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I am working on a live weather wallpaper

Ever since I released my 2nd app Lively Weather this was the most requested wallpaper 😁The wallpaper weather effect will change based on the location weather (or pick your own effect), in this demo I am picking my own effect.Need to figure out a interface for this (maybe same as the app?); keep in mind this is a full rewrite since wallpapers are written in JavaScript but the weather app is a native C# application so it won't have all the f...

Lively Weather new update brings weather provider, GPS location and more!

This release adds new weather data source, GPS location, environment effects and enhancements.The JourneyImplementing a new weather provider and adding support for multiple ones turned out to be more work than I initially anticipated 😅.Some of the challenges faced: Forecast have different start, end time and intervals, so graph and data processing had to be modified. Different measurement units and standards, some conversions were not straight...

Happy New Year!

This year was especially exciting for me because I released my new weather app, Lively Weather. It’s a big deal for me because I always want my creations to stand out and be special. That’s why I don’t release many new apps (Lively Weather is only my third!).Before the year ended, I wanted to release a new update that added new weather sources, GPS location and other big improvements but unfortunately, my AC broke down and it was hard to wo...

Lively Weather night theme is released!

Lively Weather v1.0.27.0 update is out which introduces new night background and sound themes.What's new: Weather background theme changes based on selected location day/night time. New night ambient sound for Clear Sky, Mainly Clear weathers. New 7 depth backgrounds all made using built in ML tool. New cloud day/night animation. New 5 rain and 4 snow backgrounds. Screensaver page updated with day/night information. Fixed Potato/Picture perfo...

Early look at Screensaver update

Next Lively update will include enhancements and bugfixes to screensaver feature.In the demo users can select separate screensaver from running wallpaper.I am still working on creating a user friendly UI, this is an early demo and things can change.

Lively Weather - Ambient Sound Update

Hi guys,Its been a few months since I launched my 2nd app "Lively Weather" - a one of a kind weather app powered by DirectX animations.Since release I have been working on improving it based on user feedback, a quick recap:- There is more data added since release without bloating the UI (min and max temperature, hourly conditions..)- The hourly temperature graph has been updated to normalize data using weekly min, max temperature.- Max nu...

Lively Windows 11 22H2 Update

I am happy to say that the Lively v2.0.7.4 adds support for latest Windows 11 22H2 update.Patches for Windows 11 22H2 update Fixed wallpaper disappearing when Copilot(Preview) opened. Fixed wallpaper disappearing when Bluetooth device connected. Fixed wallpaper disappearing when USB device connected. Fixed wallpaper disappearing when Display settings changed. Fixed wallpaper disappearing on some systems resuming from sleep. Fixed wallpaper taking...

Lively Weather is released

It took me months, but here it is: my animated weather app called ‘Lively Weather’! Ta-da!Features Experience different weather conditions with animated DirectX shaders. As it rains outside, you will see animated raindrops falling on your screen. Built for Windows desktop, the weather animations change as the window moves and focus changes. The app is 100% native and powered by UWP, Win2D and DirectX. The app is lightweight with a download si...

Weather application progress after a month

Its been a month since I started working on the weather application.. completely redesigned the interface and added many features.The application is 100% Windows native using DirectX 12 for the dynamic weather effects with a total download size of around 15 MB only!Its almost complete for release, stay tuned for next update :D

I am making a weather app🌧️

Hi guys,Its been a while since last update.. was busy learning Win2D and DirectX shaders for the past few weeks and thinking of different ways to integrate it with Lively.Thought of making an app to learn faster, decided to go with a simple weather app since its very visual in nature: The weather effects are powered by GPU shaders and are dynamic and different for each weather. The application is native (UWP) so small, fast and sweet. There is a ...

A New Smarter Lively (Update v2.0.7)

Lively just got smarter with AI.. introducing first of many to come AI feature "Depth Wallpapers" - using Machine Learning to predict distance of objects from the camera and then use GPU shaders to create 3D image!In my testing works best with scenery, dont be afraid to try different things out and share with the community what you find. You can get some stock images to try here: https://www.pexels.comSee what's new:https://rocksdanis...

An Early Look At First AI Feature

For the past few weeks I have been playing with the idea of adding AI features to Lively.. announcing one feature today.AI Depth Wallpapers In this demo regular pictures are transformed into 3D like by estimating the distance(depth) of objects(white - closer, darker - further away) from the camera using machine learning.For privacy everything is run locally on the host system, no data is sent outside for processing.

Living Room Wallpaper

TV shows currently playing music. Audio reactive TV/Soundbar ambient lighting. Surrounding objects are affected by ambient light. Picture frame image can be changed. Customisable camera. Real-time clock.I baked the lighting in blender and then added dynamic lighting ontop for good performance. Download https://github.com/rocksdanister/audio-visualizer-wallpaper/releases

Lively Wallpaper v2.0.6.5 Update

Features: Includes Protein Clouds and updated Rain wallpaper with video background support. New Titlebar implementation with Search feature. Cleaned up the UI, labels are now hidden after first run. WindowsAppSDK 1.3 update. Added Danish and Afrikaans language, total 40 language supported now!and more..Full changelog:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/releases/tag/v2.0.6.5Store version should be up in a few hours.

Clouds wallpaper

Real time clouds with customization.The scene is being rendered 1/4 resolution at 24fps to reduce resource usage (can be changed.)Live demo:https://rocksdanister.com/cloudsDownload:https://github.com/rocksdanister/clouds/releases

New interactive website powered by shaders!

I wrote a new website for Lively powered by threejs and shaders - same technology powering wallpapers.The idea is people get a quick feel of what it is like using Lively by changing the background and customizing. The color scheme is kept same as the old website for familiarity.Thanks to optimizations and real-time GPU shaders the whole site is around 1MB in size (less than a floppy!)On mobile devices the UI is hidden, will need to think of somet...

Snow wallpaper with video background support

Features: Adjustable snow particles. Custom image or video background. Background color temperature (post processing.) Background mouse parallax. Background blur (frosted glass.) Framerate control.Download:https://github.com/rocksdanister/snow/releases/tag/v1Live demo:https://rocksdanister.com/snow/Note:Only .webm video files (license limitation) supported. How to convert your existing files to webm:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/We...

New Rain wallpaper with video support and more!

This is a complete rewrite using a different library.What's new in Rain v3: Video background support. Scale to fill algorithm, now you can use background of any size without the stretched look. Mouse parallax, background moves with cursor. Fixed post processing color temperature changing after sometime. Fixed rain particles glitching after sometime.Since its a rewrite may contain some new bugs :)Note:Only .webm video files supported(license l...

Simple System 3D wallpaper showcase

Finally released this "Simple System 3D" wallpaper.. uses Lively music, hardware and visualizer api all in a single project. Definitely overkill running this 3D scene.. think of it more like a tech demo, the Simple system with 2D art is more practicalFeatures:- Memory, Network, CPU and GPU usage.- CPU fan speed varies with CPU load.- GPU fan speed varies with GPU load (OFF at idle.)- Background color change based on CPU/GPU load.- RGB Mem...

Media parallax wallpaper

A simple parallax wallpaper with visualizer made using Lively System APIDownload:https://github.com/rocksdanister/audio-visualizer-wallpaper/releases

[Idea] Automatic parallax/depth wallpaper generation from pictures

Just an idea I had, there are machine learning algorithms that can estimate depth of images and using that can create parallax or depth effect wallpaper as shown above.The challenge is to run the machine learning locally (extra download) so that any picture can be animated seamlessly.Issue tracker:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/issues/1618

Lively Music Update v2.0.6 is out: Wallpapers that show currently playing music from Spotify, Chrome are available now!

Its fetching the data from Windows, so it works out of the box without any setup if the player supports it.. Spotify, YouTube (Chrome), media players..Launch trailer:https://youtu.be/sU20riug44YChangelog:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/releases/tag/v2.0.6.1

Next Lively update will support media information

Visualizer + media information will help make some cool wallpapers.Media information will work with spotify, youtube, vlc, foobar or any media player because its taking the information from Windows.

Car audio reactive wallpaper

Just something I created while playing with the idea of wallpaper that reacts with bass of music.Download:https://github.com/rocksdanister/audio-visualizer-wallpaper/releases

Working on a new application

Its very early in development.. as for what it does? It's a secret for now 🙂

Working on theme support (app only.)

I think Lively UI needs some color, next update will allow users to add app theme!Documentation:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/UI-Theme

Lively v2.0.3.2 update released!

This update focuses on improving audio visualizers and user experience.The orbits visualizer shown in the video will release soon (still working on it.)To update click on '...' -> About -> Check for update or check for update in Microsoft store for store version of Lively.Full changelog:https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/releases/tag/v2.0.3.2