Amazing. Meditating upon time-lapsed video backed by drone music is something I've been addicted to ever since I first saw Baraka. If you like this and you're not aware of Baraka - watch it now, along with its sequel Samsara and the similar Koyaanisqatsi films.
And obviously, the Baraka soundtrack is a magical fit for this stream!
its amazing to me how, by simply by speeding up time, a whole new set of patterns and perspectives is readily apparent. we know they are there, but putting them on a more familiar scale makes them so much more real. i think those movies are so powerful because they zoom out in time, space, AND culture. love those films! good idea using their soundtracks to the hyperlapses- going to try it with samsara's now
This really illustrates the power of music. My first impression was OK this is mildly interesting, but I guess I'll click the music before closing this tab forever. Maybe the hyperlapses got better, but turning on the music made the video mesmerizing. Now I'm hooked. Great job!
Thank you! That's how I feel too. It's especially fun watching it at different times of day - seeing videos from sunrise and morning commutes on the other side of the world!
Fullscreen is an improvement I would like to add soon. It wasn't working well during development because I actually run it with two video players - with the hidden one loading the next video so that the cutover is quick.
The videos are shown at their highest-possible resolution in the window now, though, so at least we aren't missing out on any quality (though it would be great if Instagram allowed users to upload higher resolution source videos).
Beautiful, modern tech art. I've been pretty skeptical of the hyperlapse products, but something like this seems to put it in the right setting/context. Wonderful.
Unfortunately, not all browsers play nice with Video.js/HTML5 video and the SoundCloud widget. If that's you, check out the live stream I'm running right now on Twitch!
The one feature that would be nice to see added, and would help the curious, is Back/Forward buttons, as there are several clips I would have liked to have linked to and re-watched, while others could be skipped.
It could be interesting to try fade to black when a track is finished, cut clips on a beat or similar, but I wonder if you can since the sound is played in an iframe.
This has been my main project for the past week and a half. Things were slow going at first because I was also learning how to use Node.js well (most of my professional development experience is in Python).
The interface is simple mostly because I am not very good at web design. It is minimalist because I don't know how to do anything else!
