Is there some reason you think your browser of choice would bother to implement new technologies if people weren't taking advantage of them on other platforms?
This comment doesn't need to be posted every time a bleeding edge demo gets posted on HN.
IMO, this is a pretty cool "interactive film" (I'd call it a video game) that is extremely well done via Three.js (and therefore WebGL). Good job to the developers.
I will say that due to time, I didn't figure out what to do in each chapter. Instead, I clicked a few things and then moved onto the next chapter.
Hi, the director / coder here. Crazy to see on hacker news. We had to have it on just Chrome because of the twin pains of time (never enough) and money (added code, more testing, etc). For most of the project there were only myself and one other coder doing the work.
If it isn't working for you or have questions, feel free to let me know...
I feel like the emotional and film aspects are still slightly a leap. I didn't really feel much for the fisherman or the seagull, I was just banging away on my spacebar.
The initial description got me interested, you are definitely trying to explore a new concept and for that I give you props!
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[ 8.4 ms ] story [ 52.5 ms ] threadIt's been pushed more mainstream than other new elements for the web because of the visual appeal.
2012 "The film is optimised for viewing on Chrome."
Not interested in a browser-specific web experience.
Apple has had partial WebGL support for years now (started with iAds), but has never switched it on by default, not on OS X or iOS.
What exactly do you expect web developers to do? Keep making the same shitty sites?
On a more serious note, WebGL is pretty new and this is a demo.
Here's hoping we see a lot more interactive experiences soon!
If anyone is inspired to try to build something of their own using Three.js, we're working on tools that will help. More here: http://verold.com/blog/2012/11/6/threejs-needs-a-cms
IMO, this is a pretty cool "interactive film" (I'd call it a video game) that is extremely well done via Three.js (and therefore WebGL). Good job to the developers.
I will say that due to time, I didn't figure out what to do in each chapter. Instead, I clicked a few things and then moved onto the next chapter.
If it isn't working for you or have questions, feel free to let me know...
Firefox works but grinds to such a slow pace, so we disabled it.
I feel like the emotional and film aspects are still slightly a leap. I didn't really feel much for the fisherman or the seagull, I was just banging away on my spacebar.
The initial description got me interested, you are definitely trying to explore a new concept and for that I give you props!