Hugo Elias

Good stuff! I loved flipcode back in the days... For old time's sake, there is also the wonderful page of Hugo Elias - http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/ - still relevant...

They did actually, the thing was designed to drop on a random angle and bounce around for a while on airbags until it came to a full stop, before said airbags would deflate and it would self-right itself by opening up. Here's an image with it having landed on an uneven surface: http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.jennings1/beagle.jpg

Nope, it's much simpler than that. It's just a grid of vertical positions and each frame every cell moves toward the average position of the neighbors from the previous frame. See http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/graphics/x_water.htm for details.

That's more or less the idea behind Perlin noise. Start with a low frequency high amplitude smooth function, then sum it together while increasing the frequency and decreasing the amplitude. See here for more: http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm

Here is a good article showing how to implement perlin noise and its outputs: http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm Also, *yeah.

yeah, read anything by robert anton wilson and alan watts check this out........ http://freespace.virgin.net/sarah.peter.nelson/lazyman/lazyman.html

Certainly along similar lines ;) Sod's law, 10 minutes after posting I think I've found it, http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/graphics/x_water.htm

this is the algorithm that governs the surface waves. it's remarkably simple and well suited to the parallel computing that shaders can offer: http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/graphics/x_water.htm

I found myself lost in the Carver Mead interview linked in the blog post instead: http://freespace.virgin.net/ch.thompson1/People/CarverMead.htm Pretty convincing for someone, such as myself, with almost no knowledge of quantum physics, and hence extremely confused as to the logic behind it all.

I haven't seen the app, but a really good fog/water maker is Perlin Noise: http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm There is a faster implementation of it, as perlin noise is pretty expensive, that get's used a lot in game design. Hope that helps.

From the code: https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver/js/flagwaver.js Aug 3 2012 Since I started working for a new startup not too long ago, I commute between home and work for over 2 hours a day. Although this means less time on three.js, I try getting a little coding on the train. This set of experiments started from a simple hook's law doodle, to spring simulation, string simulation, and I realized I once again stepped onto physics and particle simulation, this time, more specifically soft body physics. Based on the "Advanced Character Physics" article, this experiment attempts to use a "massless" cloth simulation model. It's somewhat similiar but simplier to most cloth simulations I found. This was coded out fairly quickly, so expect more to come meanwhile feel free to experiment yourself and share Cheers, Graphics Noob (aka @Blurspline, zz85) Suggested Readings: Advanced Character Physics by Thomas Jakobsen Character: http://web.archive.org/web/20070610223835/http:/www.teknikus.dk/tj/gdc… http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_cloth.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth_modeling http://cg.alexandra.dk/tag/spring-mass-system/ Real-time Cloth Animation: http://www.darwin3d.com/gamedev/articles/col0599.pdf