Text Mode Cam

index.html

<canvas id="canv"></canvas>
<video></video>

script.js

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// this is just for code highlighting in VSCode
// via the glsl-literal extension
const glsl = x => x;

const frag = glsl`
precision highp float;

uniform float width;
uniform float height;
uniform float time;

uniform sampler2D camTexture;
uniform sampler2D fontTexture;
uniform sampler2D lumTexture;

const int useSobel = 0;
const int zoom = 2;

// normalize coords and correct for aspect ratio
vec2 normalizeScreenCoords()
{
  float aspectRatio = width / height;
  vec2 result = 2.0 * (gl_FragCoord.xy / vec2(width, height) - 0.5);
  result.x *= aspectRatio;
  return result;
}

float deform(vec2 p, float factor) {
  return sin(time * .1 + factor * p.x) * cos(time * .1 + factor * p.y);
}

vec4 invert(vec4 color) {
  return vec4(1.0 - color.rgb, 1.0);
}

vec4 grey(vec4 color) {
  // float val = (color.x + color.y + color.z) / 3.0;
  float val = 0.3 * color.x + 0.59 * color.y + 0.11 * color.z;
  return vec4(vec3(val), 1.0);
}

vec2 getTexCoords(vec2 position) {
  return 1.0 - position.xy / vec2(width, height);
}

float luminance(vec3 color) {
  return 0.2126*color.x + 0.7152*color.y + 0.0722*color.z;
}

// 2D Random
float random (in vec2 st) {
    return fract(sin(dot(st.xy,
                         vec2(12.9898,78.233)))
                 * 43758.5453123);
}

vec2 camCoord(vec2 coord) {
  return 1.0 - coord / vec2(width, height);
} 


vec4 sobel(in sampler2D tex, in vec2 coord) {
  float w = 1.0 / width;
  float h = 1.0 / height;
  vec4 n0 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2(-w, -h));
  vec4 n1 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2( 0, -h));
  vec4 n2 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2( w, -h));
  vec4 n3 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2(-w,  0));
  vec4 n4 = texture2D(tex, coord);
  vec4 n5 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2( w, 0));
  vec4 n6 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2(-w, h));
  vec4 n7 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2( 0, h));
  vec4 n8 = texture2D(tex, coord + vec2( w, h));
  vec4 edgeH = n2 + (2.0 * n5) + n8 - (n0 + (2.0 * n3) + n6);
  vec4 edgeV = n0 + (2.0 * n1) + n2 - (n6 + (2.0 * n7) + n8);
  vec4 sobel = sqrt((edgeH * edgeH) + (edgeV * edgeV));
  return sobel;
}

vec2 getFontCoord(int i) {
  float chY = floor(float(i) / 16.);
  float chX = mod(float(i), 16.);
  vec2 fontCoord = vec2((chX * 8. + mod(gl_FragCoord.x / float(zoom), 8.)) / 128., (chY * 8. + (8. - mod(gl_FragCoord.y / float(zoom), 8.))) / 128.);
  return fontCoord;
}

vec2 getLumCoord(in int i, in vec2 p) {
  float chY = floor(float(i) / 16.);
  float chX = mod(float(i), 16.);
  vec2 lumCoord = vec2((chX * 2. + p.x) / 32., (chY * 2. + 2. - p.y) / 32.);
  return lumCoord;
}


vec4 averageBlockColor() {
  vec2 a = floor(gl_FragCoord.xy / (float(zoom) * 8.)) * float(zoom) * 8.;
  vec2 b = a + vec2(4, 0) * float(zoom);
  vec2 c = b + vec2(0, 4) * float(zoom);
  vec2 d = c + vec2(4, 4) * float(zoom);
  vec4 c0 = useSobel == 1 ? grey(sobel(camTexture, camCoord(a))) : grey(texture2D(camTexture, camCoord(a)));
  vec4 c1 = useSobel == 1 ? grey(sobel(camTexture, camCoord(b))) : grey(texture2D(camTexture, camCoord(b)));
  vec4 c2 = useSobel == 1 ? grey(sobel(camTexture, camCoord(c))) : grey(texture2D(camTexture, camCoord(c)));
  vec4 c3 = useSobel == 1 ? grey(sobel(camTexture, camCoord(d))) : grey(texture2D(camTexture, camCoord(d)));

  float minDist = 9999.;
  int minIdx = 32;
  for (int i = 32; i < 127; i++) {
    int chY = 16 - i / 16;
    int chX = int(mod(float(i), 16.));
    vec4 l0 = texture2D(lumTexture, getLumCoord(i, vec2(0. ,0.)));
    vec4 l1 = texture2D(lumTexture, getLumCoord(i, vec2(1. ,0.)));
    vec4 l2 = texture2D(lumTexture, getLumCoord(i, vec2(0. ,1.)));
    vec4 l3 = texture2D(lumTexture, getLumCoord(i, vec2(1. ,1.)));
    float dist = length(vec4(
      c0.x - l0.x,
      c1.x - l1.x,
      c2.x - l2.x,
      c3.x - l3.x
    ));
    if (dist < minDist) {
      minIdx = i;
      minDist = dist;
    }
  }
  // minIdx = 64;
  vec2 p = mod(gl_FragCoord.xy / 2.0, 8.);
  // float cY = floor(16. - float(minIdx) / 16.);
  // float cX = mod(float(minIdx), 16.);
  vec2 fontCoord = getFontCoord(minIdx);
  return texture2D(fontTexture, fontCoord);


  // return c0;
}

void main() {
  vec2 p = normalizeScreenCoords();
  vec2 coord = 1.0 - gl_FragCoord.xy / vec2(width, height);

 
  gl_FragColor = averageBlockColor(); // texture2D(camTexture, coord);
  
  // display a single character from the charset (in a 16x16 table)

  //float chX = 2.;
  //float chY = 11.;
  //vec2 fontCoord = vec2((chX * 8. + mod(gl_FragCoord.x / 8., 8.)) / 128., (chY * 8. + (8. - mod(gl_FragCoord.y / 8., 8.))) / 128.);
  //gl_FragColor = texture2D(fontTexture, fontCoord);

  //float chX = 0.;
  //float chY = 1.;
  //vec2 lumCoord = vec2((chX * 2. + mod(gl_FragCoord.x / 8., 2.)) / 32., (chY * 2. + (2. - mod(gl_FragCoord.y / 8., 2.))) / 32.);
  //gl_FragColor = texture2D(lumTexture, lumCoord);


}
`

const vert = glsl`
precision mediump float;
attribute vec2 position;

void main () {
  gl_Position = vec4(position, 0, 1.0);
}
`

let video = document.querySelector('video');
let fallbackImage = null;

let camTexture = null;
let fontTexture = null;
let lumTexture = null;

const glea = new GLea({
  glOptions: {
    preserveDrawingBuffer: true
  },
  shaders: [
    GLea.fragmentShader(frag),
    GLea.vertexShader(vert)
  ],
  buffers: {
    'position': GLea.buffer(2, [1, 1,  -1, 1,  1,-1,  -1,-1])
  }
}).create();

window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
  glea.resize();
});

function loop(time) {
  const { gl } = glea;
  // Upload the image into the texture.
  // gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, video || fallbackImage);
  if (video) {
    glea.setActiveTexture(0, camTexture);
    gl.texSubImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, video);  
  }
  
  glea.clear();
  glea.uni('width', glea.width);
  glea.uni('height', glea.height);
  glea.uni('time', time * .005);

  gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
  requestAnimationFrame(loop);
}

function accessWebcam(video) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const mediaConstraints = { audio: false, video: { width: 1280, height: 720, brightness: {ideal: 2} } };
    navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(mediaConstraints).then(mediaStream => {
      video.srcObject = mediaStream;
      video.onloadedmetadata = (e) => {
        video.play();
        resolve(video);
      }
    }).catch(err => {
      reject(err);
    });
  });
}

function loadImage(url) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const img = new Image();
    img.crossOrigin = 'Anonymous';
    img.src = url;
    img.onload = () => {
      resolve(img);
    };
    img.onerror = () => {
      reject(img);
    };
  });
}

function takeScreenshot() {
  const { canvas } = glea;
  const anchor = document.createElement('a');
  anchor.setAttribute('download', 'selfie.jpg');
  anchor.setAttribute('href', canvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.92));
  anchor.click();
}

async function setup() {
  const { gl } = glea;
  try {
    await accessWebcam(video);
  } catch (ex) {
    video = null;
    console.error(ex.message);
  }
  // video = null;
  if (! video) {
    try {
      fallbackImage = await loadImage('https://placekitten.com/1280/720')
    } catch (ex) {
      console.error(ex.message);
      return false;
    }
  }



  const [fontImage, lumImage] = await Promise.all([
    loadImage(fontURL),
    loadImage(luminanceMapURL)
  ])

    camTexture = glea.createTexture(0);
  // Upload the image into the texture.
  gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, video || fallbackImage);
  
  fontTexture = glea.createTexture(1);
  gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, fontImage);
  
  lumTexture = glea.createTexture(2);
  gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, lumImage);
  
  glea.setActiveTexture(0, camTexture);

  glea.uniI('camTexture', 0);
  glea.uniI('fontTexture', 1);
  glea.uniI('lumTexture', 2);
  loop(0);
}

setup();

scripts

<script src="https://unpkg.com/glea@1.1.0/dist/glea.umd.min.js"></script>

style.css

body {
  margin: 0;
}

canvas {
  display: block;
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
}

video {
  display: none;
}


.ui {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.6);
  font-family: sans-serif;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 16px;
  border-radius: 0 0 6px 0;
}

text-mode-cam.markdown

Text Mode Cam

Accesses the webcam (or a fallback image if the webcam is blocked) from the webcam and applies ASCII art :)

A Pen by Lea Rosema on CodePen.

License.