Tour of My Roof

I kept trying to turn into the house at the beginning as it forced me towards the window. It’s a struggle that can only be matched by being sucked into a black hole, or how flight attendants feel when the emergency exit door breaks open mid-flight and they struggle to flee the merciless tug of the portal.

This is cool! Here’s a blog about a similar project I have been working on which uses panoramic images taken very close together to let you move around my parents’ basement: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.tigsource.com&#x2F;index.php?topic=69545.msg1419532#msg1419532" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.tigsource.com&#x2F;index.php?topic=69545.msg141953...</a>

From the creator of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;special.fish&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;special.fish&#x2F;</a> and other fine downtempo htmls.

The domain name made me click on it but it has nothing to do with Elliott computers, who were based in Borehamwood, England: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Elliott_Brothers_(computer_company)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Elliott_Brothers_(computer_com...</a><p>Their best known computer was the Elliott 803: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Elliott_803" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Elliott_803</a><p>Tony Hoare used to work at Elliott and wrote an Algol 60 compiler for the 803.

A small scale version of Myst. (Is there something like a Myst generator? A personalized version of google map?)

Kept trying to go up the stairs to the next level

I appreciate this as a fellow roof lover. There is something intriguing about experiencing the world from a physical perspective that you aren&#x27;t &quot;supposed&quot; to view it from.

Well, maybe i&#x27;m missing something, but...what does make it so special to appear on HN front page?

Cool, you could make it faster by preloading images.

Reminds me of Blade Runner.

I like how fast going back to a location I&#x27;ve already been to is because my browser cached the image. Which makes me wonder how much this could be optimized: Can you load adjacent images hidden from view with a lower priority than the main image or something like that so that all navigation is instantaneous?

Top left of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;e.elliott.computer&#x2F;big-tree-map&#x2F;8&#x2F;up.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;e.elliott.computer&#x2F;big-tree-map&#x2F;8&#x2F;up.html</a> is a 404, by the way.

Reminds me of early 2000s. What city is it?

Zooming in and hitting the back button a handful of times is peak Blade Runner.

Takes forever to load images when I click on one.

Looks cool. Turning it into a game?