Electric Sheep Screensaver

[KaerfSusej]

I found this website on some other forum and I wanted to spread it around.

Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience.

Here is an excellent example on google video: 165 star oasis (the actual screensaver doesnt have music) Dont view this post and not watch that video,... unless you have 56k, in which case I undrestand.

I wanted to post it in this forum because the more people that run it, the faster the screensaver changes. Its just really friggin' cool.

 

[badmouse]

Darn. I was hoping for actual sheep 🙁 .

 

[jagec]

Holy crap, I just saw "Kill all humans" briefly flash in the top left corner!

 

[KaerfSusej]

you watch the video?

 

[everman]

Interesting idea, but what do you need a screen saver for these days?

 

[dug777]

that's cool :Q

 

[ballmode]

I'll take my flying toasters from After Dark

 

[Beige]

blegh..interesting idea but i prefer my monitor to just shut off after 10 minutes of non use.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Beige
blegh..interesting idea but i prefer my monitor to just shut off after 10 minutes of non use.

With energy prices the way they are now? Good decision! 😀