3D Retro - CC0 museum of retro 3D tricks for web
Show HN: A CC0 museum of retro 3D tricks you can paste into a page
3D Retro is a CC0-licensed collection of 31 classic 3D graphics experiments, from 1970s vector CRT displays to 1990s demoscene effects. Each demo is self-contained and can be copied and pasted directly into any web page, using WebGL 1 or a 2D canvas. Highlights include Plasma, Retro 3D Starfield, Chrome Blobs, and the Utah Teapot. The catalog is available via /llms.txt and a JSON API, with source HTML at /examples/{slug}.html. Perfect for developers and artists wanting to add nostalgic visuals to their projects.
Copy a demo, drop it on a page. Old workstation tricks, WebGL 1 or a 2D canvas. Licensed CC0.
- jimmySixDOF
under this topic we should hat tip to the yomens work of Michael Bach, a German vision scientist and neurophysiologist who put more than 20 years into the website [1] "Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions"
[1] michaelbach.de/ot
- mcphage
Something’s weird with the wireframe globe. The South Pole is at the bottom of the globe, but the North Pole is not. So the axis running between them doesn’t pass through the center of the sphere.
- jonathanstrange
Is there a trick to get them moving? They're just static on my firefox and chromium.