| name | threejs-raymarched-space-effects |
| description | Build raymarched space phenomena in Three.js. Use for black-hole lensing, accretion disks, wormholes, curved-ray integration, procedural star fields, relativistic-looking distortion, bounded volumetric structures, and GPU effects that need controlled numerical integration. |
Raymarched Space Effects
Treat these effects as numerical renderers with explicit integration state. The visual character depends on coordinate choice, step policy, and how rays interact with emissive structures.
Workflow
- Define the effect-space transform and camera ray.
- Choose a physical, physically inspired, or purely artistic bending model.
- Bound the integration domain.
- Track ray position, direction, throughput, and accumulated radiance.
- Detect crossings with disks, shells, throats, or event boundaries.
- Sample the background only after integration terminates.
- Add diagnostics for trajectory, step count, and termination reason.
Read references/curved-ray-integrators.md
for the RK4 wormhole, artistic curved-ray accretion integrator, disk
composition, and implementation defects.
Read the
curved-ray accretion volume
for the inverse-square steering loop, thin disk density, front-to-back
accumulation, deterministic star environment, and integrator diagnostics.
Constraints
- Do not call a UV swirl “gravitational lensing.”
- Cap iterations and provide early termination.
- Use continuous crossing tests for thin structures.
- Keep numerical stability independent from frame rate.
- Separate the integrator from shading of the accretion disk or wormhole interior.
- Provide a cheaper approximation for non-hero views.
Routing boundary
Use $threejs-procedural-vfx for ordinary particles, trails, plasma, and event
effects. This skill is for per-pixel numerical ray integration through curved
or bounded space-effect domains.
