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Rodent-obsessed developer creates Ratty to bring 3D graphics to the command line

theregister·Brandon Vigliarolo·21 days ago
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Software Inspired by TempleOS, this terminal emulator is just about as bonkers When you think of a terminal emulator, you imagine a command line interface filled with ASCII text and a prompt. However, one developer has reimagined the experience to include inline 3D objects and image support. Dubbed Ratty by its creator Orhun Parmaksiz for its 3D spinning rat cursor, the terminal window itself is a 3D canvas that supports sprites and 3D models, can render 3D drawings in real time, and even includes its own graphics protocol. “Terminal emulators are a big part of our daily lives as developers but yet we are not making enough innovations in that space,” Parmaksiz told The Register in an email. “With Ratty I hope to inspire others to experiment with terminals and push the limits of what they can do.” Parmaksiz wrote in his blog post introducing Ratty that he accomplished the whole thing using his own Rust terminal interface library, Ratatui , along with the Bevy game engine, also built with Rust.…

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