Interactive Experiences
ART Any Human Ever — Random historical life generator
Interactive tool that draws random historical lives by combining randomized birth years (weighted by population exponential growth), geographic locations, and generated life narratives. Uses AI image generation (FLUX.1). Claims real historical sourcing. Appeared on HN frontpage 3x, suggesting quality/novelty interest.
ART asciiQuake
Play Quake rendered as live ASCII characters using GlyphCSS — a novel approach to classic game rendering without WebGL or canvas. A creative technical experiment showcasing an unconventional rendering technique.
ART Laser Graffiti
Point a projector and webcam at a wall, draw with a laser pointer, and the projector paints your strokes in real-time. Open-source browser-based tool with features like wet ink drips, 3D spinning, kaleidoscope mirroring, and sparkle trails. Works without hardware via mouse/touch demo.
ART Eigendrum
Draw a shape and hear it as a real drum. Uses finite element analysis to simulate actual vibration modes—every frequency comes from your outline, not a sample.
ART Eigendrum - draw a shape and hear it as a drum
Interactive tool combining finite element simulation, physics, and audio synthesis. Draw any shape and hear it as a real drum with physically accurate vibration modes and overtones.
Every Cube
Interactive web tool for exploring all 43 quintillion possible Rubik's Cube states. Users can scroll through and view famous permutations like Superflip and Checkerboard with move notations.
ART Stowaway
Real-time 3D visualization of aircraft and satellites overhead, with physically-based rendering of your local sky, terrain, and celestial bodies. Pick any aircraft or satellite and ride along as it flies across real terrain.
Tectonic Globe
An interactive web visualization that rotates Earth's continents and cities through deep geological time (1 billion years past to 250 million years future) using scientific plate reconstruction models. A beautifully executed, single-creator project blending data, science, and interactive exploration.
ART Decker — Interactive Document Platform
A multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents inspired by HyperCard, featuring a retro 1-bit ditherpunk aesthetic. Create e-zines, games, presentations, pixel art, and interactive experiences in the browser or on desktop (Mac/Windows/Linux). Includes a novel scripting language (Lil) and outputs as standalone shareable HTML.
ART The Listening Museum
Interactive curatorial experience of 36 mechanical keyboards and their sounds, from vintage IBM Model M (1985) to modern Topre and thocky customs. Click keyboards to explore anatomy and history, type on your own keyboard to hear each sound simulated in real-time. Thoughtfully curated from open-source community recordings with explicit methodology acknowledging limitations.
ART ssh.place: Collaborative Drawing Canvas Over SSH
A shared pixel canvas accessible via SSH with no account or installation required. Users draw with arrow keys/hjkl, select colors 0-9, and wait 15-second cooldowns like Reddit's r/place. Cooldowns are keyed to SSH identity, not IP. A delightfully minimal, community-driven creative tool.
ART Diena - A Zoomable Timeline of 4M Wikipedia Events
Interactive, zoomable timeline visualization spanning from the Big Bang to present day, with 4 million Wikipedia events mapped across history. A creative data exploration tool.
ART taken. — Since You Arrived Vol. IV
An interactive web art experience that reveals what your browser reveals about you—location, IP, device info—without asking permission or tracking. Designed as commentary on invisible data collection. Part of an ongoing creative series.
ART Staggering Beauty
An iconic piece of playful web art. Shake the worm. (Warning: flashing lights)
ART Checkbox Race
Playful multiplayer game where you race by checking boxes. A delightful example of creative constraint and playful web design.
ART Steven Wittens (Acko.net)
Mind-bending interactive visualizations and technical essays on math, graphics, and computing. Creator of MathBox and pioneering WebGL work.
ART Explorable Explanations
A hub for learning through interactive, play-based exploration. Curated collection of explorable explanations and tools for creating them. Founded by Bret Victor's pioneering work.