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Designed this interactive 3d dashboard with Opus 5.5 for an industrial company's vehicle and material tracking dashboard
A full 3D simulation of the plant, every truck tracked from gate to dock
Both modes are pixel precise. Which one you like?
4 voted
40%
6 voted
60%
10 votes
Closed
Voted Dark. On a dashboard watching trucks move from gate to dock all day, dark is easier on the eyes, and the 3D bars and route lines glow against it. Light is clean, but dark makes the live movement the focus.
Light or dark, which one wins? ☀️🌙
Same site, two moods. Warm stone and lacquer red, or the same build after dark.
Both are hand-built with a 3D paper crumple, real physics, a stick-figure film drawn in code, and a receipt that gets a bicycle kick. 🔊 Sound on.
Tell me which you'd ship: light or dark? 👇
26 voted
59%
18 voted
41%
44 votes
Closed
I really like how the light version looks, but it has some legibility issues. Since readability is more important for users than visual appeal, I think the dark version is the better option.
BTW, I initially voted for the light version, but after analyzing both options more closely, I changed my mind 😄
A watch movement lifted from one photograph into 3D. HEXANOX is an independent horology institute. We certify mechanical movements by measurement, amplitude, beat error, positional variance, to tolerances your eye cannot see.
I built this project to test A watch movement lifted from one photograph into 3D. HEXANOX is an independent horology institute. We certify mechanical movements by measurement, amplitude, beat error, positional variance, to tolerances your eye cannot see. The core engineering challenge was sustaining uncompromised 60 FPS rendering using Three.js (GLB 3D) while handling continuous user interaction without framework overhead.
WHAT I WAS TESTING:
I focused on two core engineering benchmarks:
Precision implementation of image → GLB under continuous interactive user input
Sustained 60 FPS render performance and zero-dependency browser execution
THE TECHNICAL SIDE:
Engineered directly in the browser with Three.js (GLB 3D), WebGL / GLSL Shaders, Canvas2D, Image → GLB. The application runs without third-party frameworks or build-step dependencies, using hardware-accelerated rendering and custom event loops to achieve zero-latency response.
Everything executes in the browser using Three.js (GLB 3D), WebGL / GLSL Shaders, Canvas2D, Image → GLB. No third-party frameworks, no heavy runtime bundles, and zero external tracking.
WHAT I LEARNED:
Balancing the mathematical rigors of image → GLB with tactile browser interaction required tuning event throttling and memory allocation to eliminate all garbage collection stutters.
Finding the sweet spot between mathematical precision and frame budget took careful profiling, but the result runs at a steady 60 FPS even on modest hardware.
TRY IT YOURSELF:
The live build is deployed on Netlify. Open it in your browser, test the controls, and observe the render response times.
If you are building high-performance 3D, physics, or creative web systems and want to collaborate, reach out here on Contra.
