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Marcel Wiessler

@marwi.bsky.social

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Cofounded Needle. Built Needle Mirror and many other #OSS tools. Currently working on Needle Engine https://needle.tools https://cloud.needle.tools https://github.com/marwie https://github.com/needle-tools https://github.com/needle-mirror

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 7d

Needle Engine 4.10 is available!

Demo page: scrollytelling-bike-z23hmxb2gnu5a.needle.run

Project files: github.com/needle-engin...

Release: github.com/needle-tools...

#threejs #webdev

Needle Engine Scrollytelling Bike Demo

Demo for Scrollfollow and ViewBox Components in Needle Engine 4.10. Visit https://needle.tools to get started

scrollytelling-bike-z23hmxb2gnu5a.needle.run

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 15d

Progress #threejs @needletools.bsky.social

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 16d

Still wip but getting closer #threejs

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 18d

@needletools.bsky.social #threejs

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 19d

I'm very excited for this to land in Needle Engine.
It makes responsive timeline animations super easy and artist friendly. You can visually setup view-boxes + control animation based on HTML elements on screen.

We still have some work to do until it's ready but it's already very promising! #three

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 29d

New sample and components in Needle Engine 4.9: engine.needle.tools/samples/scro...

#threejs #webdev #webdesign #animation

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Awesome to see our three example-PRs land in Three.js 180 💚🙏

- Animation Pointer threejs.org/examples/web...
- glTF progressive threejs.org/examples/web...
- FastHDR threejs.org/examples/web...

@needletools.bsky.social

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a moment of nostalgia

github.com/needle-tools...

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fast-HDR environments are now available

For @threejs.org, Needle Engine and react-three-fiber

→ www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_w3...

→ cloud.needle.tools/hdris

10x faster than EXR for everyone using three.js — FastHDR vs EXR Comparison

YouTube video by Needle

www.youtube.com

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 17

Some recent paintings... Last one (the frog) just finishing up. All #gouache. I'm glad i started doing this again - to process feelings or to calm down.

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 15

New Needle devlog: youtu.be/XLWt_C63hAI?...

Devlog #9 | Needle Engine 4.6 | Postprocessing, Antialiasing, Needle Cloud

YouTube video by Needle

youtu.be

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 14

Noted! Thanks for the feedback

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 14

Meet Rondo - a tool to design round shapes and objects in the browser in realtime.

rondo.needle.run

#threejs #webgl

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 8

New tutorial is live:
Advanced Materials with three.js and Unity - Clearcoat and Sheen

youtu.be/TIxmFPPs3-Q?...

@threejs.org #webdev

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 6

And here's unthrottled + disc caching

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 6

In the video everything is throttled to 4G + disabled caching

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 6

THIS is why you want progressive #gltf loading

#threejs #webgl #webdev #madewithneedle

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 2

New side project: needle.tv

#oss github repo weekly updates as shortform audio

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 2

Exactly my thoughts. Beautiful view but my legs would shake

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy weekend

#threejs #webgl #madewithneedle

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Jul 25

We made a couple tutorial videos today about next-gen materials in @threejs.org and Needle Engine ✨

Video coming soon!

#rendering #webdev #webgl #3dweb

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Play around with postprocessing demo here: antialiasing-and-postprocessing-zubcksz1o8daw.needle.run?stats

Let us know if you spot any issues or got questions

#needle #threejs #webgl #rendering

Antialiasing and Postprocessing

In 3D graphics, achieving nice, crisp, pretty images often means bringing together two key concepts: antialiasing and post-processing. Read more: https://cloud.needle.tools/articles/antialiasing-and-p...

antialiasing-and-postprocessing-zubcksz1o8daw.needle.run

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Jul 24

Upcoming Needle Engine brings sweet performance improvements for scenes using #postprocessing

Currently out in alpha but tests are going well!

@threejs.org #webgl #rendering @needletools.bsky.social

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Jul 16

Needle supporting ShaderGraph to three.js is coming

For Needle Engine, vanilla three AND react-three-fiber

#needle #threejs #r3f #webgl #unity3d #shadergraph

Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · Jul 16