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A wild Torus appeared
w = 540
bnb({
w, h,
webgl: true,
fps: 20,
numFrames: 120,
record: true,
shutterAngle: .5,
samplesPerFrame: 8,
chromaticAberration: 1.6,
usePre1: true,
video: true,
setup: (s, g) => {
s.myShader = s.createShader(vertexShader(), fragmentShader())
s.shader(s.myShader)
},
draw: (s, t, g) => {
s.background(33)
s.myShader.setUniform('u_time', t * 50)
s.rotateZ(s.PI / 2)
s.rotateX(s.TAU * t)
s.rotateY(s.TAU * t)
s.rotateZ(s.TAU * t)
s.noStroke()
s.torus(w / 4, 20, 120, 60)
// s.rotateX(s.PI / 2)
// s.torus(w / 4, 20, 120, 60)
// s.rotateY(s.PI / 2)
// s.torus(w / 4, 20, 120, 60)
},
})
vertexShader = () => `
attribute vec3 aPosition;
attribute vec2 aTexCoord;
attribute vec3 aNormal;
uniform mat4 uProjectionMatrix;
uniform mat4 uModelViewMatrix;
uniform float u_time;
varying vec3 vPos;
void main() {
vec4 positionVec4 = vec4(aPosition, 1.0);
float frequency = 10.0;
float amplitude = 0.5;
float distortion = sin(positionVec4.x * frequency + u_time);
positionVec4.xz += distortion * aNormal.xz * amplitude;
gl_Position = uProjectionMatrix * uModelViewMatrix * positionVec4;
vPos = aPosition;
}`
fragmentShader = () => `
precision mediump float;
varying vec3 vPos;
vec3 scale(float t) {
vec3 a = vec3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
vec3 b = vec3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
vec3 c = vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
vec3 d = vec3(0.0, 0.10, 0.20);
return a + b * cos(${(Math.PI * 2 * 1000 | 0) / 1000} * (c * t + d));
}
void main() {
float l = length(vPos);
vec3 c = scale(sin(vPos.z * 50.) * sin(vPos.y * 50.) * sin(vPos.z * 50.) * .6 + .5) * pow(l, 10.) * .5;
gl_FragColor = vec4(c, 1.0);
}`
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