[HN Gopher] Show HN: Feels Like Paper
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       Show HN: Feels Like Paper
        
       "Feels Like Paper!" is a series of prototypes about augmenting
       physical paper through AI. Various ML models, LLMs and a mixed
       reality headset are used to infuse physical paper and ink with
       properties of the digital world without compromising on their
       physical traits.
        
       Author : MoroL
       Score  : 110 points
       Date   : 2024-11-27 18:43 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.lukasmoro.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.lukasmoro.com)
        
       | jitl wrote:
       | I love the lens effect at the bottom of the viewport and design
       | of the site overall, really cool. Do you have a post about that
       | effect - or is the best way to learn about it in the developer
       | tools?
        
         | MoroL wrote:
         | Thank you. You can investigate progressive blur.
        
         | muti wrote:
         | Too bad it makes the whole thing laggy enough that I didn't get
         | past the first few paragraphs on my phone, and there's no
         | obvious way to disable it
        
           | jitl wrote:
           | Alas :( my phone is fine scrolling at 120hz with the effect
           | (iPhone 15 pro max)
        
         | r87 wrote:
         | I'm the opposite end of spectrum. I really disliked the frosted
         | glass look on images as they loaded and left the page before
         | finishing reading due to how off-putting I found it to be.
        
           | swores wrote:
           | It didn't make me leave the page, but I agree that I too
           | found the effects annoying and off putting.
        
       | echoangle wrote:
       | This site is lagging a bit, maybe turn down the blur effects on
       | every single element
        
         | hmottestad wrote:
         | It's actually fine on my phone. I've got the latest and
         | greatest though.
        
       | WD-42 wrote:
       | Maybe getting hugged to death? Every image is blurry (I'm
       | assuming this is pre-load optimization thing).
        
       | vunderba wrote:
       | From the article: _Keichii Matsuda wrote a manifesto called
       | "GODS". In it he describes an anaphor for augmented reality
       | rooted in pagan animism. Unlike monotheistic Western approaches
       | of interfacing artificial intelligence like ChatGPT or Siri, he
       | advocates to leverage the possibility of augmented reality
       | technologies to extend places and objects to populate the world
       | with many different agents or "gods"._
       | 
       | Author should read Daemon by Daniel Suarez written in 2006 that
       | explores the idea of persistent and potentially powerful AR
       | entities that interact with humans. It also loosely plays with
       | the idea of AR somatic gestures acting as a mystical conduit for
       | "primitive incantations" that have a physical affect on the real
       | world.
        
         | MoroL wrote:
         | Hey, thanks for the literature recommendations and pointer.
         | Will definitely have a look at them.
        
         | heisenzombie wrote:
         | A subject also tackled in the (oft HN recommended)
         | https://qntm.org/ra
        
       | repeekad wrote:
       | The blur effect on the bottom of the page makes me feel like I'm
       | constantly about to be price walled, haha
        
       | Parfait__ wrote:
       | The blur effect is not good at all man. Just do a regular loading
       | spinner or skeleton.
        
       | bberenberg wrote:
       | I really enjoy the "Mark & Comment" prototype. I want to read
       | more on paper, but really don't like digitizing my notes. This
       | flow seems much better for me. As AR devices improve, I expect
       | this kind of low tech / high tech fusion will improve our
       | experiences in novel ways.
        
         | phildenhoff wrote:
         | Yeah I'm very interested in this. I'd love to be able to easily
         | create digital representations of handwritten notes, even if
         | that requires me to markup specifically-formatted documents.
         | 
         | I love reading paper (and eink) but I hate losing notes, and I
         | don't have a good process for importing those notes to my
         | Logseq database.
        
       | alex_smart wrote:
       | Whatever service you are using to host your website is not doing
       | a very good job. Tiny <1kb assets are taking upto minutes to
       | load.
        
         | MoroL wrote:
         | Sorry for that. I use Vercel.
        
       | bix6 wrote:
       | I was a little confused at first but I really enjoyed this.
       | Awesome work!
        
         | MoroL wrote:
         | Thank you.
        
       | luismedel wrote:
       | IMHO, an interesting content a bit devalued by the presentation.
       | Sometimes less is more (I know, nothing new)
        
       | xnx wrote:
       | Neat. https://dynamicland.org/ was the first thing I though of.
       | Glad you referenced them on the page.
        
       | brcmthrowaway wrote:
       | Tell me when there isn't a 1kg headset involved in any of this.
        
       | gtothesquare wrote:
       | It is much better enjoyed in a desktop.
       | 
       | Love the butterfly!!!
       | 
       | Kudos for experimenting not just with AI but with webdesign. The
       | hover preview is really neat too.
       | 
       | keep it up!
        
       | heisenzombie wrote:
       | I love this, I'm a big fan of this approach to technology. The
       | weakness in this approach, for me, is that these examples seem to
       | be mediated through AR glasses, which kind of undoes the analog-
       | ness of the whole thing a bit.
       | 
       | For an (old!) example that doesn't use glasses, I'm reminded of
       | https://www.topobox.co/
        
       | pimlottc wrote:
       | Thin gray text on an off-white background is not very easy to
       | read, especially on mobile
        
       | RheingoldRiver wrote:
       | That is a dead butterfly [0] being reanimated, not a live
       | butterfly flying
       | 
       | [0]: https://www.emilydamstra.com/please-enough-dead-butterflies/
        
         | herodotus wrote:
         | Thanks for providing that link. What an amazing artist!
        
         | MoroL wrote:
         | Agree 100%. Needs iteration. Thanks for the link.
        
         | flopsamjetsam wrote:
         | Until I clicked on the link, I thought you were just using a
         | metaphor :)
        
       | sram1337 wrote:
       | That butterfly is very distracting. So much so that I didn't read
       | the article.
       | 
       | I don't see a way to make it go away
        
         | gsinclair wrote:
         | When I scrolled down on mobile, the butterfly was no longer
         | visible.
        
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