PixelCity for the Web open sourced with new modes

A year and a half ago I released PixelCity for WegGL - cf. blog post.
I recently decided to add a few more modes and release the code on github.
Beside the original night mode variations, there is now a wireframe mode:

 and day mode:

Shadows for the day mode are sort of working but needs some more work.

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If you enjoy this piece you might also enjoy my other pieces at art.muth.org or similar animation done by others at www.arscalculanda.com.

PyZwaver - a Python3 library for Z-Wave

I have been playing with Z-Wave based home automation for a long time but always missed
having an easy to hack pure Python library so I finally wrote one myself:

https://github.com/robertmuth/PyZwaver

Port of Helios screensaver to WebGL

Helios is another port of Terry Welsh's awesome screensavers.

It is best enjoyed on a recent version of Chrome and a reasonably powerful machine.


Standard Demo

 Variants:   

No Surfaces (works well on less powerful machines)
Close Up
Crazy Camer

Microcosm

My latest project, Microcosm, took a little longer but it has been worth it.

Microcosm is a port of Terry Welsh's awesome screensave with the same name

It is best enjoyed on a recent version of Chrome and a reasonably powerful machine.
If necessary, you can adjust the detail-setting in the config screen to make it work on weaker machines including many mobile devices.
The config screen also has many additional customization options worth exploring.

 Microcosm Demo

 Variants:   

• Cylinder
• TorusBox
• KnotAndTorus
• SimpleKaleidoscope
• ComplexKaleidoscope

       

SmoothLife in WebGL

Yet another WebGL project: a port of Stephan Rafler's Smooth Life.

The GPU is used for acceleration rather than 3D effects and is required to support  float textures as framebuffers.

Try it out here
http://art.muth.org/smoothlife.html


Several variants are accessible from the Config Screen - press "C" to enter it.
If you discover an interesting customization please send it to us.

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Caveats:
This currently only works on Chrome and following parameters are hardcoded:

time step mode: 2  "f = g + dt*(f-g)"
dt: 0.1
sigtype: 1.0 "hard"
mixtype: 0.0 "hard"
sigmode: 2.0  "sigmoid_mix"

Pixel City in WebGL

I just finished another 3D project: a clone of Shamus Young's Pixel City.

It is written in Dart and uses Raymond Hulha's excellent ChronosGL library.
Try it out at http://art.muth.org/pixelcity.html
Note: due to a bug in (the way I use) Dart this does not appear to be working on Firefox currently, so use Chrome for now.

Several variants are accessible from the Config Screen - press "C" to enter it.

Moebius Gears in WebGL

My first steps in 3D programming with Dart and WebGL:

Try it out yourself at:
http://muth.org/Art/moebius_gears.html