Checkboxland
Creative
video rendering
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
13 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and impressive demo
From 4 comments
This is brilliant. Amazing work. It even caught my ceiling fan running in the background.
jdorfman on HNthe demo was exactly what i expected when i've read the title
ushakov on HNWhat a complete waste of time. I love it!!!
diskzero on HNGreat / stupid project… nice work!
runnr_az on HN
Low latency
From 1 comment
The latency on this is really low, meaning good! Well done!
ElijahLynn on HN
Built as a week-long mini-batch project
From 1 comment
I was there for this! I actually use this as an example of a perfect mini-batch project to anyone who's skeptical of what they can get done in a week.
oksurewhynot on HN
Objections
Does not dither the video output
From 1 comment
This is great! It would be better if it dithered though.
javawizard on HN
Does not work on iPhone
From 1 comment
Doesn’t work for me on iPhone.
togaen on HN
Cannot change camera input
From 1 comment
There's no way to change camera input. Shame I couldn't try this demo.
Technetium on HN
Requests
Demo that works without camera access
From 1 comment
Feature request: I wish it had a demo that doesn’t require granting camera access. Maybe a short sample video or gif?
thih9 on HN
Option to hide video and show only checkboxes
From 1 comment
I think if you hide the video and just show the checkboxes it will be freaky cool.. still is though.
superasn on HN
Questions
Why build it?
From 1 comment
Nice! I have one question though: _why?_
henryackerman on HN
How the rendering works, e.g. pixel averaging or downscaling
From 1 comment
No repo? Curious on a high level how it works, averages nearby pixels or something, or just makes the video really low resolution and each large block is a checkbox? Would think…
jcun4128 on HN
Alternatives named
EmojiVision iOS app
From 1 comment
A colleague of mine created the EmojiVision app for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emojivision/id1472824315 It's similar, but with different sets of emojis and variable…
samdg on HN
Video rendered with contentEditable
From 1 comment
Hah, this is like a video with contentEditable = true
evv on HN