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.<p>[1] <a href="http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/" rel="nofollow">http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/</a>
Very cool!<p>I made something similar that runs in your terminal:
<a href="https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam</a>
With cool stuff like this, it makes me wonder about the future of installed apps.<p>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 wonder, why don't they use dithering - <a href="http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html</a>
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.