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Swarm

101 points by aphrax 3y ago

coley 3y ago
Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I tab back, the music stops.
- WirelessGigabit 3y ago
  For me the audio stutters when I look at it, but it plays smoothly when I am in a different tab.
  - polynomial 3y ago
    Same.
- amarant 3y ago
  There's music? I didn't get any at all! I guess that explains why I couldn't understand the point of this... For a while I thought it was just a kinda cool but nothing special particle effect, and wondered what it was even doing on the HN front-page. OP:I dunno what the issue is but I didn't get any sound on Android. Might be a bug in your page. Sorry for the detail-free bug report.
- capableweb 3y ago
  I was just gonna write the same thing. First I opened it in Firefox, which works fine for a couple of seconds, then the audio glitches out. Then I decided to try Chrome, as many of these "toys" are ever only tried in Chrome, but then this happened instead.
ptzolov 3y ago
I don't get it
- malikNF 3y ago
  Helped me to have my headphones on.
SubiculumCode 3y ago
its neat, but I was left wondering if it was interactive, a movie, etc.
MyFirstSass 3y ago
This was amazing to me for some weird reason. The synths especially.
spire234 3y ago
very cool
gravitronic 3y ago
Love vitling's work! https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/ https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/ previously posted
abhaynayar 3y ago
Scary.
jakkos 3y ago
Bookmark
mlindner 3y ago
The noise used in the toy isn't very pleasing to the ears.
- groby_b 3y ago
  Yep. And more importantly, give an indication you're going to make noise, and give people an option to turn it off before it starts.
- NickBusey 3y ago
  To each their own I guess. I listened to it with headphones, and it was very soothing.
Zisko 3y ago
Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.
- andsoitis 3y ago
  How common is photosensitive epilepsy? This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns. Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20. Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seizures/seizure-triggers/photosensitive-epilepsy https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seiz...
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    So 3% of 1% is... 3 in 10 000, or 1 in ~3.5k people. That's... much more widespread than I'd suspect.
  - retrocryptid 3y ago
    Common enough.
    - cma 3y ago
      I wonder if a much better solution than warnings would be something at the OS level analyzing the screen and fading out contrast or something any time it detects flashing patterns that could trigger epilepsy.
      - mikecsh 3y ago
        iOS has recently added that feature for video sources https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automatically-dim-video-when-flashes-of-light-are-detected/ https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automa...
  - 3y ago
devteambravo 3y ago
Humans exploring space

Swarm

101 points by aphrax 3y ago

coley 3y ago

Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I tab back, the music stops.

WirelessGigabit 3y ago
For me the audio stutters when I look at it, but it plays smoothly when I am in a different tab.
- polynomial 3y ago
  Same.
amarant 3y ago
There's music? I didn't get any at all! I guess that explains why I couldn't understand the point of this... For a while I thought it was just a kinda cool but nothing special particle effect, and wondered what it was even doing on the HN front-page. OP:I dunno what the issue is but I didn't get any sound on Android. Might be a bug in your page. Sorry for the detail-free bug report.
capableweb 3y ago
I was just gonna write the same thing. First I opened it in Firefox, which works fine for a couple of seconds, then the audio glitches out. Then I decided to try Chrome, as many of these "toys" are ever only tried in Chrome, but then this happened instead.

ptzolov 3y ago

I don't get it

malikNF 3y ago
Helped me to have my headphones on.

SubiculumCode 3y ago

its neat, but I was left wondering if it was interactive, a movie, etc.

MyFirstSass 3y ago

This was amazing to me for some weird reason. The synths especially.

spire234 3y ago

very cool

gravitronic 3y ago

Love vitling's work! https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/ https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/ previously posted

abhaynayar 3y ago

Scary.

jakkos 3y ago

Bookmark

mlindner 3y ago

The noise used in the toy isn't very pleasing to the ears.

groby_b 3y ago
Yep. And more importantly, give an indication you're going to make noise, and give people an option to turn it off before it starts.
NickBusey 3y ago
To each their own I guess. I listened to it with headphones, and it was very soothing.

Zisko 3y ago

Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.

andsoitis 3y ago
How common is photosensitive epilepsy? This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns. Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20. Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seizures/seizure-triggers/photosensitive-epilepsy https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seiz...
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  So 3% of 1% is... 3 in 10 000, or 1 in ~3.5k people. That's... much more widespread than I'd suspect.
- retrocryptid 3y ago
  Common enough.
  - cma 3y ago
    I wonder if a much better solution than warnings would be something at the OS level analyzing the screen and fading out contrast or something any time it detects flashing patterns that could trigger epilepsy.
    - mikecsh 3y ago
      iOS has recently added that feature for video sources https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automatically-dim-video-when-flashes-of-light-are-detected/ https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automa...
- 3y ago

devteambravo 3y ago

Humans exploring space