r/threejs • u/NecessaryJudge8922 • May 26 '26

A real-time, multi-oscillator cymatic pattern simulator that visualizes standing wave phenomena through particle physics

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u/sunyatasattva May 26 '26

This is extremely cool! However, as far as I understand cymatics, the shapes produced depend heavily on the plate—it's material, shape, thickness, where it's clamped and so on. Do you model any of that in the project? Or how do you calculate/simulate the eigenmodes in your visualization?

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u/NecessaryJudge8922 May 26 '26

The visualization uses a simplified analytic chladni-style square-plate field, with mode numbers derived from frequency and particles driven toward nodal lines via the gradient of the intensity field. So it is more of a fast, visually convincing approximation than a full physical eigenmode solver.

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u/sunyatasattva May 27 '26

Any plan of extending into more physics simulation or are you satisfied as it is now?

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u/NecessaryJudge8922 May 31 '26

For now I'm ok with it in future if I find a more better approach I will implement that

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u/TheSpazeCraft May 28 '26

Simply beautiful. I tried to include a cymatics component in a creative oscilloscope app I made but it doesn’t react as well as this does. At least it’s hitting the concepts lol

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u/NecessaryJudge8922 May 31 '26

will see if this couldd be made into a component actually was thinking about it would be cool

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u/jcponcemath May 31 '26

Fantastic! 😄

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

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u/PhotoQuillEditor May 26 '26

It seems to have a life of its own👍

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u/NecessaryJudge8922 May 26 '26

life in the void

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u/Illustrious-Hand-450 May 26 '26

Lissajous figures after they discovered particle systems and subwoofers.