"hidden figures" from the metaverse
⬛️ a quick-and-dirty steganography proof-of-concept using images from the hubble space telescope
⬛️ you should be able to see a hidden image when you shift the focal point of your eyes ;) (with a little practice, it becomes easy!)
💡 steganography is the practice of hiding information and it has been around for centuries. one of the most popular techniques is 'least significant bit (LSB) steganography, when the information hider embeds the secret information in the least significant bits of a media file.
(check other metaverse steganography images here)
- you can create your steganography images. first, install deps with:
pipenv install
- add
envvars:
cp .env.example .env
vim .env
-
add background and foreground images to their respective dirs (
backgroundandforeground). -
finally, run:
./src/main.py
enjoy!