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Ambient TV

First ambient TV prototype is put together. Laptop strapped to a monitor with a macropad control. One button for random shuffle. Currently featuring Terry B bike riding, Primitive Technology and Rambalac. More iterations to come.

Monitor showing ambient videosMonitor showing ambient videos


Pixelation layers

Adjusting a pixelation layer on top of sloth imageAdjusting a pixelation layer on top of sloth image


Progressive pixelation.

Sloth in layers of progressively smaller pixelsSloth in layers of progressively smaller pixels


OKLCH sloth variations

Sloth hue winners in HSL and OKLCHSloth hue winners in HSL and OKLCH


RGB winner versus RGB to HSL hue winner

Sloth color variationsSloth color variations

Hue winner kinda looks like thermal camera.


Better pixel glooper. One effect I like here and in palette reduction generally is when the background and foreground start to infect eachother.

Forest enveloping a slothForest enveloping a sloth


Trying out flood fill averaging agents. Start in a random spot and eat nearby color values, digest as average.

Sloth rendered in patchesSloth rendered in patches


Some debug images:

Sloth to outlinesSloth to outlines

Sloth to blocksSloth to blocks

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Generally working. Need to think more on where to take it.

Another sloth shotAnother sloth shot

Progressively pixelated Olympic shotProgressively pixelated Olympic shot

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Debug outtake.

Debugging the sloth with accidental trianglesDebugging the sloth with accidental triangles


Progressive resolution based on difference from average. It's not wrong but it's not quite right.

Sloth compression attemptSloth compression attempt


Thumbs up / thumbs down

Screen recording of demo app where it records if I gave a thumbs up or thumbs downScreen recording of demo app where it records if I gave a thumbs up or thumbs down


Erosion becomes collapse

GIF of collapsing image pixelesGIF of collapsing image pixeles

Erosion

Turns out a self-healing image looks a lot like a fading paint brush. More to try.

GIF of an erosion experimentGIF of an erosion experiment

GIFs are probably not going to be kind to this series.


I have the fzf menu working now. It looks like this:

Screenshot of my fzf garden menuScreenshot of my fzf garden menu


Working on a stream


Building a general purpose image uploader.


Finally got my gif setup working again in Sway. This recording featuring the pokemonsay oblique strategies.


Image to link map test. From: https://gemini-spatial-example.grantcuster.com/


Might cut out the in-between and go full cairo.