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Author here. It's amusing to see this resurfacing today since it was released 7 years ago.

I suppose it's due to the recent launch of our latest WebGL experience: https://equinox.space

It's an immersive space survival experience with interactive storytelling. Hope you like it!

EDIT: HN thread regarding Equinox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40113013

FinnKuhn · 2 years ago

For just running in my browser this was very impressive - Kudos to the team behind it :D

toddmorey · 2 years ago

Equinox is impressive! Just want to say y'all do amazing work. The feel and tone of these experiences is great. Much more than the standard tech demo.

whamlastxmas · 2 years ago

Hey! Just wanted to say I loved browserquest when it came out, and it was a material influence for me to get into web development. I had a lot of fun tinkering with the code and understanding it

5- · 2 years ago

very nicely programmed!

this having the somewhat similar style and premise to https://armorgames.com/play/17813/dont-escape-3 , i couldn't help but wait, and wait, for the twist.

i guess that it never came was the twist, in the end...

No humans walking around makes me sad :( A really cool project, albeit worrying that 50% of the real estate of Infinitown is roads only a couple of cars drive on ;) When zoomed in all the way I wish there was some LOD meshing to provide longer view distance, would make it feel much more immersive in that sense.

Barrin92 · 2 years ago

A handmade ever-growing version that has plenty of people in it is this one which I recently stumbled about.

https://floor796.com/

egeozcan · 2 years ago

Sometimes I think I have plenty of patience, reasonable talent, and a strong drive for excellence.

But then I see people doing things like this.

MS27 · 2 years ago

This is very cool but not infinite which is understandable because specific things is used.

Waterluvian · 2 years ago

I find it kind of interesting and cozy to “peoplewatch” and this really scratches that itch.

littlestymaar · 2 years ago

Pretty much like the real world in modern cities then…

Woshiwuja · 2 years ago

Grid layout, only cars around. Yep, the USA

jacoblambda · 2 years ago

*modern North American cities

ftfy

guigui · 2 years ago

vallode · 2 years ago

there was a project[0] that did a similar display over real openstreetmap data, sadly the demo[1] seems to be offline now, but there's a video of it[2].

[0] https://github.com/wrld3d/wrld.js

[1] https://maps.wrld3d.com/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOJivvtStc

sandos · 2 years ago

Wow, I have many osm 3D tools but nothing has come close the pretty-ness of that one!

sureglymop · 2 years ago

It contains the whole world? Where do the 3d data and meshes come from?

iirc mostly the osm building height data (see e.g. https://demo.f4map.com or https://streets.gl/), the facade textures were heuristically generated (thus the similarity to op).

ultracakebakery · 2 years ago

I remember seeing this years ago. While trying to recreate this I learned so much and had lots of fun. I still love scrolling through the city to this day!

agluszak · 2 years ago

Interesting that nowadays we think that a prototypical city must have cars, but not necessarily pedestrians and public transport.

jsnell · 2 years ago

2017? Past discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15795204

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24891059

RiverRay- · 2 years ago

That’s cool. Do you have the source code? I’ll definitely have to study it.

prmoustache · 2 years ago

Not a town, a nightmare.

rpigab · 2 years ago

Half of the blocks should be replaced by parking lots to make it more realistic. Then remove all but one pedestrian crossing per road.

Typical US city