Kaelri
The Cube (Rainmeter Technology Demo)
...with apologies for the terrible framerate; my 3-year-old laptop CPU is not a big fan of Jing. The actual cube rotates at about 10 FPS.
- - - - - - -
This cube, with my Arcs skin superimposed on one side, was created by Alex2539 as an experimental demonstration of Rainmeter's graphical capabilities. Rather took my breath away when it popped up on my screen. Alex is brilliant at integrating complex mathematics into Rainmeter; his work made a number of Enigma skins possible.
This skin uses zero external images or resources; it is generated entirely using color gradients, numerical calculations, and live transformation matrices. It is made possible by the newest Rainmeter beta, which now includes primitive support for "dynamic variables" - setting object properties to ever-changing values and having them update in realtime.
While this is really just a demonstration - I'm sure the future will bring a more refined version - it's entirely usable. With the math already done for you, it's easy to add meters to any face of the cube just by adding the following lines:
DynamicVariables=1
Hidden=[Show#]
TransformationMatrix=[MeasureA#];[MeasureB#];[MeasureC#];[MeasureD#];[MeasureTX#];[MeasureTY#]
where # is the face of the cube (1-6) on which the meter is to appear.
Try it for yourself (really, please do - the motion is much smoother than it appears in the video). You'll need:
- The latest Rainmeter Beta (r192 or higher). [Edit: looks like people are having problems with this on 192. I'm looking into it, but for the moment, consider yourself warned.]
- Cube skin by Alex2539, modified with Arcs meters.
And that's it. :)
The Cube (Rainmeter Technology Demo)
...with apologies for the terrible framerate; my 3-year-old laptop CPU is not a big fan of Jing. The actual cube rotates at about 10 FPS.
- - - - - - -
This cube, with my Arcs skin superimposed on one side, was created by Alex2539 as an experimental demonstration of Rainmeter's graphical capabilities. Rather took my breath away when it popped up on my screen. Alex is brilliant at integrating complex mathematics into Rainmeter; his work made a number of Enigma skins possible.
This skin uses zero external images or resources; it is generated entirely using color gradients, numerical calculations, and live transformation matrices. It is made possible by the newest Rainmeter beta, which now includes primitive support for "dynamic variables" - setting object properties to ever-changing values and having them update in realtime.
While this is really just a demonstration - I'm sure the future will bring a more refined version - it's entirely usable. With the math already done for you, it's easy to add meters to any face of the cube just by adding the following lines:
DynamicVariables=1
Hidden=[Show#]
TransformationMatrix=[MeasureA#];[MeasureB#];[MeasureC#];[MeasureD#];[MeasureTX#];[MeasureTY#]
where # is the face of the cube (1-6) on which the meter is to appear.
Try it for yourself (really, please do - the motion is much smoother than it appears in the video). You'll need:
- The latest Rainmeter Beta (r192 or higher). [Edit: looks like people are having problems with this on 192. I'm looking into it, but for the moment, consider yourself warned.]
- Cube skin by Alex2539, modified with Arcs meters.
And that's it. :)