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> a lost art form Yes, totally, and one that only flowered for a quarter century! Although if somebody released a generalised program that allowed others to cr
by flashman 9y ago
> a lost art form
Yes, totally, and one that only flowered for a quarter century! Although if somebody released a generalised program that allowed others to create their own screensavers as plugins, perhaps they could flourish once again?
- asdfgadsfgasfdg 9y agoxscreensaver does this.
- criley2 9y agoI feel like screensavers and music visualizers are similar art forms, and both flourished for only a short period of time. I guess music visualization still has a niche industry in live performance or creating video entertainment. But screensavers...
- DanBC 9y agoAnd Geiss combined both. http://www.geisswerks.com/geiss/ http://www.geisswerks.com/geiss/ And the author did a bunch of other graphic stuff too: http://www.geisswerks.com/ http://www.geisswerks.com/
- fl0wenol 9y agoI think everyone in this thread should familiarize themselves with the demoscene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene) It's 30 years old now and still going strong, and it'd be right up your alley. There's plenty of trippy, interesting, or technically demanding audio/visual demonstrations for you to run, emulate, or just watch on youtube.
- koolba 9y agoMake an easy way to script them in JavaScript with npm based installs and you'll see 1000 overnight.