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WebGL Fluid Simulation

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Re: WebGL Fluid Simulation

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Post by tlarkworthy »

jonplackett wrote: post #18
geek_at wrote: post #14

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It looks really nice and is very smooth.. But a subscription for a fluid dynamic app, really?

They gave you a free web version. So if they want to try and do a subscription of charge $30 for a one off purchase I think that’s up to them. I’m curious if anyone will ever buy a subscription or spend $30 though.

I tried it as a background on Android but it killed my battery within hours so I stopped. Shame, its so cool.

Re: WebGL Fluid Simulation

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Post by doctorhandshake »

tlarkworthy wrote: post #9

I have a fork of this that inverts the light model from additive to subtractive and suddenly its like ink in water https://observablehq.com/@tomlarkworthy/ink

This was the first thing I did when I wrote a fluid sim as well - I’ve spent a ton of time and energy pursuing ways to get subtractive color effects (the richness and light-subjectivity of pigment) in digital artifacts and have mostly come up empty, but I take every chance I can get.

Re: WebGL Fluid Simulation

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Post by jonplackett »

tlarkworthy wrote: post #23
jonplackett wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They gave you a free web version. So if they want to try and do a subscription of charge $30 for a one off purchase I think that’s up to them. I’m curious if anyone will ever buy a subscription or spend $30 though.

I tried it as a background on Android but it killed my battery within hours so I stopped. Shame, its so cool.

I bet your phone doubled as a nice hand warmer though

Re: WebGL Fluid Simulation

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Post by Mossly »

Mossly wrote: post #26

I'll always have a soft spot for this earlier implementation which at lower resolutions has a kind of cyberpunk netrunner aesthetic, and at higher resolutions an almost ethereal ghostlike quality: https://haxiomic.github.io/projects/webgl-fluid-and-particle...

hey there's even a comment from 2020 where the creator of that project talks about this project, neat! I always wondered if they were connected in some way or independent applications of the same underlying premise: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24065857
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