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ASCII Cam

60 points by geekrax 12y ago

ciupicri 12y ago
> An error ocurred getting user media. Code:undefined It happens with Firefox, Midori and Chrome.
- delinka 12y ago
  I only got this error when my macbook was closed (i.e. camera not available.)
- bbcbasic 12y ago
  You need a cam. Had the same problem on the work PC. Works nice on my nexus 5 though.
htor 12y ago
Awesome! Works fine here.
jarnix 12y ago
Great! Pro tip ;-) Click "Stop cam" while making a stupid face and you can copy/paste it.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
  You can actually get high enough resolution to distinguish a stupid face?!
  - iLoch 12y ago
    Put a flashlight under your chin
EpicDavi 12y ago
I know what thread you got this link from, OP... dirty, dirty, dirty :)
- geekrax 12y ago
  lol I couldn't stop myself from sharing this project here! :) Didn't know this'd make it to front page.
- iLoch 12y ago
  Well aren't we a bunch of perverts.
- dsjoerg 12y ago
  Please do share!!!
  - geekrax 12y ago
    This is where this project was mentioned by a redditor: http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2nul0l/people_have_too_much_time/ http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2nul0l/people_have_too... It was on the front-page couple of hours ago. Umm, probably NSFW.
VieElm 12y ago
This is very similar to idevelop's ascii cam[1]. The code is significantly different though[2]. I first assumed one used code from the other but it looks like separate implementations of the same idea. [1] http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/ http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/ [2] https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/ https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/
dhotson 12y ago
Very cool! I made something similar that runs in your terminal: https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam
- dorfsmay 12y ago
  Oh! You got me exited for a minute, I thought it'd be any terminal, but it's "OS X" only. Having said that, still neat, and short too.
  - hereonbusiness 12y ago
    You should be able to use mplayer with AAlib or libcaca to play any video (or stream from your webcam) as ASCII. It works just fine in a terminal window. http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441 http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer
IvanK_net 12y ago
I wonder, why don't they use dithering - http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html
bbcbasic 12y ago
With cool stuff like this, it makes me wonder about the future of installed apps. If only Android would support 'installation' of HTML5 apps so there is no browser, shortcut made automatically, ability to 'uninstall'. Easy to do but would compete with their store and they lose control.
- lukifer 12y ago
  I haven't tried it myself yet, but modern Android and Chrome do seem to be trending this direction: http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-chrome-31 http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-... Also, the fact that the underlying Chrome engine for WebViews can now update independently of the Android OS bodes well for the viability of HTML5 apps: http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-updating-webview-means-mobile-apps/ http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-upda...
  - bbcbasic 12y ago
    Excellent. RIP Cordova.
of 12y ago
Reminds me of HasciiCam from 2000: http://ascii.dyne.org/ http://ascii.dyne.org/
brokentone 12y ago
A manual brightness / contrast control would do wonders. My face was only 2 or 3 different characters/densities. Meanwhile the wall behind me is another several.

ASCII Cam

60 points by geekrax 12y ago

ciupicri 12y ago

> An error ocurred getting user media. Code:undefined It happens with Firefox, Midori and Chrome.

delinka 12y ago
I only got this error when my macbook was closed (i.e. camera not available.)
bbcbasic 12y ago
You need a cam. Had the same problem on the work PC. Works nice on my nexus 5 though.

htor 12y ago

Awesome! Works fine here.

jarnix 12y ago

Great! Pro tip ;-) Click "Stop cam" while making a stupid face and you can copy/paste it.

oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
You can actually get high enough resolution to distinguish a stupid face?!
- iLoch 12y ago
  Put a flashlight under your chin

EpicDavi 12y ago

I know what thread you got this link from, OP... dirty, dirty, dirty :)

geekrax 12y ago
lol I couldn't stop myself from sharing this project here! :) Didn't know this'd make it to front page.
iLoch 12y ago
Well aren't we a bunch of perverts.
dsjoerg 12y ago
Please do share!!!
- geekrax 12y ago
  This is where this project was mentioned by a redditor: http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2nul0l/people_have_too_much_time/ http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2nul0l/people_have_too... It was on the front-page couple of hours ago. Umm, probably NSFW.

VieElm 12y ago

This is very similar to idevelop's ascii cam[1]. The code is significantly different though[2]. I first assumed one used code from the other but it looks like separate implementations of the same idea. [1] http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/ http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/ [2] https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/ https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/

dhotson 12y ago

Very cool! I made something similar that runs in your terminal: https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam

dorfsmay 12y ago
Oh! You got me exited for a minute, I thought it'd be any terminal, but it's "OS X" only. Having said that, still neat, and short too.
- hereonbusiness 12y ago
  You should be able to use mplayer with AAlib or libcaca to play any video (or stream from your webcam) as ASCII. It works just fine in a terminal window. http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441 http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer

IvanK_net 12y ago

I wonder, why don't they use dithering - http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html

bbcbasic 12y ago

With cool stuff like this, it makes me wonder about the future of installed apps. If only Android would support 'installation' of HTML5 apps so there is no browser, shortcut made automatically, ability to 'uninstall'. Easy to do but would compete with their store and they lose control.

lukifer 12y ago
I haven't tried it myself yet, but modern Android and Chrome do seem to be trending this direction: http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-chrome-31 http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-... Also, the fact that the underlying Chrome engine for WebViews can now update independently of the Android OS bodes well for the viability of HTML5 apps: http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-updating-webview-means-mobile-apps/ http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-upda...
- bbcbasic 12y ago
  Excellent. RIP Cordova.

of 12y ago

Reminds me of HasciiCam from 2000: http://ascii.dyne.org/ http://ascii.dyne.org/

brokentone 12y ago

A manual brightness / contrast control would do wonders. My face was only 2 or 3 different characters/densities. Meanwhile the wall behind me is another several.