threejs-webgl

import * as THREE from 'three';
import { OrbitControls } from 'three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js';
 
// Scene, Camera, Renderer
const scene = new THREE.Scene();
scene.background = new THREE.Color(0x333333);
 
const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
  75, // FOV
  window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, // Aspect ratio
  0.1, // Near clipping plane
  1000 // Far clipping plane
);
camera.position.set(0, 2, 5);
 
const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true });
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
 
// Lighting
const ambientLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.5);
scene.add(ambientLight);
 
const directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1);
directionalLight.position.set(5, 10, 7.5);
directionalLight.castShadow = true;
scene.add(directionalLight);
 
// Controls
const controls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.05;
 
// Animation Loop
function animate() {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate);
  controls.update();
  renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
 
animate();
 
// Handle Resize
window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
  camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
  camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
  renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
});

import * as THREE from 'three/webgpu';
 
const renderer = new THREE.WebGPURenderer({ antialias: true });
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.setAnimationLoop(animate);
renderer.toneMapping = THREE.LinearToneMapping;
renderer.toneMappingExposure = 1;
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

// Basic Mesh
const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1);
const material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({
  color: 0x00ff00,
  roughness: 0.5,
  metalness: 0.5
});
const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
scene.add(cube);
 
// Textured Mesh
const loader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
const texture = loader.load('texture.jpg');
texture.colorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace;
 
const texturedMaterial = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({
  map: texture
});
const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, texturedMaterial);
scene.add(mesh);

// Three-Point Lighting Setup
function setupThreePointLight(scene) {
  // Key Light (Main)
  const keyLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 3);
  keyLight.position.set(5, 10, 7.5);
  keyLight.castShadow = true;
  scene.add(keyLight);
 
  // Fill Light (Softens shadows)
  const fillLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1);
  fillLight.position.set(-5, 5, -5);
  scene.add(fillLight);
 
  // Rim Light (Edge definition)
  const rimLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 0.5);
  rimLight.position.set(0, 5, -10);
  scene.add(rimLight);
 
  // Ambient (Base illumination)
  const ambient = new THREE.AmbientLight(0x404040, 0.5);
  scene.add(ambient);
}
 
// Physical Light (Realistic)
const bulbLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffee88, 1, 100, 2);
bulbLight.power = 1700; // Lumens (100W bulb equivalent)
bulbLight.castShadow = true;
scene.add(bulbLight);
 
// Hemisphere Light (Sky + Ground)
const hemiLight = new THREE.HemisphereLight(
  0xddeeff, // Sky color
  0x0f0e0d, // Ground color
  0.02
);
scene.add(hemiLight);

// For rendering thousands of similar objects efficiently
const geometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(0.1, 16, 16);
const material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0xff0000 });
const instancedMesh = new THREE.InstancedMesh(geometry, material, 1000);
 
const matrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
const color = new THREE.Color();
 
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  matrix.setPosition(
    Math.random() * 10 - 5,
    Math.random() * 10 - 5,
    Math.random() * 10 - 5
  );
  instancedMesh.setMatrixAt(i, matrix);
  instancedMesh.setColorAt(i, color.setHex(Math.random() * 0xffffff));
}
 
instancedMesh.instanceMatrix.needsUpdate = true;
scene.add(instancedMesh);

import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { DRACOLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/DRACOLoader.js';
 
// Setup loaders
const dracoLoader = new DRACOLoader();
dracoLoader.setDecoderPath('/draco/');
 
const gltfLoader = new GLTFLoader();
gltfLoader.setDRACOLoader(dracoLoader);
 
// Load model
gltfLoader.load('model.glb', (gltf) => {
  const model = gltf.scene;
 
  // Enable shadows
  model.traverse((child) => {
    if (child.isMesh) {
      child.castShadow = true;
      child.receiveShadow = true;
    }
  });
 
  scene.add(model);
 
  // Handle animations
  if (gltf.animations.length > 0) {
    const mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(model);
    const action = mixer.clipAction(gltf.animations[0]);
    action.play();
 
    // In animation loop:
    // mixer.update(deltaTime);
  }
});

// Enable shadows on renderer
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap; // or VSMShadowMap
 
// Configure light shadows
directionalLight.castShadow = true;
directionalLight.shadow.mapSize.width = 2048;
directionalLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 2048;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.near = 0.5;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.far = 50;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.left = -10;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.right = 10;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.top = 10;
directionalLight.shadow.camera.bottom = -10;
directionalLight.shadow.radius = 4;
directionalLight.shadow.blurSamples = 8;
 
// Objects casting/receiving shadows
mesh.castShadow = true;
mesh.receiveShadow = true;

const raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster();
const mouse = new THREE.Vector2();
 
function onMouseClick(event) {
  mouse.x = (event.clientX / window.innerWidth) * 2 - 1;
  mouse.y = -(event.clientY / window.innerHeight) * 2 + 1;
 
  raycaster.setFromCamera(mouse, camera);
  const intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects(scene.children, true);
 
  if (intersects.length > 0) {
    const object = intersects[0].object;
    object.material.color.set(0xff0000);
  }
}
 
window.addEventListener('click', onMouseClick);

import gsap from 'gsap';
 
// Animate camera
gsap.to(camera.position, {
  x: 5,
  y: 3,
  z: 10,
  duration: 2,
  ease: "power2.inOut",
  onUpdate: () => {
    camera.lookAt(scene.position);
  }
});
 
// Animate mesh properties
gsap.to(mesh.rotation, {
  y: Math.PI * 2,
  duration: 3,
  repeat: -1,
  ease: "none"
});

// Three.js integrates naturally with React Three Fiber
// Use the react-three-fiber skill for React integration patterns

import { EffectComposer } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js';
import { RenderPass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPass.js';
import { UnrealBloomPass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js';
 
const composer = new EffectComposer(renderer);
composer.addPass(new RenderPass(scene, camera));
 
const bloomPass = new UnrealBloomPass(
  new THREE.Vector2(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight),
  1.5, // strength
  0.4, // radius
  0.85 // threshold
);
composer.addPass(bloomPass);
 
// In animation loop:
composer.render();

// Bad: Creates new geometry for each mesh
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1);
  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  scene.add(mesh);
}
 
// Good: Reuse geometry
const sharedGeometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1);
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(sharedGeometry, material);
  scene.add(mesh);
}

// Compress textures
texture.generateMipmaps = true;
texture.minFilter = THREE.LinearMipmapLinearFilter;
texture.magFilter = THREE.LinearFilter;
 
// Use power-of-two dimensions (512, 1024, 2048)
// Consider texture atlases for multiple small textures

const lod = new THREE.LOD();
lod.addLevel(highDetailMesh, 0);    // 0-50 units
lod.addLevel(mediumDetailMesh, 50);  // 50-100 units
lod.addLevel(lowDetailMesh, 100);    // 100+ units
scene.add(lod);

mesh.geometry.computeBoundingSphere();

function disposeScene() {
  scene.traverse((object) => {
    if (object.geometry) object.geometry.dispose();
    if (object.material) {
      if (Array.isArray(object.material)) {
        object.material.forEach(material => material.dispose());
      } else {
        object.material.dispose();
      }
    }
  });
  renderer.dispose();
}

const clock = new THREE.Clock();
 
function animate() {
  const deltaTime = clock.getDelta();
  const elapsedTime = clock.getElapsedTime();
 
  // Use deltaTime for frame-independent animations
  mesh.rotation.y += deltaTime * Math.PI * 0.5; // 90° per second
 
  renderer.render(scene, camera);
}

// Group related objects
const building = new THREE.Group();
building.add(walls, roof, windows);
scene.add(building);
 
// Use meaningful names
mesh.name = 'player-character';
const found = scene.getObjectByName('player-character');

// Bad: Memory leak
function animate() {
  const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(); // Created every frame!
  // ...
}
 
// Good: Create once outside loop
const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry();
function animate() {
  // Reuse geometry
}

// Always set color space for textures
texture.colorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace;
 
// Set renderer output encoding
renderer.outputColorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace;

const material = new THREE.ShaderMaterial({
  uniforms: {
    uTime: { value: 0.0 },
    uColor: { value: new THREE.Color(0x00ff00) }
  },
  vertexShader: `
    varying vec2 vUv;
    void main() {
      vUv = uv;
      gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
    }
  `,
  fragmentShader: `
    uniform float uTime;
    uniform vec3 uColor;
    varying vec2 vUv;
    void main() {
      gl_FragColor = vec4(uColor * vUv.x, 1.0);
    }
  `
});

const renderTarget = new THREE.WebGLRenderTarget(512, 512);
 
// Render scene to texture
renderer.setRenderTarget(renderTarget);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
renderer.setRenderTarget(null);
 
// Use texture
const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
  map: renderTarget.texture
});