Walter Lim
Experiments
Other work, weird projects, side projects, and proof of concept tech demos
Eight Dollars
Browser extension that helps differentiate between real, and fake verified Twitter users. Featured on The Verge, Engadget, and Gizmodo.
Chrome Web Store
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Vaxx.NZ
Simple website that has helped 100,000+ New Zealanders find COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide. Designed and built in response to the global pandemic.
Demo site
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Terrible Hack
The Terrible Ideas hackathon is a 46-hour challenge to create the most terrible, awful, brilliant ideas you can think of.
terriblehack.nz
Fruit Tax
Proof of concept shopping tech demo that raises the prices of products while you aren't looking. Uses your Webcam.
Live Demo
Source Code
Ligma.design
Shitty clone of Figma post-Adobe acquisition that resets your work every 90 seconds. Has been used by over 7400 users.
Try it out
Pew Pew VR
Mobile VR game where you make PEW PEW noises with your mouth to play. Available on the Play Store. Built to play with the unity microphone API at the KiwiJam 2019 Game Jam.
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Lenny
Proof of concept prototype that uses payment data to perform COVID-19 contact tracing. Built as part of the GovHack 2021 Open Data Hackathon.
Live demo
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Check On
Emergency dashboard that keeps communities informed. It aggregates data from public and private data sources. Built to learn about public datasets for the GovHack 2020 hackathon.
Demo site
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Swearsies
Swear jar that transfers $5 into your savings account every time your device hears you swear. Built to experiment with banking APIs for the 2019 BankEngine Hackathon.
Video demo
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Quick Maths
40-player educational multiplayer math deathmatch in the browser. Built to learn about Websockets and the Canvas API at the KiwiJam 2020 Game Jam
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Webcam Anti-Adblocker
Working browser implementation of the adblocker from the Black Mirror TV Show. Uses your webcam to tell you to keep watching ads if you stop watching.
Live demo
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Matter VR
Unity VR experience where you make music with gestural hand controls using a Leap Motion sensor. Built as an excuse to experiment with hand tracking systems and VR.
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Spicy Hack
Sadistic random tech stack generator used to increase hackathon difficulty for veteran developers.
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Hello Politician
Public political disclosure data register put together by scraping PDF files. Built as an excuse to play with govt data for the GovHack 2019 hackathon.
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Flattie
Rental affordability heatmap created by crunching MBIE government data.
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Senpai
Senpai is a simple website blocker that helps you study. Used to learn more about Chrome APIs.
Download on Chrome Web Store
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Zappy
Augmented Reality bus stop finder built with Unity and Google ARCore. Built at an NZTA Government Hackathon to learn more about Unity AR Tooling.
Learn more about Zappy
Raihana
NZTA hackathon project exploring the driver licensing process and how to improve it. Included experiments with eyesight checking features through the browser Webcam API
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She Sharp
Charity website design + dev work for a group serving the next generation of women in tech called She Sharp. Lots of Wordpress, CSS and PHP hackery.
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NZ Traditional
Boatbuilding School
Charity website design + dev work for a traditional boatbuilding school. Lots of Wordpress, CSS and PHP hackery.
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Fundy
Datacom hackathon project that explored what charity funding marketplaces could look like.
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VR Forex Prototype
Unity VR Data visualization of forex data pulled from the Yahoo finance API
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