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.
You should be able to use mplayer with AAlib or libcaca to play any video (or stream from your webcam) as ASCII.
It works just fine in a terminal window.
With cool stuff like this, it makes me wonder about the future of installed apps.
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.
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.
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Pro tip ;-) Click "Stop cam" while making a stupid face and you can copy/paste it.
It was on the front-page couple of hours ago. Umm, probably NSFW.
[1] http://idevelop.ro/ascii-camera/
[2] https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera/
I made something similar that runs in your terminal: https://github.com/dhotson/txtcam
Having said that, still neat, and short too.
http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/h/4441
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#MPlayer
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.
Also, the fact that the underlying Chrome engine for WebViews can now update independently of the Android OS bodes well for the viability of HTML5 apps: http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-upda...