Ascii Street View. Ascii Street View Real-time Ascii Art conversion of Google Street View panorama's done in WebGL.
You'll need Chrome, Firefox 8+, or another browser that supports CORS WebGL textures. Coded by @peter_nitsch. Inspired by Sol's TextFX library. ASCII Google Street View. Digital text as art: 'Ascii Street View' and 'Painting with a digital brush' Peter Nitsch of Teehan+Lax has been experimenting with new ways of interacting with ASCII art that go well beyond static text images of narwhals.
His latest project combined a projector and a computer too allow the characters to "exist in physical space – with light and paint. " With the setup, an artist can paint on a wall and the physical white paint becomes a projected image of ASCII characters. Painting with a digital brush. “Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data.
Like city lights, receding.” William Gibson, Neuromancer. Painting with a Digital Brush.