Spring Night / 2D Landscape | 2D Environments | Unity Asset Store

Elevate your workflow with the Spring Night / 2D Landscape asset from DenielHast. Find this & more Environments on the Unity Asset Store.

2D Graveyard Pack - Handcrafted Art | 2D Environments | Unity Asset Store

Elevate your workflow with the 2D Graveyard Pack - Handcrafted Art asset from Alien Nude LTD. Find this & more Environments on the Unity Asset Store.

I just released my first new #Science #Olympiad design since early 2020. It's a set of parts to modify a #Parallax robot kit so it is better suited to compete in the 2026 #RobotTour event.

Hopefully, I will have time to finish up a few more designs this week.

https://www.printables.com/model/1571779-parallax-rhino-robot-tour-2026-science-olympiad

Parallax Rhino - Robot Tour (2026 Science Olympiad) by CordovaLabs | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Printables.com

𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘅:

#Parallax #JS #Vanilla #Rallax

https://thewhale.cc/posts/rallax

Rallax.js is a vanilla JS plugin that implements a dynamic parallax scrolling effect, without dependencies.

Atmospheric refraction, due to the different temperature/altitude profile in the atmosphere at different times of day...makes distant mountains appear taller or shorter.

The attached photo is a comparison of what I shot yesterday afternoon and this morning. The camera was set up within inches of the same location for both shots, and those mountains are between 50 and 120 miles away...so I'm saying that any parallax effect from camera location is essentially zero.

I have annotated with arrows where it's easy to make a comparison of how the near and far ridge lines overlap differently in the two photos.

This is a follow up to:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115673789231444526

Imagine the care that was needed to conduct surveys before the GPS/GNSS era:
https://explorersweb.com/the-five-men-who-measured-mount-everest/

"The Great Theodolite built by Troughton & Simms in London stood nearly 1.5m high, had a horizontal circle one meter in diameter, and could read angles to a single second of arc. Moving it required 30 porters and sometimes elephants."

"The reduction of Nicolson’s observations was a colossal task. Each ray from each station had to be corrected for instrumental error, for temperature and pressure, and for the curvature of the Earth. Above all, they needed to correct for atmospheric refraction, which at those distances could amount to six or seven minutes of arc and change from hour to hour."

#Atmosphere #Refraction #Physics #Math #GIS #Datum #Survey #Geodetic #Map #Optics #Science #Parallax #Cool #NewMexico #Theodolite

Does visual depth drive engagement or just load time? 🏔️

We analyzed the UX impact of Parallax vs. Static mountain backgrounds. While parallax creates immersion (biophilic "prospect"), it often compromises speed, SEO, and accessibility (vestibular triggers). Static backgrounds, however, prioritize performance and cognitive focus.

The data suggests a clear trade-off. Read the full analysis: https://silphiumdesign.com/parallax-static-mountain-backgrounds-analysis/

#WebDesign #UX #Parallax #BiophilicDesign #Frontend

TV Talk: #ThisIsUs star @chrissymetz talks filming the new @AppleTV crime drama #Parallax in #Pittsburgh and her character, who speaks with a Western Pa. dialect, via @triblive - https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-this-is-us-star-films-apple-series-locally-uses-pittsburgh-dialect/

Implementing header images

I decided to add header images to this website's design. I opted for a parallax effect, despite the fact that I normally rail against them.

https://duncanstephen.net/implementing-header-images/