"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.

[krono@toot.berlin]

@ancientjames This is soooo cool

[lymenzies@fosstodon.org]

@ancientjames

Brilliantly done with excellent fit and finish.

[bornach@fosstodon.org]

@ancientjames
You have completely generalised the concept I saw someone did mechanically in a short
https://youtube.com/shorts/hgjK57kYGks

Also if you used the same binary patterns as in structured light photography you essentially have turned your camera into a slow Lytro Light Field camera
https://youtu.be/TcXMf0mTh94

Although you'd need a very steady hand to capture the 4D lightfield

[ancientjames@mastodon.social]

@bornach Oh nice - my initial concept was going to be mechanical, like a zoetrope.

[justin@social.younger.wtf]

@ancientjames I did this for a client project and put a logo in the bokeh with redshift, but this is so much cooler to have it IRL.

[doctormo@floss.social]

@ancientjames

I watched this while listening to https://toot.boston/@knizer/116030142808648378 and absolutely jived to the combination.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@ancientjames

I have that same miniware hotplate love it.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@ancientjames

Putting this right on #fediTV

[ferrix@mastodon.online]

@ancientjames Doom doesn't make any sense in this application; so yes obviously.

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@gsuberland @ancientjames definitely a great one that would really make some photographs just pop.

[flipper@mastodonapp.uk]

@ancientjames I love that you do this, but I hate that you make it look so easy, but I love that, because you make it look so easy, I feel encouraged to give it a try.

[wtrmt@mastodon.social]

@ancientjames amazing stuff! The results are magical. This remind me of the weird shadows during an eclipse.

[ancientjames@mastodon.social]

@flipper I really want people watching my videos to see that these things can be done by one person, quite cheaply, at home. I always try to include some of the missteps and experiments along the way, but I always end up cutting those bits because they make it hard to follow what's actually going on. The result is a video that makes it seem as though I knew from the start what I was doing and how to do it, but the reality is a lot more haphazard and meandering.

[justin@social.younger.wtf]

@ancientjames I wonder what it would look like to do a thin top to bottom line opening that randomly bounced around, I just keep thinking of all the cool "trippy" or disorienting scenes a movie could do with this

[uint8_t@chaos.social]

@ancientjames absolutely amazing! loved the build video and animation. great work

[balloonpup@blimps.xyz]

@ancientjames stunning!

[gustav@merveilles.town]

@ancientjames This is amazing, great work!

Could you selectively open each cell in a grid in order to do make a light field representation of the image, sort of how the light field camera that came out a few years ago worked (Lytra iirc)?

Build question: How does the LCD let light through the sun glass shade? Something to do with polarization? Do you need to use special sun glasses or will any work? Would love to experiment with a diy projector using an LCD like this!

[apophis@kill-corporations.enterprises]

@ancientjames this is delightful

until the warning sign one which is viscerally low-key terrifying

[csolisr@hub.azkware.net]

@ancientjames Today I learned you also have a PeerTube channel! makertube.net/c/ancient/videos

[h5e@tech.lgbt]

@ancientjames holy fuckballs that’s such a simple idea with such a great effect. Not so simple to make though 😂 very impressive

Amazing