Hi, I’m Seth (shinzlet on GitHub) - I work in scie...
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Hi, I’m Seth (shinzlet on GitHub) - I work in scientific imaging but have been tinkering around with and reading about node and wire programming systems for a while (although I’m interested in anything that gets us away from the baggage of teletypes). I am especially interested in computer systems that use natural input mechanisms like VR (hand tracking), pen tablets, and voice. Here’s a little demo from a node and wire thing I have been working on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z55L7upe3L0
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Nice demo! You may find neos vr & logix interesting. I haven't tried logix myself yet but I'm curious about it.
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Logix looks cool :) I’m still not sure how sold I am on this approach, even though my demo is quite similar 😂 I think a lot of approaches to node based programming systems are kind of just a different coat of paint on textual programming - there’s usually a very direct translation between the two systems in your head. That leads to kludgy things like arithmetic being painful (Typing ‘3*x-2**y’ is easy, but wiring that up in VR takes at least 3 nodes and 5 wires - it gets worrying close to good cardio)! I’m really interested in exploring oddball stuff that leans into the strengths of these visual, tactile tools… what would programming look like if we never invented keyboards!