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Hyper-Realistic Sand with WebGL2

94 points everlier 3 hours ago 17 comments

alex_duf 1 hour ago | parent

On a mobile phone it makes a lot more sense. Try shaking it!

leobuskin 1 hour ago | parent

It doesn’t in my case, I see some weird animation, everything disappears, “pour” button again. Shaking or any other movement doesn’t help. Latest chrome on iOS

dylanowen 1 hour ago | parent

The sand is pouring onto the phone screen so if your phone is tilted or upside down it looks illogical

AndrewSwift 45 minutes ago | parent

Works for me in Safari — iPhone 17 Pro, all up to date

theowaway213456 38 minutes ago | parent

I think it responds to tilting, not shaking?

christkv 1 hour ago | parent

Reminds me of this demo game https://store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/Sandcastle/

techpression 46 minutes ago | parent

I wouldn’t call it realistic, sand gets stuck in the air, stones don’t rotate, and there’s quite an uncanny valley effect based on angles. Still a cool demo of what is possible, even though I get 10fps or something on a iPhone 15 Pro

zamalek 43 minutes ago | parent

What do you mean "stuck in the air?" It's top down.

techpression 36 minutes ago | parent

They don’t move, not even when pressing with your finger, “stuck on the ground” then, it’s the same outcome.

vfosnar 13 minutes ago | parent

didnt encounter the stucking issue but agree with the overerall point, the sand gets a sort of 'build-up pressure and bounce back' effect which breaks the immersiveness for me, otherwise cool

arm32 30 minutes ago | parent

This is very fun to play with.

hamidmohaqeq 29 minutes ago | parent

This is really cool and give a realistic sense

amunozo 28 minutes ago | parent

I am feeling the sand physically at watching at this, good job!

nout 22 minutes ago | parent

This is annoying to clean up exactly like real sand.

customguy 18 minutes ago | parent

Zooming on the desktop makes it more dense looking, which is probably not intended but can look very cool IMO.

wigster 18 minutes ago | parent

i feel like i'm watching a stop-motion movie as it moves. very nice