Nice proof of concept. I like to see the stretching of node's capabilities.

On a slightly related note, you can play with a similar effect in VLC by setting the output module in the video preferences to "Color ASCII" and restarting it.

See also: http://earthlingsoft.net/ASCII%20Projektor/

Alternatively, by using either the libcaca or aalib mplayer drivers.

I'd love to combine this concept with my (shameless plug) ASCII art Kinect demos:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106077

Looks like it's time to learn Javascript.

I get a message that my browser (Chrome) appears to support all necessary features, but nothing happens.

To view on Firefox 4, go to about:config and set network.websocket.override-security-block to true.

Video example doesn't look SFW.

Yeah, what is that?

edit: I think its a boxing match. Guess thats ok :)

The final word in the format wars.