Moiré Explorer

(play.ertdfgcvb.xyz)

168 points | by Luc 21 hours ago

11 comments

  • gatkinso 16 hours ago
    Highly recommend checking out Andreas' other work on https://ertdfgcvb.xyz/. Probably one of my favorite websites of all time, his body of work is what complete commitment to an idea looks like. Couple cool hardware projects in there too.
    • brcmthrowaway 14 hours ago
      Saw NFTs, closed tab
      • tarsiel 3 hours ago
        From my experience in the generative art scene, there’s 2 main types of people making NFTs. There’s the crypto-first people who are into them for ideological or monetary reasons, and existing digital artists who saw it as a way to monetize their digital art and cash in on the gold rush.

        I have a ton of issues with NFTs and while I don’t love that a lot of my favourite artists got involved with them, I at least understand that perspective a bit more.

      • fragmede 11 hours ago
        your loss
        • zen928 6 hours ago
          im sure the pictures on the snake oil bottles looked really cool too
    • performative 10 hours ago
      ugh this is maddeningly cool
  • arunc 14 hours ago
    The monospace font, LL Simple Console, used on this website is so cool. Seems like it is proprietary and cannot be used in other domains. See https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/css/simple_console.css
  • kens 17 hours ago
    This reminds me of mid-1970s ASCII computer graphics, except more advanced and orders of magnitude faster. In particular, it brought to mind "Mandala" from the book "What to Do After You Hit Return", which was an amazing book in 1975, full of BASIC games and graphics programs that you could type in. If you want the vibe of early home computers, take a look at this book.

    https://archive.org/details/Whattodoafteryouhitreturn/page/n...

  • Luc 18 hours ago
    Press CMD+. a couple of times to bring up a sidebar with more info and other demos.

    CMD+I will enable Immediate Mode, so that every edit you make is reflected in the output as you type.

  • userbinator 11 hours ago
    Why do people use domains like this for actual content? If I saw "ertdfgcvb.xyz" in a search result I'd ignore it as "likely SEO spam".
    • omoikane 10 hours ago
      Looks like it makes a 3x3 pattern on a qwerty keyboard:

          ert
          dfg
          cvb
      
      I am not sure if it's mostly meant to be a meaningless but unique identifier (like "xkcd") or if it's a challenge to the readers to find the real meaning (like "lcamtuf").
    • d-lisp 10 hours ago
      u n d e r g r o u n d

      c u l t u r e

  • omoikane 18 hours ago
    For some reason, the box drawing characters aligns properly for me in Chrome but not in Firefox, as seen in the right edge of the blue box. The misalignment is more pronounced in the SDF circle demo:

    https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/#/src/sdf/circle

    I wonder if it's just me (different browser locale, maybe?)

  • smusamashah 18 hours ago
    Looking at this it looks like that Moore pattern is just waves/signals interacting with each other. Also that low cost effects can be created using these patterns.
  • xnx 19 hours ago
    Very cool. Is there a pause button?
    • xtiansimon 19 hours ago
      No, but you'll come down in about eight hours... LOL.

      I like this project--

      The layout is well designed--image area, editable code window, and compact navigation--pleasantly proportioned with an excellent demonstration of thematic font choice. And, surprise, some are interactive.

      I imagine it's an excellent way to organize and store your collection of animation algos. The 'about' is detailed (https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/abc.html#play:about) and interesting to read.

      Thanks to OP for sharing.

    • maplethorpe 19 hours ago
      Ctrl+shift+c lets you copy a frame to clipboard.
  • lifetimerubyist 16 hours ago
    I have no idea what I'm looking at but it's cool AF.
  • blamestross 10 hours ago
    Am I the only person Moire patterns induce instant and intense nausea in? Is it just a personal "crucifix glitch?"
  • bschmidt25017 13 hours ago
    [dead]