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Cassette Futurism

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Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community.

A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why cant we have real products like this?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The best I can offer are some 3D renders :)


Source: Cassette Player (by Paxton Klotz - ArtStation)

I had a lot of fun with this cassette player! It ended up being just under 10k tris. Inspired by, though not exactly a one to one recreation of, Sheng Lam's Potify Cassette player

ArtStation profile: https://www.artstation.com/pklotz

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That’s an interesting cassette loading method

I’m glad this community is picking up, I want to get back into 3D modeling after having been disillusioned with it at art school twenty years ago, and this is the kind of stuff I want to use as inspiration

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So damn cool! Although one though i have is why not turn the cassette 90 degrees to get something slimmer? Or would that mess with the aesthetic? I am im no way a designer.

[–] copymyjalopy 6 points 1 year ago

I would legit buy one of these.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think those tapes are gonna work