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Crystal Fragment turns everything you see into 8-bit Pixel Art
- ClassyJacket 2y agoSomeone make glasses out of these!
- HPsquared 2y agoThose are called "fly's eye" lenses.
- _nalply 2y agoWhen I read that title I wondered how the colors get quantized, because... 8-bit! No, it's just a pixelating crystal (?)... Still nice.
- nottorp 2y agoJust ?!? I clicked on the comments to complain about all those indies still making pixel art games in 2024. But this is an actually fun physical item!
- latexr 2y ago> I clicked on the comments to complain about all those indies still making pixel art games in 2024. Why would you feel the need to complain about that? What harm does that cause you? Indie developers aren’t “still” making pixel art, they’re making pixel art to a level that would’ve been impossible back then, full of particles, light effects, filters, and more. To me it hands down pushes more creative boundaries than the same old boring 3D trying to look ever more realistic.
- nottorp 2y agoSo your world is either pixelated or 3D? There is nothing in between? Hint: check the last Monkey Island for example.
- jmorenoamor 2y agoThere are lots of great 2d non pixel games, maybe pixels were an overused trend, but it's still a legit art style.
- latexr 2y agoOf course there are things in between. There are even video games outside of it with no graphics like A Blind Legend. So what’s your point? I’d appreciate if you argued in good faith instead of reflexively fighting a straw man. You haven’t answered what makes you feel the need to (in your words) click on the comments to complain about artists picking pixel art as their choice.
- Kiro 2y agoI love pixel art games in 2024.
- emmanueloga_ 2y agoOriginal source [1] and English translation [2]. -- 1: https://monoli.easy-myshop.jp/ https://monoli.easy-myshop.jp/ 2: https://monoli-easy--myshop-jp.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://monoli-easy--myshop-jp.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_...
- d-lisp 2y agoI thought "Crystal Fragment" was the name of some piece of software...
- Aardwolf 2y agoI thought it'd be a generative AI specialized in pixel art :)
- latexr 2y agoI’m suspicious of the effect working as advertised. Looking at the photos closely there seem to be two different objects: a larger cube that is used for the best demos (Arc de Triomphe and plushies) and the pendant everywhere else. You can distinguish them from a few details: the pendant has the small “hook” and has a considerably smaller “pixel count” which only produces uninteresting squares of colour without a discernible image. Plus look at the hand holding them and how far apart the fingers are. Furthermore, both this website and the artist mention this produces an upside-down image (they have a clear example with a candle on the website) while the best demos here have images with the right side up. As someone who’d be on the target market for this, I wouldn’t feel confident spending the money without first holding one in my hands and clarifying these incongruences.
- msephton 2y agoThere are two different sized objects being sold and shown in the article. I mentioned this important fact when I posted this link yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633
- HPsquared 2y agoAlso, shouldn't the image be upside-down?
- qwery 2y agoIt is. At least in the photos of the "pixel mirror" -- see your sibling comment, there are two objects being demoed. In some of the examples it's hard to tell, you can work out the skybox[0] in the photos[1] that include the horizon. [0] I found it amusing that this was the word I reached for here, so I left it in. A skybox is typically what is/was rendered in the background before the rest of a 3D (game) scene. I'm referring to the gradient between the ground/horizon/sunset/sky. [1] https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2024/07/wearable-pixel-mirror-is-your-window-to-pixelated-art-of-what-you-see-through-it/Pixel-Mirror-Window-by-Monoli-1.jpg https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2024/07/weara...
- msephton 2y agoPrevious, posted yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633
- Aardwolf 2y agoYour comment says "msephton 20 hours ago", while the post your comment links to says "14 points by msephton 5 hours ago" How can the post have a time 15 hours after this comment?
- msephton 2y agoSince I commented my post seems to have received the HN "second chance", so the timestamp has been updated but the comment timestamp remains unchanged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- tyingq 2y agoSold out, though Etsy has similar items for less... https://www.etsy.com/listing/1525612125/natural-crystal-quartz-gemstone-pixel https://www.etsy.com/listing/1525612125/natural-crystal-quar...
- msephton 2y agoNot sold out, per se. There are two items in the article. The first has not yet gone on sale. The second, smaller one with upside down image, goes on sale at the start of every month. Info at: https://monoli.easy-myshop.jp https://monoli.easy-myshop.jp
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- lgvld 2y agoreminds me of these two funny pictures (of a cat behind a window acting similarly on light): https://imgur.com/pq9xLol https://imgur.com/pq9xLol https://imgur.com/1hhvBY9 https://imgur.com/1hhvBY9
- mhx1138 2y agoIt’s not 8 bit. Just ultra low resolution with big square pixels. But the color spectrum seems big and unaffected by whatever the crystal is doing.
- falseprofit 2y agoIf we’re being honest, the “pixels” contain multiple colors and discernible shapes.
- pbj1968 2y agoPixel cut peridot is nothing new.
- binary132 2y agoIt’s crazy how I assumed this was some kind of digital screen device for a solid 20-30 seconds before scrolling far enough to see the actual design.
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- thih9 2y agoOnly one short video where the crystal is very carefully held in a single place. This doesn’t give me a good demonstration of the capabilities. Also, looks like the object in the video (cube) is not the same as the object being sold (pendant, shows upside down image).