the end it's described as Reactive DOM. So, now I wan't to see TodoMVC redone with this. It must be the fastest yet (I'm only half joking!).

I wonder what it needs to handle text presentation and input. HTML overlays are mentioned. Perhaps there are already WebGL text renderers that could be integrated. Of course visualizations this complex make my Macbook scream, but that's all right since I'm seeing something new (in a browser) and delightful. I have a few million data points that could benefit from vantage point like this, which need complex dependencies and controls.

Re: MathBox 2

#10
Wow. Simply stunning.

It's eye candy AND it's interesting at it's core... wow. Beautiful work.

I just can't articulate a better thing than "wow". Really. This is incredible.

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