[HN Gopher] 3D Pipes Screensaver
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3D Pipes Screensaver
Author : Lammy
Score : 75 points
Date : 2021-09-19 16:53 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (1j01.github.io)
(TXT) w3m dump (1j01.github.io)
| willis936 wrote:
| I tried to leave a BSOD screensaver for my replacement at my old
| job. I found dozens of candidates but none of them would run in
| Windows 10. Windows 10 built-in screen savers don't properly work
| with multiple monitors. I know the demand for screensavers is
| extremely low, but I was surprised that the OS with the best
| reputation for legacy support couldn't keep screensaver libraries
| working.
| paulpauper wrote:
| Nothing is more 90s than huge bulky monitors and screensavers
| ivanmontillam wrote:
| "It's now safe to turn off your computer."
| a-dub wrote:
| DEGAUSS
| _Microft wrote:
| Look closely at a few screens, there is at least one easter egg
| in there.
|
| (Edit: removed hint where to find the easter egg.)
| tuckerconnelly wrote:
| Hint: HTTP 418 :)
| conradludgate wrote:
| The reference predates that, it's a 3d modelling easter egg
| that's included in a lot of older 3d animated movies
| conradludgate wrote:
| https://youtu.be/TIxt9guMbXo
| conradludgate wrote:
| That Easter egg was in the original Microsoft pipes too
| [deleted]
| dvh wrote:
| Oh the 3d pipes screensaver. When I was 15, in high school, we
| had to spent 1 week every year in apprenticeship in some field-
| related company. Me and two other classmate went to one small
| telecommunication firm. On the first day boss called us to the
| conference room and told us to sit down. I sat on the nearest
| chair, the boss leaned to me and whispered to my ear "that's my
| chair!". Then he gave us notebook with 10 minute ISDN
| presentation and left. He said he will be back after 8 hours. We
| watched it 2-3 times, then out of boredom we were checking new
| screensavers in brand new windows and we spent good two hours
| watching the pipes screensaver. We forget to turn it back, when
| boss returned, the notebook wake up from sleep, shortly flashed
| pipes screensaver and then showed ISDN presentation. "You changed
| the screensaver? Get the hell out of here!". And fired us. We
| spent the rest of the week slacking in the town and then made
| some bullshit made up report about ISDN afterwards. Good times.
| NackerHughes wrote:
| lol
| anotherjesse wrote:
| I did a fast port of this to webxr
|
| - updated three.js to have xr support - add the vr button to
| enter xr - change animation callback
|
| https://lets.m4ke.org/pipes/
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| https://twitter.com/anotherjesse/status/1439681077640052736
| dpedu wrote:
| Awesome! I like that you added the controllable camera mode.
| gigatexal wrote:
| This is so, so freakin' cool! Reminds me of the old days when
| this was my screensaver in old school win95/98 days. Thank you,
| this made my day!
| t8e56vd4ih wrote:
| i can still remember the times when something like a screen saver
| was actually exciting.
| Beermotor wrote:
| If I recall correctly 3D Pipes shipped with NT 3.51 as IIRC 3.5
| only shipped with software OpenGL with no support for hardware
| acceleration.
|
| I remember running it on a DEC Alpha box with an AccelGraphics
| AG500 and being awed by it.
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