Computing with Projected Light: The Folk Computer Gadget

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A Recurse Center Localhost talk by the makers of the Folk Computer, a system that computes with projected light in a physical room. It presents the Folk Computer Gadget, which descends from the Dynamicland tradition of working with paper, projection and cameras.

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@todsacerdoti2026 · in “Computing with projected light: the folk computer”
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@angiolillo2025 · in “What folk can do”
In addition to the github readme, there is an article with some photos and descriptions of the Folk Computer project: link Others have drawn the same connection to Dynamicland, but the article briefly mentions "Dynamicland, a project to which Folk owes much of its design and philosophy" and lists Omar Rizwan as one of the Folk Computer founders. Omar was on the Dynamicland staff ~2018-2020, see link (Edit, it also looks like they have some presentations on YouTube: ▶ this video link )
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