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ASCII Cam

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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/

[2] https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/

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

lol I couldn't stop myself from sharing this project here! :) Didn't know this'd make it to front page.

Well aren't we a bunch of perverts.

Please do share!!!

This is where this project was mentioned by a redditor: http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2nul0l/people_have_too...

It was on the front-page couple of hours ago. Umm, probably NSFW.

Very cool!

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

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.

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

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer

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.

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-...

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-upda...

Excellent. RIP Cordova.

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

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.

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

Great!

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

You can actually get high enough resolution to distinguish a stupid face?!

Put a flashlight under your chin

> An error ocurred getting user media. Code:undefined

It happens with Firefox, Midori and Chrome.

I only got this error when my macbook was closed (i.e. camera not available.)

You need a cam. Had the same problem on the work PC. Works nice on my nexus 5 though.

Awesome! Works fine here.

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