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Oracle – a photorealistic browser for every Magic card ever printed

22 points by egstad 2mo ago

egstad 2mo ago
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ticulatedspline 2mo ago
Fun, though a bit much for eye candy that doesn't really serve any purpose. https://gatherer.wizards.com/ https://gatherer.wizards.com/ has all the same info in a much snappier package. offhand 2 complaints. that particle logo eats 5% of my CPU while it's visible. clicking a card is full screen like I left the page, but didn't so I can't use the back on my browser to go back to the grid.
- egstad 2mo ago
  thanks for looking! i know gatherer and scryfall well - great tools! i wanted something that felt a bit more cinematic and photorealistic. on the cpu, mind sharing what you're running? i'm on an m1 mba and i'm far from that number. cards open in lightbox, so esc gets you back to grid. common pattern, but appreciate your feedback and will consider adding it as a route. thanks again!
  - aselimov3 2mo ago
    I was also getting confused. No obvious marker to close card so I instinctively pressed back twice and got back to HN. Would try to keep exploring but I'll definitely forget and do it again.
    - egstad 2mo ago
      noted! thanks for browsing and for the input here.
    - egstad 1mo ago
      thanks again for the note. i've gone ahead and wired up the lightbox/examine view with browser navigation. appreciate the feedback!
- egstad 1mo ago
  ended up addressing this. thanks for the note!
demibabs 2mo ago
Looks really polished, nice. I just wish the cards loaded a bit faster.
- egstad 2mo ago
  the 3d renderer is a bit greedy, but i’ve got a few ideas here. thanks for giving it a spin and for the input!
- egstad 2mo ago
  tl;dr - first card now loads and renders ~45–60% faster. next/prev now 9x faster. balancing a photorealistic renderer with performance is a dance. i'll keep tweaking, but thanks for the input and the fun challenge. was a bit of a doozy tbh, but feels much faster now.
  - demibabs 2mo ago
    Oh yeah I definitely notice the difference. Nice!
pmkary 2mo ago
The heading logo is the best thing I have seen in a long time.
- egstad 2mo ago
  appreciate that. was a labor of love!
rlupi 2mo ago
Is the dataset open source? It would be cool to feed the card to MiniMax H3 (https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3 https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3) to get an Harry Potter style moving picture for each card.
- egstad 2mo ago
  a fun idea! and yep, most data is available via scryfall’s api. with nearly 100k prints, that would be quite a task!
xtiansimon 2mo ago
Curious. Could you play the game with this data source?
- egstad 2mo ago
  out-of-the-box, unfortunately not! it could technically be built though :)

22 points by egstad 2mo ago

egstad 2mo ago

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egstad 2mo ago

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ticulatedspline 2mo ago

Fun, though a bit much for eye candy that doesn't really serve any purpose. https://gatherer.wizards.com/ https://gatherer.wizards.com/ has all the same info in a much snappier package. offhand 2 complaints. that particle logo eats 5% of my CPU while it's visible. clicking a card is full screen like I left the page, but didn't so I can't use the back on my browser to go back to the grid.

egstad 2mo ago
thanks for looking! i know gatherer and scryfall well - great tools! i wanted something that felt a bit more cinematic and photorealistic. on the cpu, mind sharing what you're running? i'm on an m1 mba and i'm far from that number. cards open in lightbox, so esc gets you back to grid. common pattern, but appreciate your feedback and will consider adding it as a route. thanks again!
- aselimov3 2mo ago
  I was also getting confused. No obvious marker to close card so I instinctively pressed back twice and got back to HN. Would try to keep exploring but I'll definitely forget and do it again.
  - egstad 2mo ago
    noted! thanks for browsing and for the input here.
  - egstad 1mo ago
    thanks again for the note. i've gone ahead and wired up the lightbox/examine view with browser navigation. appreciate the feedback!
egstad 1mo ago
ended up addressing this. thanks for the note!

demibabs 2mo ago

Looks really polished, nice. I just wish the cards loaded a bit faster.

egstad 2mo ago
the 3d renderer is a bit greedy, but i’ve got a few ideas here. thanks for giving it a spin and for the input!
egstad 2mo ago
tl;dr - first card now loads and renders ~45–60% faster. next/prev now 9x faster. balancing a photorealistic renderer with performance is a dance. i'll keep tweaking, but thanks for the input and the fun challenge. was a bit of a doozy tbh, but feels much faster now.
- demibabs 2mo ago
  Oh yeah I definitely notice the difference. Nice!

pmkary 2mo ago

The heading logo is the best thing I have seen in a long time.

egstad 2mo ago
appreciate that. was a labor of love!

rlupi 2mo ago

Is the dataset open source? It would be cool to feed the card to MiniMax H3 (https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3 https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3) to get an Harry Potter style moving picture for each card.

egstad 2mo ago
a fun idea! and yep, most data is available via scryfall’s api. with nearly 100k prints, that would be quite a task!

xtiansimon 2mo ago

Curious. Could you play the game with this data source?

egstad 2mo ago
out-of-the-box, unfortunately not! it could technically be built though :)