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Show HN: A web app to make a simple gallery to promote your art

28 points by orsifrancesco 6y ago

dusted 6y ago
Both the 2D and 3D demo just gave me a colorful, pixelated static which is cool in itself but probably not the entire intended experience. But it looks kind of neat from the small looping video, is there also a way to full-screen the images? I made a bash script to generate a static gallery from a directory of images if anyone is interested in that sort of solution https://github.com/DusteDdk/chromogen https://github.com/DusteDdk/chromogen
amelius 6y ago
Nice idea which I will keep in mind, but execution is lacking. The demos didn't work.
- orsifrancesco 6y ago
  it's embarrassing but .. museobit was offline for a couple of hours today :( (never happened before, now is fixed) :)
reality_inspctr 6y ago
Great idea - long history with PG and viaweb. If it hosted NFT outbound links would be more compelling in current time? like linktree + gallery? (fwiw I sell my art and nfts.)
- orsifrancesco 6y ago
  This is a great feedback, thank you :)
- astlouis44 6y ago
  Our startup is working on a WebGL/WebXR platform where anyone can create and host immersive spaces, particularly for artists wanting to showcase their creative works and collections for others to check out. Link to a room on our platform here: https://vrland.io/nMzTxw/0,0,0@0,0.5,0@1@S/puzzled-dexter-jettster/in https://vrland.io/nMzTxw/0,0,0@0,0.5,0@1@S/puzzled-dexter-je...
flockonus 6y ago
The 2D view worked for me, and i would suggest making the pre-fetching of the images way more aggressive. And maybe the scrolling speed on mobile is too fast. On 2D i don't like that when i click a artwork it actually shows up smaller than before. Was it done on Unity 3D?
- orsifrancesco 6y ago
  3D is Unity, 2D just css. I agree about the scrolling speed on mobile, thank you for you feedback :)
42droids 6y ago
Curious, is this something people need? I like this idea a lot. I assume in the age of Instagram, you might want your own "space"?
- orsifrancesco 6y ago
  Thank you for your feedback, it's a MVP with new features in progress :)
lancesells 6y ago
I don't think this is all that useful for displaying 2D works of art. Perhaps if it was sculptures or if there was a high-res version of the painting with specular and depth maps that made sense to view in something other than a flat plane.
jimi_d 6y ago
Great idea, and particularly interesting in these times of corona. Is there a way when wandering in this virtual museum to make the pieces of art appear bigger?

28 points by orsifrancesco 6y ago

Both the 2D and 3D demo just gave me a colorful, pixelated static which is cool in itself but probably not the entire intended experience. But it looks kind of neat from the small looping video, is there also a way to full-screen the images? I made a bash script to generate a static gallery from a directory of images if anyone is interested in that sort of solution https://github.com/DusteDdk/chromogen https://github.com/DusteDdk/chromogen

amelius 6y ago

Nice idea which I will keep in mind, but execution is lacking. The demos didn't work.

orsifrancesco 6y ago
it's embarrassing but .. museobit was offline for a couple of hours today :( (never happened before, now is fixed) :)

reality_inspctr 6y ago

Great idea - long history with PG and viaweb. If it hosted NFT outbound links would be more compelling in current time? like linktree + gallery? (fwiw I sell my art and nfts.)

orsifrancesco 6y ago
This is a great feedback, thank you :)
astlouis44 6y ago
Our startup is working on a WebGL/WebXR platform where anyone can create and host immersive spaces, particularly for artists wanting to showcase their creative works and collections for others to check out. Link to a room on our platform here: https://vrland.io/nMzTxw/0,0,0@0,0.5,0@1@S/puzzled-dexter-jettster/in https://vrland.io/nMzTxw/0,0,0@0,0.5,0@1@S/puzzled-dexter-je...

flockonus 6y ago

The 2D view worked for me, and i would suggest making the pre-fetching of the images way more aggressive. And maybe the scrolling speed on mobile is too fast. On 2D i don't like that when i click a artwork it actually shows up smaller than before. Was it done on Unity 3D?

orsifrancesco 6y ago
3D is Unity, 2D just css. I agree about the scrolling speed on mobile, thank you for you feedback :)

42droids 6y ago

Curious, is this something people need? I like this idea a lot. I assume in the age of Instagram, you might want your own "space"?

orsifrancesco 6y ago
Thank you for your feedback, it's a MVP with new features in progress :)

lancesells 6y ago

I don't think this is all that useful for displaying 2D works of art. Perhaps if it was sculptures or if there was a high-res version of the painting with specular and depth maps that made sense to view in something other than a flat plane.

jimi_d 6y ago

Great idea, and particularly interesting in these times of corona. Is there a way when wandering in this virtual museum to make the pieces of art appear bigger?