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Beautiful presentation. I love when visualizations serve the goal and not the other way around. Tufte would be proud.

by ihaveajob 3y ago

wgx 3y ago
> would Tufte is still alive!
- ihaveajob 3y ago
  Of course, but I'm not inside his head :)
Fnoord 3y ago
Bugs out for me in Firefox at around 2/3. Works fine in Safari. My kid (6) crashes all the time, and she is naturally attracted to picking Peach. I'd say because of that, a character with high acceleration is going to be better. Though she also just likes to push the gas. Though we're playing the one from GBA on Analogue Pocket. Which is probably a lot less advanced as the one in question here (a game for Wii U from 2012), it does resemble Wacky Wheels quite a lot.
- denkmoon 3y ago
  FYI Mario Kart for the Switch has a handful of accessibility options that help less experienced/younger/elderly players stay in the game and on the course without taking away from the fun.
- djbusby 3y ago
  Gotta teach the kid about using the brake and the "poomp" slide (called boost after N64) on the corner. I race Mario but when she's on, mine (8), can get me on the 150 tracks (switch). I'm still crushing on the 200 tho (for now) ;)
- captn3m0 3y ago
  Bugged out for me around 2/3 on Firefox/iOS (which is really Safari) with Lockdown mode.
vavooom 3y ago
The switch from 2D to 3D was so seemless and beautiful I actually gasped.
- smlacy 3y ago
  Maybe it was 3D the entire time. :)
- ndr 3y ago
  Same. What a beautiful plot twist.
- superMayo 3y ago
  Thanks a lot! That was my goal. It's a trick I learned: if you zoom in from a distance, everything appears flat. The effect is achieved by zooming out while simultaneously moving the camera closer to the subject!
  - KeplerBoy 3y ago
    Could you not just use a parallel projection (which should be the default for this kind of 3d scatter plot)?
    - superMayo 3y ago
      Yes, I could have been using THREE.OrthographicCamera(), however, it makes the effect way less cinematic, and most importantly, it makes the depth harder to see (particularly for a scatter plot).
  - danbruc 3y ago
    In cinematography that is called a dolly zoom [1] and it is best known for being used in Vertigo [2] and Jaws [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YJkBcRWB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YJkBcRWB8 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO_5q5dR9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO_5q5dR9M
  - 3y ago

Beautiful presentation. I love when visualizations serve the goal and not the other way around. Tufte would be proud.

wgx 3y ago

> would Tufte is still alive!

ihaveajob 3y ago
Of course, but I'm not inside his head :)

Fnoord 3y ago

Bugs out for me in Firefox at around 2/3. Works fine in Safari. My kid (6) crashes all the time, and she is naturally attracted to picking Peach. I'd say because of that, a character with high acceleration is going to be better. Though she also just likes to push the gas. Though we're playing the one from GBA on Analogue Pocket. Which is probably a lot less advanced as the one in question here (a game for Wii U from 2012), it does resemble Wacky Wheels quite a lot.

denkmoon 3y ago
FYI Mario Kart for the Switch has a handful of accessibility options that help less experienced/younger/elderly players stay in the game and on the course without taking away from the fun.
djbusby 3y ago
Gotta teach the kid about using the brake and the "poomp" slide (called boost after N64) on the corner. I race Mario but when she's on, mine (8), can get me on the 150 tracks (switch). I'm still crushing on the 200 tho (for now) ;)
captn3m0 3y ago
Bugged out for me around 2/3 on Firefox/iOS (which is really Safari) with Lockdown mode.

vavooom 3y ago

The switch from 2D to 3D was so seemless and beautiful I actually gasped.

smlacy 3y ago
Maybe it was 3D the entire time. :)
ndr 3y ago
Same. What a beautiful plot twist.
superMayo 3y ago
Thanks a lot! That was my goal. It's a trick I learned: if you zoom in from a distance, everything appears flat. The effect is achieved by zooming out while simultaneously moving the camera closer to the subject!
- KeplerBoy 3y ago
  Could you not just use a parallel projection (which should be the default for this kind of 3d scatter plot)?
  - superMayo 3y ago
    Yes, I could have been using THREE.OrthographicCamera(), however, it makes the effect way less cinematic, and most importantly, it makes the depth harder to see (particularly for a scatter plot).
- danbruc 3y ago
  In cinematography that is called a dolly zoom [1] and it is best known for being used in Vertigo [2] and Jaws [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YJkBcRWB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YJkBcRWB8 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO_5q5dR9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO_5q5dR9M
- 3y ago