Show HN: I made a long-distance instant camera (snapress.com)

2 points by Ilasky ↗ HN
Howdy! Wanted to share a weekend project of mine.

When you take a picture with snapress it'll print on your friends' printers -- kinda like if you separated the camera and printer parts of a Polaroid and put them in different places. Just something to make picture sharing a little more physical again!

It's free to use and all you need is a spare computer or raspberry pi to run the script. Everything takes place in the browser, so there's no need to download an app.

I made it mostly as a way to connect with family on upcoming travels, it's a nice surprise to come back home to a printed out picture that was printed the moment they took it.

Happy to answer any questions about the project!

Thanks!

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Nice idea. This feels so 90’s internet when people were amazed with what was possible, a bit like those remote control robot websites.