I created this project back in 2004 together with a bunch of other illustrators. It grew out of a community where people collaborated on artwork over the internet. Happy to see it continues to gather interest. You might also enjoy <a href="http://zoomquilt2.com" rel="nofollow">http://zoomquilt2.com</a> (2007) and <a href="http://arkadia.xyz" rel="nofollow">http://arkadia.xyz</a> (2015, my favourite)
After watching this all the way through my mind wanted to push my screen around after I closed the tab. Almost like Hacker News was going away from me or something. It was a bit trippy. Just me?
It is sad how I intuitively felt the urge to scroll to see if I could zoom in quicker. I think the Web is getting us too used to quick scrolling and just short glimpses of artworks, places or articles, and unable to stop even for a couple of minutes to try to explore the essence of some art and get absorbed by it.<p>Apologies for making what may sound like the average "edgy teen" comment, but is exactly what I felt in this case.
This reminds me aesthetically of the game Gorogoa. It's beautiful and only takes a few hours to complete, so I highly recommend it.<p>[1] <a href="http://gorogoa.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gorogoa.com/</a>
This would be awesome in one of those monitors that look like a hanging picture frame<p>Extra awesome if it was infinite or procedurally generated using style transfer GANs or something to showcase different types of art.<p>Even extra awesomer with the ability to zoom in more than one point
If curious see also<p>2013 <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6542450" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6542450</a>
If you like this and like Three Body Problem I'd check this out (droplet video)<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYwGIdYm2w" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYwGIdYm2w</a>
Something of the same nature but with video:<p><a href="https://youtu.be/uy_NJjRT3zk" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/uy_NJjRT3zk</a><p>I am a visual junkie and have long known about things like Zoomquilt, Zoomquilt like going through Oz, music visualizers etc
Definitely getting some Powers of Ten vibe to it<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0</a>
If I stare directly at the center of the screen for a bit, say 10 seconds, then look somewhere else, my field of view appears to be flowing towards wherever I'm looking. I am surprised that this happens after such a short period, and am not sure why my brain "corrects" for the zoom effect. I guess maybe it could be because my vision tells me I'm moving, but my body tells me I'm not.
I remember the Guns n Roses spin-off band Velvet Revolver had a cool Flash site around then that had a similar navigation effect. When you clicked something it would zoom in to that part of the site. It blew my mind when I ran across it back then.
Whoa! That is bizarrely addictive.
Quick, someone reformat the newsfeed to deliver images from my friends in this format for greatly increased engagement.
Call it Insta-Trance.
Pop up ad every 30 seconds has your revenue needs covered.
I StumbledUpon(.com) this in 2005/2006 when I was excited about learning how to code and create on the Internet. I need to create again, but got beat up along the way.
Something similar to this, "Visual Meditation": <a href="https://mesmerizeapp.com/" rel="nofollow">https://mesmerizeapp.com/</a>
This has been around forever. It's still gorgeous, but the jpeg artifacts and compression demanded at the time definitely show.<p>Someone should change the title to (2004).
looks wonderful, though the experience seems more like moving through a world than infinitely zooming (i.e. what feels like it's changing is the camera position rather than the scale)
Did anyone else think, before clicking, that this would be a service to order a quilt in which each square is a friend or family member's picture of them as if they were on a 'Zoom' call?