MetaFilter posts tagged with demo

10/GUI

Plutor — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:22:07 -0800

Since SRI and Xerox invented the GUI and the mouse in the late 1970s, technology has leaped forward, but the way we interact with our computers has stood still. "10/GUI aims to bridge this gap by rethinking the desktop to leverage technology in an intuitive and powerful way."

The Last Lecture

kliuless — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:56:15 -0800

Horrifically bad software demo becomes performance art

The Little Mac Classic That Could

ignignokt — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:46:28 -0800

A Mac Classic shows bullies what's for in "3½ inches is enough" by Unreal Voodoo. This demo (actually written to run on a Mac Classic) was presented at ASSEMBLY, Finland's largest computer festival. More highlights from ASSEMBLY are available at GameSetWatch. The demos are mostly trippy and impressive hand-coded animations as one might expect, but there's also a live action short featuring a Rube Goldberg machine.

Many photos make light work

Monochrome — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:58:51 -0800

Assistant professor Noah Snavely at Cornell is into making models. Computer models of real scenes are assembled from photographs, and can then be used to create a better image, a better video, or a 3D representation of an entire city. Snavely was on the team that created the jaw-dropping demo video in 2008. That project, titled “Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene”, was followed by “Enhancing and Experiencing Spacetime Resolution with Videos and Stills” (without Snavely and some of the original team). Now Snavely is working with six people from his alma mater (the University of Washington) to re-create Rome, Italy. Pulling over 150 thousand photos from Flickr (tagged with "rome" or "roma"), the team used a cluster of computers working in parallel to compare photos and model the common buildings. This results in models of several sites, each with incredible precision.

Kinda like fez? No, not really. Still kinda neat though.

juv3nal — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:43:36 -0800

Somnia is a 3d/2d puzzle platformer by Alex Austin and Aimee Seaver of Cryptic Sea (apologies, only a demo & windows only) Esc key brings up resolution options. The movable light source while mentioned in the instructions does not play a part in the available demo levels (I through VI).

Giant Robots Du Jour

Caduceus — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:20:13 -0800

Walkie Tonky is a physics-based action game which puts you in the shoes of a giant robot invading Earth. Smash and kick your way forward using the robot's every limb to cause mayhem and clear the road ahead. (Download required, from a sort of funky filehosting site. Probably Windows only, but I'm not sure.) The game download is described as a demo, which presumably means there will be more to it at some point. Gameplay is currently score based, with the more destruction you cause the higher your score is. Learn to kick fast.

96k of hilarity

tomble — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:36:52 -0800

The demo scene is alive and well. Showing off just what can be done with your computer with tiny programs (serious hardware required, video link included). The point of this post? Sumotori Dreams. A physics based game packed into 96k. It's not the gameplay itself which is so great, it's the stumbling drunk AI characters. Play a round, then sit back and watch them stumble (youtube). Safe for work, if gales of laughter don't draw suspicion.

Joe Meek demos

roll truck roll — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:34:29 -0800

One of pop music's trailblazers was tone-deaf. Even if you've never heard of Joe Meek (previously), you've probably heard his 1962 single "Telstar" many times. This online compilation offers an exciting glimpse into Meek's unconventional way of composing, as he recorded and rerecorded in an attempt to communicate the music in his mind to musicians. Hear "Telstar" in various levels of completion.

Demi Moore Demo

eperker — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:26:54 -0800

Demi's Demo from 1982.

ProtoWolfenstein in CSS

boo_radley — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:01:28 -0800

Dynamic 3D with CSS and the DOM Brothercake describes how to generate 3D mazes using nothing but CSS, the DOM and cunning. If you're not interested in the explanation, jump right to the example.

Flash based Ikea catalog

jonson — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:15:30 -0800

This flash demo for IKEA's kitchen stuff is kinda fun to play with. Takes a bit of time to load, when it does, click the mouse & hold down on the right or left halves of the photo, it's interesting. Note - the flash stuff contains audio, so careful with speaker volume

isometrics for everyone!

crunchland — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 07:24:08 -0800

pixel art tool (flash demo)

I am bit tired of blobby things, though

JZig — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:32:21 -0800

The Demoscene is still going strong. It's been awhile since we last discussed the scene, and it's still cranking out tons of great stuff. The new home of the scene has categories and ratings, which sure beats the old standard. There's a bit of everything, from legos to disco, from 256 bytes to 64k to fairly large, and from Amiga to Mac to C64. All of the videos that require weird or new hardware have videos on the site, so everyone can enjoy the incredible programming, art, and ~~kinda cheesy~~ music.

Shutting Down NYC for one day in protest of the RNC.

superchicken — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:44:29 -0800

Shutting Down NYC for one day in protest of the RNC. A couple of guys from New York propose to protest the Republican National Convention by trying to get every New Yorker to call in sick for one day -- 9/1 -- one day before Bush's acceptance speech.

CNN article link

While I'm doubtful about the chance for success, it's always good to creativity with dissent.

Segata Sanshiro!

qDot — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:56:08 -0800

Segata Sanshiro! Why show people the graphics and gameplay of your video game, when you can simply beat them into playing it?

mikhail — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 15:09:46 -0800

SmokymokeyS has been around for some time, but I've never seen it mentioned here. There's some great design and imagery to be found there, and they've been working on a Javascript RPG called Triglav, which although they say it's unfinished, seems pretty functional and very cool.

WolfDaddy — Tue, 14 May 2002 17:19:57 -0800

Relive all your favorites from the demoscene. This project, headed up by nearly all of the team that maintained the old hornet.org demoscene archive, is committed to bringing those old classic demos ... to a DVD player near you. Now you no longer have to fret because you gave up your Gravis Ultrasound and DOS! Can I get a w00t from ya? I knew I could.