Encom Boardroom
An HTML5 recreation of the Boardroom
Scene in Disney's Tron:
Legacy. It currently displays realtime
data from GitHub and Wikipedia to make it a bit more fun. View it in action at
https://www.robscanlon.com/encom-boardroom/ .
While I attempted to stay true to the film, it simply wasn't practical to
recreate every element that is portrayed in the scene. The graphics displayed
in the film contain a remarkable amount of detail despite only being visible
for a couple of seconds. I am in awe of those that put it together.
My focus was on the globe and I made it available as a standalone
library for those interested. The other
elements are only loose adaptations of the film version. This project is not
associated with GitHub, Wikipedia, Tron: Legacy, or Disney. It is just a
tribute.
Usage
The web application can be launched simply by serving up ./index.html. If
you would like the full application, including the feeds from Wikipedia and
GitHub, install and run the node application as follows:
npm install
PORT=8000 node stream-server.js
Then point your browser at http://localhost:8000.
The code isn't particularly well organized right now to quickly add in new
feeds, but it certainly is possible. I did split out the globe into its own
standalone library that can be easily
reused though.
Notable Dependencies
Feed Info
GitHub: Data is being streamed in realtime from GitHub's public timeline
feed. Location information is retrieved from
the user's GitHub profile and is mapped using
geonames.org. Historic 2013 data was retrieved from the
GitHub Archive. User pictures are from
Gravatar and are throttled to under one per second to
conserve bandwidth.
Wikipedia: Data is being streamed in realtime from Wikipedia's public IRC
feed. Location
information is only available from anonymous users in the form of IP addresses,
and is mapped to real locations using freegeoip.net.
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Robert Scanlon
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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