everything old is new again, and toys will be toys

con a day ago | parent | next [-]

Thanks! This was absolutely the inspiration - and I've also mentioned it on the page (right under the video) and in the repository's Readme.

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ddellacosta a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Heh I was just about to say, people were doing stuff like this at Parsons/ITP a decade and a half ago, at least...haven't thought about GRL in a while, thanks for the flashback

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FuriouslyAdrift 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you want something a bit more "permament" there's the LaserPecker portal 10W engraver.

https://us.laserpecker.net/products/laserpecker-lp4-portable...

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trial3 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i’m so happy this is the top comment. i’m someone who found the GRL as… a middle schooler and boy was it the coolest thing i’ve ever seen at the time

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echelon a day ago | parent [-]

I love this project!

I saw this back in the day and it inspired me to build this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x034jVB1avs

I hacked together some game jam games with it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7A6TEthPQ

Alexis Ohanian commented on my video, which was awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_OCvjq3ps

I eventually built a laser drawing system too. I used a 532 nanometer optical filter taped to a webcam to isolate green laser pointer light, then drew a sampled approximation of the shapes. I recorded that somewhere, but never uploaded it...

In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get in trouble for this.

	▲	BorisMelnik 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		that is so fun! I live in a huge building with a wall that would be perfect for this. what kind of hardware do you run?

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amenghra a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is even older (I think), similar idea of building interactive experiences using off-the-shelf lasers: https://web.archive.org/web/20040202205307/http://www.monzy....

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thunderbong 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The video is referenced in the article as an inspiration.

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mapkkk a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is what I immediately thought of as well, I'm just grateful you remembered the name of the project.

An absolute blast from the past, thank you for unlocking the memories of me reading these cool projects way back when!

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sleepybrett a day ago | parent | prev [-]

kids don't think we have memories.