di_ther — a DOS-era camera for the web

A REAL-TIME DITHERED CAMERA
FOR THE WEB

// 01 — THE IDEA

YOUR CAMERA, CIRCA 1989.

di_ther quantizes your live camera feed through a Bayer 4×4 ordered dithering matrix and a handful of hard-coded palettes. Highlights bloom into dot clusters. Shadows collapse to pure black. The mundane turns monumental.

It is not a filter. It never touches your old photos. It is a feeling-first camera toy — open the page, point, and watch the street outside render like a lost VGA cutscene. Everything happens on your device. Nothing leaves it.

0×4 BAYER MATRIX

0FPS REAL-TIME

0BYTES UPLOADED

0THE YEAR IT FEELS LIKE

// 02 — THE ENGINE

PICK A PALETTE.
WATCH IT BREATHE.

This is the same math the camera runs — a live procedural scene crushed through Bayer 4×4 ordered dithering, right here in your browser. Move your cursor over the frame. Switch palettes. That's the whole trick, and it's enough.

TAP + DRAG

320×180 AMBER-4

// 03 — FIELD CAPTURES

SHOT ON di_ther.
ZERO EDITS.

Real frames, straight out of the camera. Night streets, flash-lit friends, one good dog.

Dithered sunset over city skyline with TV tower — IMG_3442 — VGA-16 — SUNSET OVER THE PANELÁKY

Flash-lit screaming face in amber dither — IMG_5213 — AMBER-4 — 2:47 AM

Two figures walking into magenta underpass light — IMG_4388 — DUSK-4 — UNDERPASS

Snowy night street with neon shop window — IMG_4422 — VGA-16 — KIOSK STILL OPEN

Amber dithered flash portrait — IMG_3486 — AMBER-4 — DIRECT FLASH

Lit arches in magenta dusk snow — IMG_4417 — DUSK-4 — COURTYARD

Woman with roses and bottle, flash dithered — IMG_3517 — BLOOD-4 — SHE SAID YES

Red dithered pedestrian sign at night — IMG_4419 — BLOOD-4 — CROSSING

Kettle on gas stove in grayscale dither — IMG_3523 — PAPER-W — TEA AT DAWN

Dog in living room, grayscale dither with orange accents — IMG_3452 — PAPER-W — ONE GOOD DOG

Laughing man raising a glass in amber dither — IMG_5204 — AMBER-4 — NA ZDOROVÍ

Apartment block with red RENT neon sign — IMG_3540 — BLOOD-4 — RENT

Street lamp over snowy park at night — IMG_3483 — PHOSPHOR — LAMP POST

// 04 — SYSTEM SPEC

RUNS ON ANYTHING.

ENGINE	BAYER 4×4 ORDERED DITHERING
INPUT	YOUR LIVE CAMERA — NOTHING ELSE
PALETTES	LIMITED. ON PURPOSE.
OUTPUT	SHAREABLE STILLS, INSTANTLY
LATENCY	REAL-TIME. SIXTY FRAMES PER SECOND.
ACCOUNT	NONE
UPLOAD	NEVER — ALL ON-DEVICE
EDITING SUITE	ABSOLUTELY NOT
PRICE	FREE, LIKE 1989 SHAREWARE

THE STREET IS ALREADY RENDERING WITHOUT YOU

STOP SCROLLING. START SHOOTING.

LAUNCH di_ther ↗

NO INSTALL · NO SIGN-UP · WORKS IN YOUR BROWSER · BRING NIGHT

YOUR CAMERA, CIRCA 1989.

PICK A PALETTE.WATCH IT BREATHE.

SHOT ON di_ther.ZERO EDITS.

RUNS ON ANYTHING.

STOP SCROLLING. START SHOOTING.

PICK A PALETTE.
WATCH IT BREATHE.

SHOT ON di_ther.
ZERO EDITS.