Interactive 3D clear-water surface with rippling caustics
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OUR NOTEA draggable 3D water surface with shimmering caustic light over a pebbled floor, originally one-shot from a video reference and later released as the open-source ClearWater project.
opus 5.5 is something else..
so many people asked me to open source the 3d water from my last post. a few even wanted to buy it
so here it is. my first open source drop
code » https://github.com/Aureliengmz/clearwater
demo » https://aureliengmz.github.io/clearwater/
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claude opus 5.5 one shotted this incredible 3d water from a video reference.. almost 1:1
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